• Struck By icon
    January 22, 2026

    A 38-year-old man from Frankford Township, New Jersey, was killed Thursday evening, January 22, 2026, after being struck by a fallen tree limb while cutting a tree. William Woortman sustained fatal injuries from the accident. The New Jersey State Police [...]

  • January 12, 2026

    On Monday, January 12, 2026, there was an accident in which an NJDOT employee named James Doran, 34, was killed during a tree-trimming operation in Moorestown, New Jersey. The incident is under investigation, and no other details were released. He [...]

  • TCIA's 2025 Award Winners
    March 2, 2026

    Congratulations to the 2025 TCIA annual award winners, who were announced during TCIA’s Winter Management Conference in February 2026. Michael Raupp, Ph.D. Award of Merit: Michael Raupp, Ph.D. Known as "The Bug Guy," Dr. Raupp, a professor emeritus [...]

  • Where TreeBuzz Members Are Looking for Crew
    March 3, 2026

    Photo by AzmanL/iStock “Best sources of employees?” That was the question posed by @southsoundtree from Olympia, Washington, on TreeBuzz on Oct. 9, 2025. The responses that followed reveal how difficult – and how creative – hiring has become [...]

  • Out-of-Area tree Climbers
    February 4, 2026

    Unsplash In June 2025, TreeBuzz user @southsoundtree from Olympia, Washington, posed a thoughtful question to the forum: “How do you help someone adjust to a new style of work, and how do you adjust pay, when hiring a [...]

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