Aspen Tree Service

• Locations: Columns, Opinion By Illene Pevec Published May. 18, 2022

  What can we do? We can plant trees!

  Three generations work together to plant a tree at Crystal River Elementary School. Kindergarteners, Aspen Tree arborists and seniors all do it together. Photo by Illène Pevec

  What can we do? 

  By Illène Pevec

  Special to The Sopris Sun

  In Colorado and around the world, devastating fires have burned, are burning, will burn. Droughts dry, high-speed winds blow. Sea levels rise around the globe, threatening entire island nations and our own coasts! What can we do… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Apr. 27, 2022

  Every tree is a mini-ecosystem

  Courtney Jaynes’ class at Crystal River Elementary School planted "Hector Linden" last spring with help from Illene Pevec. Courtesy photo

  This Arbor Day, April 29, tree enthusiasts have good reason and ample opportunities to celebrate.

  The history of Arbor Day in the United States reaches back to the 1870s. Julius Sterling Morton, editor of the Nebraska City News, was an avid proponent of planting trees and often wrote on that… read more →