A Capital Arborists, Inc., crew member doing some pruning. “We want arborists, and we want the company run by Certified Arborists, so we encourage all our employees to become ISA certified, and we pay for their training,” says Mike DuPont. [...]

The staff of Metropolitan Forestry Services, Inc. All photos courtesy of Metropolitan Forestry Services. For Meggan Hargrave, acquiring her father’s tree care company – Metropolitan Forestry Services, Inc., a 33-year TCIA member company based in Ballwin, Missouri – meant the [...]

Peter Sortwell, CEO and chairman of Arborwell, speaking to Arborwell's Bay Area employees during a celebration for the company’s second anniversary of its employee stock ownership plan. Photo courtesy of Arborwell. Business owners are always thinking about the future of [...]

Due to its size and the environmental conditions, painting the Golden Gate Bridge is an ongoing process. Similarly, due to advancement and attrition, grooming new crew leaders is also a perpetual process. Photo by Frank Schulenburg. As children growing up [...]

The tree crew on the job site with the chip box on the truck. This was an emergency job where a tree landed on a roof and broke through into the client’s bathroom. Having the plow still on the truck [...]