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From the Field

  • May 1, 2021

    Is Self-Esteem Intrinsic to Meaningful Work, and Vice-Versa

    By Carlos Ramirez, CTSP

    Dead cedar removal by:  Junaluska Thigpen - QLCA Climber/Sawyer near Tulare, California. Photo courtesy of the author. Doing what you love and loving what you do. Is this simply an inverse parallelism, i.e., stating the same idea twice? Well, not exactly. [...]

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  • April 1, 2021

    Accident Investigation: Sharing Lessons from a Tragic Experience

    By Mario Herrera

    This article is being published in a joint effort between TCIA and BDG Trees, LLC, to openly share the investigative findings of a fatal accident that occurred in August 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is our shared belief that [...]

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  • February 1, 2021

    Why Did the Squirrels Go Nuts?

    By Edward Roy

    The year 2019 was another masting year for oak trees in the New England region. This picture of acorns was taken in the spring of 2020. The combination of a large acorn crop and smaller squirrel population made for an [...]

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  • December 1, 2020

    What goes around …

    By TCIA Staff

    TCI Magazine launched in June 1990, and the first TCI EXPO was in held October of that year. This column is a reprint of the “Outlook” column from the December 1990 issue of TCI, when Robert Felix was the publisher [...]

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  • November 1, 2020

    Rescuing Wildlife Is Good for Them and Us

    By Ian Orlikoff, CTSP

    The author removes cast netting from the eagles’ nest in September 2020. Photos by Frank Steiger Photography. I received a call in mid-September 2020 from Audubon Florida’s EagleWatch program. While studying an eagle’s nest on Marco Island, just off of [...]

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