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  • TCI Demo Dome
    July 9, 2025

    Some Great Reasons to Attend TCI EXPO This Year!

    By ELIZABETH RODEWALD, CTSP

    All photos Chris Hall/TCIA From flying buckets to climbing breakthroughs, TCI EXPO returns to St. Louis, Missouri, in 2025, with more opportunities, innovation and energy, and – for all the right reasons. Each fall, there’s a buzz in [...]

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  • Experiential Rigging Forces
    July 1, 2025

    “Feeling Forces” – Experiential Learning Focused on Rigging Forces

    By COREY SHEPARD, CTSP, and EMMETT SHUTTS JR., CTSP

    Teaching, training and understanding the forces generated while rigging trees can be challenging. Even as experienced arborists and professional trainers, we have had the experience of looking into the eyes of rigging trainees and knowing, “They don’t get it!” This [...]

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  • Rigging a Lightning-Struck Tree
    July 3, 2025

    Rigging a Lightning-Struck White Pine Tree

    By Chris Girard, CTSP

    Recently, Girard Tree Service LLC, which I co-own and operate with my wife, Heide, was asked to take down a lightning-struck white pine tree (Pinus strobus) on an island here in New Hampshire. Due to the remote location and terrain, [...]

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  • Highlining Over the Elora Gorge
    July 1, 2025

    Highlining Over the Elora Gorge

    By Joe Legate

    A couple of years ago, we were contacted to remove a linden tree growing on the side of a cliff at the Elora Gorge, on the Grand River about 70 miles west of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. The [...]

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  • Rigging Trees
    July 7, 2025

    When in Doubt, Rig It Out

    By ZACHARY RICHARDS

    With so many flashy devices and gear options available within the tree industry, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and stick with the basics – or even just resort to the trusty “cut and chuck” to get the job [...]

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