TCIA News

• Apps Connect Tree Care Crews with Locals Seeking Free Wood Chips 

  5/2/2017 - Looking for a way to offload chips from your latest tree-trimming job, without the cost in time and fuel to drive to an approved dumping site? There’s an app for that!

• Don’t Use Climbing Spikes When Pruning Trees 

  5/2/2017 - Climbing spikes are sharpened steel spikes attached to the climber’s leg by leather straps and padded supports. A tree worker should only use them to access trees being removed.

• Tree Pruning to ANSI Standards 

  12/28/2016 - Winter is an excellent time to prune dead and hazardous branches out of trees, according to tree care experts.

• Three Reasons Homeowners Should Leave Tree Work to the Professionals 

  6/9/2015 - This article was written to inform homeowners of the dangers of do-it-yourself tree care. Tree care companies – don’t forget to share this post with your customers!

• How to Prune a Bleeding Tree 

  3/24/2015 - I had my maple tree pruned last spring and afterwards it seemed to leak sap all over the place.

• What To Do When Your Tree Is Dying 

  5/27/2014 - Have you ever heard of the children’s book, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein?

• Best Practices for Crane Use in Arboriculture (4th Edition) available for purchase July 2017 

  7/19/2017 - More than half of TCIA’s commercial tree care company members report that they regularly use cranes for tree removals.

• ASTI grant application deadline August 15th 

  7/11/2017 - The Arborist Safety Training Institute (ASTI) is a program launched by the Tree Care Industry Association Foundation (TCIAF) in 2013 in an effort to bring affordable safety training and educational opportunities to tree care companies across the coun

• TCIA’s Summer 2017 Buyers’ Guide is now online 

  7/6/2017 - You know the equipment and products your company needs to continue growing, but are you aware of the best place to get them?

• Example Articles from the July/August TCI Magazine 

  6/30/2017 - Example Articles from the July/August TCI Magazine

• ServicePro joins TCIA Partners Advancing Commercial Tree Care Program 

  6/27/2017 - The Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) is proud to welcome ServicePro as a first-year Partners Advancing Commercial Tree Care (PACT) Root partner for 2017.

• Benefits of Professional Credentials 

  6/22/2017 - Meet Joe Kramer. He was in the inaugural Certified Arborist class offered by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA).

• Power Pole Saw Operations for the Professional Tree Worker 

  6/22/2017 - The right pole saw can be an extremely valuable tool in the hands of a properly trained, professional tree worker.

• Safety is a Mindset 

  6/14/2017 - According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 4,821 people – more than 13 per day – died while doing their jobs. In 2016 alone,

• No Shortage of Acronyms in the TCI 

  6/7/2017 - Oftentimes I have found it annoying when people “belt out” acronyms assuming we all should know what they stand for.

• Examples Articles from June TCI Magazine 

  5/31/2017 - Example Articles from the June TCI Magazine.

• The 2016 Wage & Benefit survey results are in 

  5/19/2017 - The 2016 Wage & Benefit have been compiled and distributed to all of the 217 participants.

• National Pruning Standard Revised – First Revision Since 2008 

  5/2/2017 - The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A300 (Part 1)-2017 Pruning standard revision was recently approved by ANSI and published by the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA).

• Apps Connect Tree Care Crews with Locals Seeking Free Wood Chips 

  5/2/2017 - Looking for a way to offload chips from your latest tree-trimming job, without the cost in time and fuel to drive to an approved dumping site? There’s an app for that!

• PPC vs. SEO – Why Your Business Needs the Right Balance of Each 

  5/2/2017 - One of the most common questions we get while speaking at TCIA expos or providing educational Webinars is, “which strategy is right for me?”

• Example Articles from the May TCI Magazine 

  5/2/2017 - Example Articles from the May TCI Magazine.

• Spring 2017 ASTI grants awarded to 26 organizations across the country 

  4/20/2017 - The Arborist Safety Training Institute (ASTI), recently awarded nearly $37,000 in grants to 26 organizations.

• Tree Care Industry Association Awarded Maryland Apprenticeship Innovation Fund Grant 

  4/19/2017 - Kelly M. Schulz, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor announced March 8, 2017, that the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) received exclusive Federal funding to establish an Apprenticeship Innovation Fund (AIF).

• The Tree Care Industry Goes to Washington 

  4/5/2017 - With the election of President Trump came a massive seat change in Washington.

• Example Articles from the April TCI Magazine 

  4/3/2017 - Example articles from the April TCI Magazine.

• TCI Mags First Scratch-and-Sniff Ad 

  3/19/2017 - TCI Mags First Snatch-and-Sniff Ad