Now in its ninth consecutive year, Arborjet’s Taking Root Scholarship Program will award eligible applicants up to $10,000. Arborjet | Ecologel, a leader in plant health care based in Woburn, MA, will award scholarships to graduating high school seniors who have a desire to pursue a career in arboriculture or plant health care, with a […]
A canopy anchor is a climbing system that anchors the rope in the canopy of a tree. While a moving rope system (MRS) typically uses a canopy anchor (or tie-in point), a stationary rope system (SRS) creates the option of a canopy or basal anchor. Why would we use a canopy anchor? When is it […]
Safety violation on cover? I have yet to read the January 2022 TCI Magazine, but I noticed on the front cover an arborist violating ANSI Z133 6.3.9: “A chain saw shall not be used above shoulder height…” Thought it would be important for you to know. John Wayne Farber, CTSP, BCMAdirector of operationsHoppe Tree Service, […]
Two city workers helped save a man’s life after seeing the man stumbling toward them carrying his own severed arm after a workplace accident January 21, 2022, in Lewiston, Maine. The workers, who had been sanding sidewalks, applied a tourniquet to reduce the man’s bleeding, Mary Ann Brenchick, director of Lewiston Public Works, told Lewiston’s […]
