Alexis, IL, has become Chicago’s sister city when it comes to turning dying trees into sculptures.

The Quad City Times reported that Alexis resident Brent McNall commissioned chainsaw artist Fernando “Don” Dulnuan to turn some of his ravaged by the emerald ash borer into sculptures of a bear, an owl and a wolf. Dulnuan of Oklahoma was also responsible for carving the 6-foot-tall peace sign sculpture.

For the past several years the Chicago Park District has commissioned artists to create sculptures in parks throughout Chicago as part of its ongoing Chicago Tree Project.

Read the Times story.