Most days, Randy Rasa can be found somewhere along the 13 miles of the Lehigh Portland Trail system equipped with a hand saw and clippers.
A website developer by trade, Rasa has also become a tree surgeon and botany hobbyist in the six years he?s lived in Iola.
Under cloudy but balmy skies on Thursday afternoon, Rasa gave this reporter a glimpse of his work along the trails nestled in between Elm Creek and Elks Lake south of town.