The Emerald Tree Care crew at TCI EXPO '25 in St. Louis. Photo courtesy of Jarryd Beats. If you're a small or mid-sized tree care company struggling to find and keep good people, you're not alone. Labor shortages [...]

  The Arborwear team at Arborwear HQ, posing for the 2025 Top Workplace Award, given by Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer. (Arborwear has received this award six years in a row!) Photo courtesy of Josie Cremeans. Industry statistics [...]

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 [...]