I 'm sure every tree worker has run into a case when you get a phone call to come in and remove a hazardous tree after construction has just been finished on a building site. Of course, it would [...]

The Six-Step Felling Plan is a checklist you and the people who work alongside you can apply to every tree-felling operation. It’s also a training tool. Employees who have achieved basic chain-saw safer-operator skills and who are prepared to [...]

In this presentation, we’ll look at which characteristics help identify some of the fungi that can create hazardous trees for arborists. We’ll also look at fungal management and managing client expectations for trees with wood-decay rot. This pre-recorded video [...]

Sponsored Content Graphic courtesy of Douglas Plant Health Biologicals.   Since graduating from Michigan State in the 1990s, Steve Martinko has taken a progressive, holistic view of tree and lawn care. “I’ve always gravitated toward microbial solutions,” says [...]

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the need for supplemental support systems and the reasons we rely on cabling systems to serve as solutions for many structural vulnerabilities. In this article, we will cover some needed clarifications [...]