Daily News | Meet the man determined to climb the tallest tree in all 67 Pennsylvania counties
Van Wagner, a teacher in Danville, is climbing the highest tree in every Pennsylvania county to raise awareness for environmental issues. Wagner shows us his climbing skills in the state game lands, Montour Ridge, Danville, Pa. Friday, February 17, 2023.DANVILLE, Pa. – On most days, Van Wagner has pine needles in his pockets and sawdust in his salt-and-pepper beard.
Those forests, Wagner pointed out, are not static, like a landscape painting. They need constant logging to stay healthy, to ward off the horde of invasive insects, like the emerald ash borer that’s decimated 100 million ash trees in the state since“Pennsylvanians take it for granted and there’s threats to it,” he said. “Some trees have been decimated and others could be.”
“Philly is going to be interesting because I bet some of the trees are like 300 feet tall,” he said. “Climbing a tree that was likely alive when William Penn was alive would be quite a experience.”
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