Assistant instructor Annamaria Cervantes works with a student in the canopy, helping with movement and the use of a work-positioning lanyard. Photo by Felipe Villegas | Santiago Rosado. Tree climbing has always occupied a unique position within arboriculture. [...]

Running a tree care business can feel isolating. Peer-to-peer learning groups give business owners a place to connect with others facing similar challenges. What begins as professional collaboration often grows into ongoing support and trusted relationships. TCIA currently offers three [...]

Amy Burkett of Burkett Arbor Care. 1. BUSINESS STRATEGY What’s one decision you’ve made in the past year that meaningfully improved your business – and why did it work? Over the past year, one of our biggest decisions [...]

llustration by Zdenek Sasek/iStock. Let me ask you something, and I want you to sit with it for a second. When you go after new customers with mailers, Google Ads, door hangers, whatever it is – what are [...]

On February 27, 2026, the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued a proposed rule to replace the Biden administration’s 2024 independent contractor regulation with a modified version of the 2021 rule. If finalized, the proposal would [...]