This year, 2025, marks 30 years since “ANSI A300 Part 1, Pruning” was published. Where would the industry be without this guidance? Photo 1: Topping of trees was common practice in utility, municipal and residential settings. Photo courtesy of [...]

Revisions to ANSI A300 standards often reflect emerging research or attempts to balance tree health with economics and safety. A good example is root cutting. In a perfect world, we would not cut a living root. But in reality, we [...]

The work of utility arborists is out there for all to see, and most people have an opinion about it. There is certainly plenty of discussion, both pro and con, about the amount of pruning and the appearance of trees [...]

An abundance of compatible, perennial native plants establishes and competes with trees with an IVM-based approach. Photo by James W. Orr. A team led by consultant John Goodfellow has developed an economic model to show that integrated vegetation management, or [...]