Dan Holliday. All stills courtesy of Simeon Balsam and Phillip Sutton. The tools and techniques arborists use every day did not appear fully formed. They evolved through decades of experimentation, collaboration and occasional failure, shaped by people who [...]

Photo courtesy of teksomolika/AdobeStock. Two tree care companies offer very different perspectives on the shift toward quieter, lower-emission equipment. Tree care companies increasingly are navigating a patchwork of local ordinances and equipment rules. One municipality may prohibit a [...]

Lucas Tree Experts Transmission Division arborists prepare equipment and chain saws on site. All photos courtesy of Lucas Tree Experts. In 1926, John Lucas founded a small company in Portland, Maine, helping electrify rural communities across the state. [...]

Illustration courtesy of Natalya Kosarevich/iStock Private equity is becoming more visible in tree care. Some business owners are being approached about selling their companies, while others are seeing nearby businesses merge, change ownership or become part of larger [...]

The rescue of John Dear. Photo courtesy of Alanna Patterson. When a cat named John Dear spent days stranded in a bur oak in rural Iowa, tens of thousands of people on Threads, the social-media platform, began bracing [...]