Sketch by Jerry King Everyone has their special setup in his or her truck toolbox, often full of sometimes perplexing items. For example, I find that many landscapers have a treasured, handmade weeding or clearing tool they’ve held onto in [...]

Sketch by Jerry King. At my job, I have the honor of holding a record of some distinction. This record has not been broken in the three years since it was set; no co-worker has even come close. At least [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]