Climbing Fun
Mechanical advantage system used to ascend the tree.
What is a pulley system?
If you are looking for a good time, get this co-worker to say "Gymnosperm", "Buttrot", or "laevis" without cracking a smile
Who is Jesse?
This part of the chainsaw chain controls the depth each tooth can cut
What is a raker?
Being a good host to beetles, moths and monarch caterpillars is this plant's most important quality.
What is milkweed?
This is the predominant forest type found throughout our park district
What is maple-basswood forest?
Piece of equipment that is worn around the waist and legs in order to climb.
What is a saddle or harness?
Spoooooky! This seasonal's hobbies include spending time researching people in graveyards
Who is Sara?
Propagation uses this high tech tool to clean fruit seeds like cherry and juneberry
What is a blender
This member of the carrot family can give you severe blisters, rashes and skin discoloration if you get sap on your skin and are exposed to sunlight
What is wild parsnip?
"Three Rivers" refers to the Mississippi, Crow and this river
What is the Minnesota?
This strap has a metal ring secured to each end and is installed high in the tree to secure the main climbing rope.
What is a friction saver, false crotch, canopy anchor, or cambium saver?
This CCMer does stained glass as a hobby
Who is Luke?
This implement is used to mulch up debris after the forestry crews clear buckthorn
What is the Fecon?
Can I eat this? Brave scientists only got as far as eating 6 berries from this poisonous plant before calling it quits due to stomach pains and intense hallucinations
What is baneberry (doll's eyes, actaea spp.)
Considered the most deadly animal in the world, you come into contact with this winged foe almost everyday
What is a mosquito?
This advanced tree climbing technique allows arborists to reach the outermost parts of the canopy.
What is limb-walking?
Famous for his folk punk music, the artist formally known as Pat the Bunny is related to this co-worker
Who is Hannah?
Giving you an elevated perspective and topping out at max speeds of 5.6 mph, this green piece of equipment requires a harness equipped with fall restraint or fall arrest systems
What is the Nifty-Lift?
Conifers are known for keeping their needles year round, hence the moniker "evergreens", but this needled tree follows the path of it's broadleaf brethren and drops them every fall
What is a tamarack?
In 1953, this tree became the state tree of Minnesota
What is the red pine?
Small piece of rope that is tied into a hitch, allowing one to control their ascent and descent along a rope.
What is a prusik?
This co-worker's past gigs include lifeguard, firefighter, airport maintenance and, the ever humble, WashCo plow crew
Who is Max
Powerful and noisy, this machine require the drums to be cleaned out frequently to keep it running in tip top shape
what is the chipper
In addition to being a medicinal plant for toothaches, this plant is a host plant to Giant Eastern Swallowtail butterflies and the berries smell like citrus or lysol when crushed
What is prickly ash?
The common weed, shepard's purse, from this family, practices the not-so-common act of seed carnivory or protocarnivory, luring in small invertebrates with a mucous that kills and breaks down the creature to be used by newly germinated seeds
What is the mustard family