“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 [...]

JoAnn Cucciarre, center, in her booth at TCI EXPO 2018 with Stacey Marcell, right, CTSP, owner of Northeast Horticultural Services, an accredited, 11-year TCIA member company based in Milford, Connecticut, and Kate Odell, CTSP, now with Broad Oak Tree & [...]

Julie Bunn says giving employees ownership of their safety-meeting presentations helps give them confidence that carries over to their work in the field. Photos courtesy of Julie Bunn. Julie Bunn, project specialist, wears many hats at Flower City Tree, an [...]

Patrick O’Meara, far right, owner of High Country Landscape in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, with a group of climbing arborists, including Aneesa Winn, front row, far left, and Jacque Fink, front row, third from right, at ProGreen Expo in Denver in [...]

Supporters hope the initiative will grow the workforce, create a pathway for career growth and develop tree care’s professionalism and reputation After proceeding in fits and starts, an arborist apprenticeship program is taking off on the state and now the [...]