Andy Felix receives MAA VISTA Award

Andy Felix, owner of Tree Tech, Inc., a dual-accredited, 44-year TCIA member company based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, recently was named the 2020 VISTA Award winner by the Massachusetts Arborists Association (MAA). Felix was honored for his lifetime achievement in the field of arboriculture. Established in 2000, the VISTA Award is the highest honor MAA bestows […]

Spotted Lanternfly: Get Ahead of It Now! (Audio)

Click below to listen to “Spotted Lanternfly: Get Ahead of It Now!” presented by Lucas Markley, Jon Schach and Julie Urban at TCI EXPO 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula, is one of the most voracious invasive insects presently spreading across the northeastern U.S. Learn the latest information to help you guide […]

Successfully Working with First Responders (Audio)

Click below to listen to a presentation Steve Connally took part in, “Successfully Working With First Responders,” with John Ball at TCI EXPO 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Steve Connally, CTSP, Adaptable Aerial Solutions LLCDr. John Ball, CTSP, South Dakota State University Being an available expert and single point of contact for first responders can have […]

What goes around …

TCI Magazine launched in June 1990, and the first TCI EXPO was in held October of that year. This column is a reprint of the “Outlook” column from the December 1990 issue of TCI, when Robert Felix was the publisher and Peter Gerstenberger, now publisher, was associate editor. Some of its messages and the sentiments […]

Clarification on The Guide

Thank you to TCI Magazine and Lindsey Purcell for a fine article, “Consulting: An Introduction to Plant Appraisal,” in the November 2020 issue about the 10th edition of The Guide for Plant Appraisal. It is well written and does a fine job with explanations regarding The Guide. As many know, there has been some controversy […]

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