James Nelson
6:54 - 7:14
"This year is another weird year, like I said, with the pine cones. It just kind of hit us out of nowhere about 2-3 weeks ago. We just started noticing all the trees started leaning over, and then as soon as we got wind, it was over with."
“This year is another weird year, like I said, with the pine cones. It just kind of hit us out of nowhere about 2-3 weeks ago. We just started noticing all the trees started leaning over, and then as soon as we got wind, it was over with.”
- Speaker
- James Nelson
- Timestamp
- 6:54 – 7:14
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Tok
- Captured at
- August 21, 2026
From the transcript
And then we have targeted stuff for the larger trees that we can see that are sort of leaning towards the line and stuff like that. We try to do this as much as possible. This year is another weird year, like I said, with the pine cones. It just kind of hit us out of nowhere about 2-3 weeks ago. We just started noticing all the trees started leaning over, and then as soon as we got wind, it was over with.
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