Skip to content
  • Subscribe to TCI Magazine
  • Advertise
  • Contribute
  • Safety
    • Aerial Rescue & Emergency Response
    • Chainsaw Safety & Maintenance
    • Electrical Hazards Awareness
    • Equipment Safety & Mechanization
    • Pesticide Use & Environmental Hazards
    • Risk Management
  • Workforce Development
    • Apprenticeship Programs
    • Diversity & Inclusion
    • Employee Development
    • Women in Tree Care
  • Advocacy & Regulatory Compliance
  • Training
    • Arboriculture Best Practices
    • Disease & Pest Management
    • Climbing
    • Plant Health Care Strategies
    • Rigging
  • Sales & Marketing
    • Business Software
    • Marketing Strategy
    • Sales Process
  • Business Strategy
    • Financial Strategies for Tree Care Businesses
    • Management
    • Professional Liability & Workers Comp Insurance
    • Storm Work
    • Succession Planning
  • Resources
    • Sponsored Content
    • Magazine Archive
    • Cutting Edge – Products
    • Product Features
    • Product Review
    • Videos
      • Arborist Skills
    • Supplier’s Directory
    • 2025 Media Kit
    • Buyers’ Guide
    • Editorial Advisory Committee
  • News
    • Industry News
    • From the Field
    • Outlook

Training

  • Weeping conk
    October 7, 2024

    Wood-Decay Fungi, Part 2: Identifying Important Species

    By CHELSI ABBOTT, MSc

    In part 1 of this article, “Wood-Decay Fungi, Part 1: Understanding Morphology,” which ran in the February 2024 issue of TCI Magazine, we covered fungal anatomy and the various identifying characteristics of fungi. These include shape and form, parasites [...]

    read more
  • This historic northern catalpa tree on the Lindenwood University campus is supported by props, thanks to dedicated arborists preserving it. All photos courtesy of the author.
    October 9, 2024

    An Introduction to Supplemental Tree-Support Systems, Part 3: How to Brace, Guy or Prop, With a Look at Related Equipment

    By ANDY JONES, CTSP, AND NICK GREENWOOD, CTS

    In Part 2 of this series, we explored the deployment of steel and dynamic cable systems as risk-mitigation solutions for damaged trees or those with mechanical vulnerabilities. In Part 3, we will focus on another primary method of supplemental [...]

    read more
  • Photo 9: Rigging set at the location where the hemlock and birch were in contact with each other. Note how load binder strap and rigging lines were secured around both stems
    October 1, 2024

    Who Needs a Crane When You Can Rig?

    By Chris Girard, CTSP

    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 [...]

    read more
  • tree fell_web
    October 1, 2024

    The Six-Step Felling Plan

    By REBECCA SEIBEL, BCMA, CTSP

    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 [...]

    read more
  • wood decay_web
    October 7, 2024

    Wood-Decay Fungi, Part 2: Identifying Important Species

    By CHELSI ABBOTT, MSc

    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 [...]

    read more
Previous789Next

Connect with Us!

Published Accident Reports

TCIA Accident Briefs

2024 Winter Buyer’s Guide

2024 Winter Buyers Guide

Latest Articles

  • Impacts to the Immigrant Workforce in the New Trump Administration
    March 14, 2025|
  • Student Outreach
    March 12, 2025|
  • Climbing Into Community Urban-Forestry Education
    March 11, 2025|
  • Growing Careers: How SavATree Empowers Women in Arboriculture
    March 10, 2025|
  • WITC Scholarship Winner: Seizing the Opportunity to Connect With Other Women in Tree Care
    March 7, 2025|
  • Why Workforce Development?
    March 6, 2025|

Subscribe to
TCI Magazine Digital-only Edition

  • Contribute
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us

TCI Magazine, the official publication of the Tree Care Industry Association, is the most widely-read periodical in the tree care industry.

© 2025 Tree Care Industry Association, Inc. • All Rights Reserved.

Page load link

Press “ESC” key to close

additional menu
  • About Us
  • Subscribe/Renew
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contribute to TCI Magazine
Go to Top
Click to listen highlighted text!