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 [...]

The Rick's Certified Arborists crew. “But what are you going to do during the winter?” was the question that always followed the words of encouragement from friends in the industry after we first started Rick’s Certified Arborists. While [...]