The first known photo of the Black Gum tree, from 2016. The note in the database from this tree inspection reads: “Poor quality tree – recommend removal.” Photo from Google Street View. One of the main goals of [...]

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, [...]

A large-chip biochar, showing the carbon framework of tree rings. Photo courtesy of Zack Shier. Urban forests are critical to the resilience and sustainability of our cities and towns, offering ecosystem services such as temperature regulation, air and [...]

Reduction cut. All photos courtesy of the author. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines malpractice as “a dereliction of professional duty or a failure to exercise an ordinary degree of professional skill or learning by one rendering professional services, which results [...]

Photo 1. Canker rots typically decay the heartwood and sapwood before they kill the bark and cambium and cause cankers. Note the depressed face of the stem, and that the decay tree has reacted by forming wound wood on [...]