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March 17, 2025
A Fool for a Client
By David M. Anderson, CTSP
I was driving to an appointment and just had to […]

March 14, 2025
Impacts to the Immigrant Workforce in the New Trump Administration
By BAILEY GRAVES
Within the first few weeks of taking office, President Donald […]

Climbing Into Community Urban-Forestry Education
March 11, 2025

WITC Scholarship Winner: Seizing the Opportunity to Connect With Other Women in Tree Care
March 7, 2025

Why Workforce Development?
March 6, 2025

Encouraging Climbers to Go Out on a Limb
March 5, 2025

Corporate Member Spotlight

Growing Careers: How SavATree Empowers Women in Arboriculture

In a traditionally male-dominated industry, SavATree takes pride in distinguishing itself through its unwavering commitment to diversity, particularly by championing the development of women leaders and talented female arborists. The company has made a conscious effort to invest in programs that champion female arborists, technicians and market leaders at every stage of their careers – from entry-level mentorship to executive leadership.

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Advocacy & Regulatory Compliance

Impacts to the Immigrant Workforce in the New Trump Administration
March 14, 2025

Overview of the 119th Congress and New Administration Agency Leadership
February 11, 2025

How Might Lori Chavez-DeRemer Impact the DOL and OSHA?
January 15, 2025

Congress, DOL and DHS Add 65,000 H-2B Visas for 2025
December 12, 2024

Product Reviews

Aiming High: Does the DTX Shoulder Shot Tree Toppler Hit the Mark?
February 12, 2025

Brush Buddy Pro Push Paddle for Chippers
December 1, 2024

Sizing Up the Edelrid TreeRex and TreeRaptor Saddles
November 12, 2024

Milwaukee M18 Dual Battery Chainsaw – Pivotal Tool for Tree Care?
August 1, 2024

The return of Mr. Safety!

Bryan Kotwica is a talented illustrator and climbing arborist with a knack for bringing safety to life through his art. From February 1992 until 2020, his “Mr. Safety” cartoons were a staple feature in the TreeWorker Newsletter. TCI Magazine is thrilled to renew its collaboration with Bryan and to bring his insightful and amusing cartoons to readers every other month.

Between November of 2020 and June of 2021, Tree Care Industry Magazine published “CSI for Bugs,” a five-part series of articles focused on honing diagnostic skills of arborists. This series detailed a forensic approach to diagnostics called symptomatology that uses clues left behind by a pest to help identify the culprit.

Part 1, Basics for Diagnosing Problems Caused by Insects and Mites

Part 1, “Basics for Diagnosing Problems Caused by Insects and Mites” (November 2020), focuses on how signs and symptoms can help arborists pin down the identity of the perpetrating pest.

Part 2, Diagnosing Injury Caused by Insects with Chewing Mouthparts

Part 2, “Diagnosing Injury Caused by Insects with Chewing Mouthparts” (February 2021), discusses symptoms caused by defoliating insects.

Part 3, Diagnosing Dieback Caused by Insects

Part 3, “Diagnosing Dieback Caused by Insects” (March 2021), discusses insects associated with dieback in the canopies of woody plants.

Part 4, Diagnosing Discoloration and Distortion Caused by Insects and Mites

Part 4, “Diagnosing Discoloration and Distortion Caused by Insects and Mites” (April 2021), looks at what changes in the normal color of leaves can reveal about the damage being done and the perpetrators causing it.

Part 5, Insect Products Provide Clues

Part 5, “Insect Products Provide Clues,” discusses products insects and mites leave behind that serve as clues to their identity much the same way a hair, clothing fiber or bodily secretions can be used by crime-scene investigators to identify the human perpetrator of a crime.