Arbor Rangers ™

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  • Hover Flies and Sweat Bees, Oh My!

    So… you’re outside trying to enjoy your trees and then almost immediately you begin to attract the attention of those tiny, hovering, flying “things” that look like tiny bees! It seems to get worse because they tend to like landing on your sweaty arms and hands and shoulders and… Just what are these? Bees? Wasps? Flies? Drones? Aliens?!!?

    Clive Jones
    Clive Jones

    Checkout our post on Facebook where we point you to the answers:

    or go to: https://ag.purdue.edu/btny/ppdl/Pages/HOT2016/hot08092016.aspx

  • Meet Donny Phillips

    Meet Donny Phillips

    Donny Phillips

    Donny Phillips was the last recruit into Sandy & Keiko’s former “Girls-Only” tree house club, who become part of establishing the core membership of the urban forestry team that later called themselves, the Arbor Rangers!
    His specialties are:

    • Tree Biology
    • Diagnostics (Plant Diseases)/Treatment
    • Urban Forestry
    • Tree Risk Management
  • Meet Jose Moreno

    Meet Jose Moreno

    Jose Moreno

    Jose Moreno is a classmate who impressed Zaire because of his determination and courage, despite his physical disabilities, to always strive to do his very best and so he became the second boy to be recruited into Sandy & Keiko’s former “Girls-Only” tree house club that eventually become the urban forestry team known as, Arbor Rangers!
    His specialties are:

    • Safe Work Practices
    • Urban Forestry
    • Tree Risk Management
  • Meet Clive Jones

    Meet Clive Jones

    Clive Jones

    Clive Jones loves to study and collect insects and was befriended by Keiko when he “rescued” her from a Walking Stick insect (that he showed her was really not dangerous at all) and so, he became the first boy to be recruited into Sandy & Keiko’s former “Girls-Only” tree house club that eventually become the urban forestry team known as, the Arbor Rangers!

    His specialties are:

    • Tree Biology
    • Diagnostics (Bugs & Insects)/Treatment
    • Urban Forestry
    • Tree Risk Management
  • Meet Zaire Manning

    Meet Zaire Manning

    Zaire Manning


    Zaire Manning, soon after meeting moving into their neighborhood, was the first recruit to Sandy & Keiko’s “Girls-Only” tree house club before it changed to include boys to join and eventually become the urban forestry team known as, the Arbor Rangers!

    Her specialties are:

    • Statistics
    • Soil Management
    • Protection and Preservation
    • Urban Forestry
    • Tree Risk Management
  • Meet Keiko Fukiage

    Meet Keiko Fukiage

    Keiko Fukiage

    Keiko Fukiage is one of the co-founding members of a “Girls-Only” tree house club with her best friend, Sandy Beech, that would later allow boys to join and eventually become the urban forestry team known as, the Arbor Rangers!

    Her specialties are:

    • Pruning
    • Installation and Establishment
    • Diagnostics (Abiotic Disorders)
    • Urban Forestry
    • Tree Risk Management
  • Meet Sandy Beech

    Meet Sandy Beech

    Sandy Beech

    Sandy Beech is one of the co-founding members of a “Girls-Only” tree house club with her best friend, Keiko Fukiage, that later allowed Clive to join (because of his amazing knowledge about insects and to help Keiko cope with her fear of bugs). And so, with Clive in the club, this opened the way for other boys to join, and together they eventually become the urban forestry team known as, the Arbor Rangers!

    Her specialties are:

    • Tree ID/Selection
    • Soil Management
    • Installation and Establishment
    • Urban Forestry
    • Tree Risk Management