Erick Smith, UF’s urban forester

“I could care less about what goes on inside the buildings,” says University of Florida urban forester Erick Smith. Smith is UF’s resident tree expert, defender, doctor, evangelist and — on occasions when a tree is sick or dying — reluctant executioner. Here, he perches in one of the UF campus’ grand old Southern Magnolias on Monday, Dec. 13, 2005.

(Kristen Bartlett/University of Florida)
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