PHOTO GALLERY: Workers remove dead limbs from tree on Stewart Road

Thursday, September 1, 2011 | 10:45 p.m. CDT
Brad Baldwin removes the dead wood on a silver leaf maple tree, while groundsmen, Corey Draughon (left) and Michael Jones (right) clear the ground on Thursday on Stewart Road.   ¦  Pinar Istek
BY Pinar Istek

COLUMBIA — Brad Baldwin, Corey Draughon and Michael Jones from Nelson's Tree Service trim dead limbs from a silver leaf maple tree on Stewart Road on Thursday.

Draughon estimates that the tree is 80 years old.

Removal of the dead limbs on a tree is one of the recommended storm preparations.

 

 Brad Baldwin holds a bottle of energy drink during a break from removing dead wood on a silver leaf maple tree on Thursday on Stewart Road.   ¦  Pinar Istek
Brad Baldwin prepares the electrical saw on a bucket truck to remove the dead wood on a silver leaf maple tree on Thursday on Stewart Road.

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