Leo Roldan Leo Roldan is un hombre en una misión, a man on a mission. As district safety-trainer coordinator in Mamaroneck, New York, for SavATree, a 35-year TCIA member company headquartered in Bedford, N.Y., he oversees training for the district’s [...]

Stepping away from my full-time massage-therapy career of 19 years due to restrictions related to COVID-19, I volunteered to work with our TreeHugger crew for the summer. All photos courtesy of the author. The summer of 2020 was a time [...]

“In reality, so many women are kicking butt in our industry. It’s a matter of overcoming the fears or the self-doubt more than anything,” says Katie Breukers, shown above, owner of Tangled Trees Arboriculture in London, Ontario, Canada. Photo courtesy [...]

Abigail Hufnagle, above, studied forest technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology. She is now a utility forester/work planner with ArborMetrics Solutions in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. ArborMetrics Solutions, LLC (AMS), based in Asheville, North Carolina, and Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada, is a [...]

“STAND CLEAR!” … Here’s where you reply, “ALL CLEAR!” Bear LeVangie during an OSHA Region 1 training in March 2019 in Massachusetts. TCIA staff photo. As an essential worker, I hope you find my story from the field entertaining or [...]