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  • Role Models in tree care
    May 9, 2025

    It’s Not Easy to Be a Role Model

    By David M. Anderson, CTSP

      A mentor of mine would always say to me, “You are what you put up with. You are not your safest job, you are your least safe job. You’re not your best employee, you are your worst. You [...]

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  • tcia magazine from the field
    March 17, 2025

    A Fool for a Client

    By David M. Anderson, CTSP

    I was driving to an appointment and just had to pull over. I could not believe what I was witnessing. An older man (a grandfather) on a ladder with a chain saw removing limbs from a town tree. Dangerous, ill [...]

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  • Student Outreach
    March 12, 2025

    Student Outreach

    By David M. Anderson, CTSP

    Looking back to my high school years, I realize that although I had passion, I was not the strongest student and lacked direction upon graduation. I was lucky enough to see a job ad for a small company as [...]

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  • Arbor tape killing a healthy young sweetgum.
    April 10, 2024

    The Unfulfilled Promise of Urban Tree Planting

    By David M. Anderson, CTSP

    Arbor tape killing a healthy young sweetgum. All photos courtesy of the author. A tree tag presumably still attached to its wire. On the final visit after planting, please remove the guy wires. This is a utopian view from a [...]

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  • A tree tag presumably still attached to its wire.
    April 1, 2024

    The Unfulfilled Promise of Urban Tree Planting

    By David M. Anderson, CTSP

    Arbor tape killing a healthy young sweetgum. Photo courtesy of the David M. Anderson, CTSP Mayer Tree.David M. Anderson, CTSP and Massachusetts certified arborist, is a manager with Mayer Tree Service Inc., a 30-year TCIA member company based in Essex, Massachusetts. [...]

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