Bartlett Tree Experts, an accredited, 49-year TCIA-member company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, acquired Butler Brothers LLC in Metairie, Louisiana, in January 2024. For the past 23 years, Butler Brothers LLC has provided quality tree care in New Orleans and surrounding areas. Butler Brothers’ owners Paul and Tim Butler said they decided to join Bartlett because […]
Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund’s (TREE Fund) spring 2024 grant and scholarship application cycle is now open – January 15 to March 15. Three grants – two research and one education – and six scholarships are accepting applications. The two research grants, the Utility Arborists Research Fund Grant Program and the Barborinas Family Fund […]
Fecon LLC, a leading global manufacturer of heavy-duty site-preparation attachments and forestry accessories, has acquired Stumper Industries. Stumper Industries is a manufacturer of stump-grinder attachments for mini and standard skid steers and compact track loaders, excavators and tractors. The acquisition expands the landscaping and land-maintenance solutions Fecon offers in the forestry mulching and vegetation-management industries. […]
Norman S. Hall, quintessential arborist trainer and co-inventor of the Port-A-Wrap friction device, passed away suddenly at home November 9, 2023. Hall, age 70, was born in Glenview, Illinois, to Laurence and Annie Hall, April 16, 1953, and was a resident of Wauconda, Ill., for 39 years. A graduate of Hershey High School in Arlington […]
Bartlett Tree Experts expanded into the state of Kentucky with the acquisition in November 2023 of Town Branch Tree Experts Inc., an accredited, 13-year TCIA member company based in Lexington. Town Branch Tree Experts was founded by Jesse and Sara Hesley in 2011. With Bartlett’s acquisition of the business, the Hesleys along with their team […]
