Fog comes off the Muskegon River early in Newaygo, and the oaks along the bank hold it until the sun burns through. Alpine Tree Service works those hours — tree removal where a trunk has gotten too close to a roofline, trimming and pruning that gives a crown room to breathe over the yard. The sandy ridges above the river grow big pines, and big pines drop big limbs, so after a summer squall the saws come out for storm damage cleanup until the ground looks like nothing ever fell. There is satisfaction in the last rake pass, when the sawdust is swept and the lawn is just a lawn again. From the riverfront blocks out to Croton, Grant and Fremont, this is Newaygo tree work through and through.