The 15 Steps to Felling a Tree — according to the armchair cutters, ticketed timber gods of BC, and every safety official with a clipboard. Watch this video to see the checklist they insist you follow to drop a tree… meanwhile, production keeps slipping and they can’t seem to figure out why. YOU CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. There’s gotta be a middle ground — enough structure to stay safe, but not so much that you freeze up in the brush. Nature doesn’t care about your rulebook — every tree, every fal