Washington State safety officials are warning employers and workers in the tree care and landscaping industries to strengthen fall protection and rigging practices following a recent increase in worker deaths. A new hazard alert issued in mid-October by the Washington [...]

TCIA returned to Capitol Hill in September for its annual Legislative Day on the Hill. Nearly 40 TCIA members, along with TCIA staff and its government-relations team, met with the staffs of 39 Congressional offices, the Department of Labor and [...]

A "stolen" seedling. All photos courtesy of the author. I was a few years into my career, working for Olde Colonial Tree and Landscape, then in Dedham, now in Hingham, Massachusetts, when the owner and my first mentor, [...]

Arboriculture is a field filled with diverse techniques and philosophies – especially when it comes to pruning. From aspect ratios to species-specific recovery times, you can find varying opinions among arborists worldwide. However, emerging research and field experience consistently point [...]

A wildland firefighter supervisor was injured in a struck-by November 17, 2025, in Tillamook, Oregon. Dana Turner was working with her crew to remove a 70-foot noble fir, which was being cut for use as a Christmas tree, when it [...]