That hopeless feeling when a key member of your team tells you they have decided to leave. The helpless feeling of being blindsided. A million things race through your mind, mostly “Why?” We all have, unfortunately, had this experience. As [...]

Training pruning can eliminate structural defects that often result in storm-damaged trees. All photos courtesy of the author. Storm damage is the ultimate opportunity for arborists to play Monday morning quarterback. Whether it’s our mistake when a client’s tree breaks [...]

Working on this project, we have the ability to do almost anything to help preserve the trees. Photo courtesy of the author. Every once in a while, you get to work on an extra-cool project. I was very excited when [...]