• tad Jacobs
    July 11, 2024

    Tad Jacobs Thirty-seven years ago, I started my company. Thirty-five years ago, I joined the National Arborist Association (now TCIA), and 20 years ago I attended my first TCI EXPO. Recently, I checked my address book and found that 218 [...]

  • December 1, 2022

    While in Kauai, Hawaii, last February enjoying TCIA’s Winter Management Conference (WMC) 2022, I had the privilege of spending a great deal of time with Mike Earl. Mike, a CTSP and Certified Arborist, is owner of Old Growth Tree Service, [...]

  • January 1, 2020

    Due to its size and the environmental conditions, painting the Golden Gate Bridge is an ongoing process. Similarly, due to advancement and attrition, grooming new crew leaders is also a perpetual process. Photo by Frank Schulenburg. As children growing up [...]