Dealing with Fear
If you’re going to be a tree climber, you’ll have to decide how far you want to progress down that road, and whether or not you have what it takes to do the tough jobs. And if you decide you have the requisite physical as well as mental fiber to take on the tough ones, […]
Keeping Clients Out of Their Trees
I answered our business phone one day several years back. The woman on the other end of the line was not happy! She asked me if I knew who she was, and said we had worked for them before. “Your voice I know, but I can’t place your name,” I replied. She gave me her […]
Snapshot from Lahaina
Before the fires burned a large section of Lahaina, Hawaii, in early August 2023, there was wind – lots of wind. “We were working the whole week before (the storm and wildfires) in the neighborhood that was most directly affected, doing annual maintenance pruning, up through Monday,” says Mike Merritt. Merritt is director of tree […]
The Road to Consultanthood, Part 4
In the first article in this series, “The Road to Consultanthood: Musings of an Antique Arborist,” TCI Magazine, February 2023, the author looked at his introduction to tree care and some of the now-outdated practices and equipment being used at that time. In the second article by the same name in this series, TCI Magazine, […]
A New Niche for Tree Climbers: Banding Eaglets
Ryan Torcicollo, CTSP, is no stranger to climbing, but his latest adventure was an unforgettable experience for him. Based in Essex, Massachusetts, Torcicollo is a safety and skills trainer with SavATree, an accredited, 37-year TCIA member company. The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, known as MassWildlife, needed help with a banding project for eagles, […]