The Arborwear team at Arborwear HQ, posing for the 2025 Top Workplace Award, given by Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer. (Arborwear has received this award six years in a row!) Photo courtesy of Josie Cremeans. Industry statistics [...]

@flushcut of Delavan, Wisconsin, pointed out that "shrooms" can be a warning sign, indicating internal decay. Photo by Golden Family Foto/iStock. Every arborist has had moments that sharpen their focus. Sometimes it’s a near miss – the kind [...]

Timothy M. Walsh, CTSP. Like most of us, I didn’t enter arboriculture chasing credentials. I entered because I loved the work: the pace, the responsibility, the crews and the satisfaction of doing difficult work well. But over time, [...]

Cover of “The CODIT Principle: Tree Biology and Arboriculture, Second Edition." Photo courtesy of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). In the August 2017 issue of TCI Magazine, I reviewed Dirk Dujesiefken and Walter Liese’s “The CODIT Principle: [...]

In tree care, safety is often treated like overhead. Necessary. Required. Important, sure – but expensive. Harnesses, helmets, training days, downtime for tailboards, safety managers, documentation. When you’re running multiple crews and watching fuel, labor and equipment costs climb, it [...]