Lisa Carrelli-Kraus, co-owner of Independent Tree, with the Centennial Oak in South Newbury, Ohio. Photo by Jeani Brechbill Photography. The Women’s Suffrage Movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. The [...]

Those who participated in the pre-conference Women in Tree Care Workshop learned about resources to help them succeed. Photos by Richard May. A standing-room-only workshop held in conjunction with TCI EXPO ’21 in Indianapolis this past November gave women in [...]

“Your clients have to understand what you are doing, why you are doing it and what to expect. Client communication is key!” says Chris Kemp. TCIA file photo by Kathleen Costello. To this point in our series, we’ve discussed the [...]

In the industry, many times we treat trucks as an afterthought, but in reality, we should treat trucks the way pilots treat airplanes. The driver of a 20-ton truck has a huge amount of responsibility. Photo courtesy of The Townsend [...]

Providing storm-damage cleanup is challenging work for tree-service companies. What can make it even more challenging is being properly paid for that work, particularly when insurance companies are involved, which they usually are. Determining a fair price for this challenging [...]