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Workforce Development

  • Turning Wood Waste
    March 3, 2025

    Turning Wood Waste Into a Community Resource

    By TIM BARTELT

    Human nature tells us to give of ourselves and to give back to our community. Your company vehicles probably drive by a dozen places every day where people could benefit from your giving. And chances are, your kids or [...]

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  • engaging your tree care employees
    March 2, 2025

    Retention Through Engagement

    By Noel Boyer

    This article originally appeared in the October 2020 issue of TCI Magazine. It has been slightly updated. Noel Boyer doing the demonstration run in the work-climb event at the ISA North American Tree Climbing Championship in Salt Lake [...]

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  • Encouraging tree Climbers
    March 5, 2025

    Encouraging Climbers to Go Out on a Limb

    By Tamsin Venn

    John Paul “JP” Sanborn, professional development director for Crawford Tree & Landscape in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had been in the industry for about 20 years when he gained TCIA’s Certified Treecare Safety Professional (CTSP) credential in 2014. A Crawford Tree [...]

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  • Community Urban-Forestry Education
    March 11, 2025

    Climbing Into Community Urban-Forestry Education

    By EDWARD MORROW

    You’ve seen it – improper pruning, unforgiving topping, suffocating mulch volcanoes; it’s 2025, like, why do we still see mulch volcanoes? And if you talk to enough property owners, you may hear mountains of tree myths and misconceptions. What’s [...]

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  • PEOPLE WHO ARE THE TREE CARE INDUSTRY
    March 2, 2025

    Allison Emanuel Guilty of Leaving the Courtroom for the Trees?

    By David Rattigan

    At law school, observers tell you, the biggest thing they teach is not the law. Instead, they teach you a different way of thinking. How to think like a lawyer. Allison and Jake Emanuel are shown here with [...]

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