Deciding if and when to spend money on large capital-equipment expenditures is a strategic part of any business, and the tree care industry is not immune to that struggle. Buy outright or finance? Long-term rental or RPO (rental-purchase option)? These [...]

Courizon Partners LLC (“Courizon”) announced its acquisition of Air Burners, Inc. (“Air Burners”), the global leader in air curtain burner systems used for environmentally responsible, on-site disposal of wood and vegetative waste. Air Burners’ product suite is widely used across [...]

A tree worker suffered “traumatic injuries” on December 1, 2025, after he fell more than 20 feet from a tree in Sudbury, Massachusetts, police and fire officials said.

A 44-year-old tree trimmer was fatally impaled by an iron fence on December 1, 2025, after he fell while trimming a palm tree in Canoga Park, California, authorities said.

Editor’s note: Two readers contacted TCI Magazine last winter suggesting we do a story about Floyd Taylor. The first was Nathan J. Wright, CTSP, ISA Certified Arborist and manager distribution forestry with National Grid Western Division in Fredonia, N.Y. “There [...]