As I visit with my tree friends in person and online, I often hear of the challenges we all face as we work to keep our customers happy and our team safe. There are a lot of important pieces [...]

    Maryland Arborist Day 2025 Event Rescheduled to April 12     In light of Matt Anacker’s recent passing, the Maryland Arborist Association (MAA) has chosen to reschedule its 46th Maryland Arborist Day event to April 12. With this [...]

In June of 2024, I received an email from a gentleman who said he had heard about my company from our local county workforce center. He was interested in a new career as an arborist and wanted to know if [...]

August Hoppe The TCIA mission is “Advancing tree care businesses.” As I wrap up my time on the TCIA Board of Directors, it’s time to reflect a little on some of our accomplishments toward that end as an [...]

Most risk-management articles written for the tree care industry center around avoiding, minimizing or reducing risk within your tree care company. In simple terms, we usually look at risk as a bad thing for your business. However, I feel the [...]