Brandt Burrell climbs onto the truck loaded with the freshly harvested tree while Sig Burrell of Rock-N-Road Construction speaks with Wrangell Ranger District Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer Jimmy Nelson. Nelson and officer Joseph Boggs escorted the tree all the way to Washington D.C.
U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer Joey Boggs is back home in Petersburg this week after escorting the now-famous 80-foot Sitka spruce - known as "The People's Tree" - from Zarembo Island to the front lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.
On Zarembo, Petersburg's Rock-N-Road Construction - Sig Burrell and his crew including Jimmy Martinsen, Clayton Martinsen, Ethan File and Tore Lenz - were the ones who harvested the tree.
It was the peak of their summer construction season, and the guys were hard at work near Hoonah putting in the biggest bridge they had ever done, Rock-N-Road...
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