Superior sets the terms in Marquette. The lake keeps the birch and maple green late and then buries them by December, and a hillside above the ore dock can hold snow in the crowns for weeks. Uproot Tree Care works right through it — removals on steep lots, trimming that takes weight off a roof already carrying a foot of its own, pruning done in the cold months when the wood is quiet and the ground is hard. Storms come in off the water with nothing between here and Canada to slow them, and the cleanup afterward is limbs, tops, and a drive that has to be passable. When it's finished, the yard reads clean against all that white and the view back toward the water is open again.