Congratulations to the 2025 TCIA annual award winners, who were announced during TCIA’s Winter Management Conference in February 2026. Michael Raupp, Ph.D. Award of Merit: Michael Raupp, Ph.D. Known as "The Bug Guy," Dr. Raupp, a professor emeritus [...]

Arborist apprentices, SCA pre-apprentices, Openlands staff and Illinois Arborist Association instructors pose under the training tree from the Beginner Climbing Training. In 2024, TCI Magazine explored the growing role of Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) in addressing workforce challenges [...]

Two Old Growth Tree Service employees work through a section of TCIA's Arborist Apprenticeship Training Program. All photos courtesy of Britt Felton, unless otherwise noted. At Old Growth Tree Service, training has never been optional. “You don’t get [...]

A class from Garden Time's Green Reentry Job Training Program, including Victor Sanchez, participant, far left, and Kate Lacouture, cofounder and executive director, second from left. All photos courtesy of Garden Time. When Victor Sanchez returned home after [...]

TreeForce pre-apprentices and the City of Denver forestry department pose together after a day of pruning practice. It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention, and that was precisely the path that led to launching TreeForce, a [...]