Edwards is a bend in the Oswegatchie with a hill on either side, and the north country cold that settles into that valley makes hardwood grow slow and tight. Brolex Tree Service covers the back roads out this way, where a driveway can run a quarter mile and a leaning hemlock over it is nobody's small problem. Tree removal here is often a question of access first — reaching the trunk, then getting the wood back out. Trimming and pruning keep the roadside maples from crowding the plow's path once winter sets in. And when an ice load starts the whole hillside cracking in the dark, storm damage cleanup is the sound of saws at first light.