A Walk through the Woods

We had a miscommunication with our two guides through the Chesapeake Arboretum, so we ended up arriving an hour later than they did.

“It’s okay,” said Miklos Lestyan, the City Arborist/Urban Forester, with a broad smile. “We were just out in the woods. We’re happy there.”

Mik handed me a card that had the acronym ‘SAFER’ on it written under the words “Benefit of the Urban Forest.”
“Make sure you get that in your story,” Mik said, pointing to my notebook. “It’s the most important thing.”

SAFER stands for Social, Aesthetic; Functional; Economic; and Recreational, and that seems as good of a way to organize this story as any.

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