Can You Keep Big Trees Small or Limit Tree Height?

Watching a tree grow is magical. Day by day, it slowly grows (without catching our attention). Then, we turn around, and the former sapling is

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Trees and College Campuses: A Mutual Symbiosis

A December, 2017 visit to Amherst, MA to enjoy a Georgia-University of Massachusetts (UMass) basketball game brought back fond memories of my graduate student days

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Things We Heart – February 2018 (TCIA)

We’ve rounded up some of the best tree stuff on the web for your enjoyment. Check out this month’s highlights below: Recreation. Photography and videography.

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What Time of Year Do Pine Trees Drip Sap (and Can I Stop It?)

Pine trees wow with their array of colors–jade needles, chocolate-brown cones and hickory-colored bark. And for a short time of the year, some pines add

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Dr. Dirr’s Tree Spotlight: Quercus shumardii – Shumard Oak

Shumard oak is one of the most widely distributed species of the red oak group ranging from Ontario (4 counties) to Florida, west to Kansas,

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Zurich head on the need to look at claims as cost pressure rises

By Lucy Hook for Business Insurance Claims transformation is being pushed to the top of insurers’ agendas thanks to a changing marketplace, heightened customer expectations,

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Dr. Dirr’s Tree Spotlight: Gymnocladus dioicus-Kentucky coffeetree

An email arrives from a master wood craftsman in Limerick, Maine. It reads… “have access to a giant log of Kentucky coffeetree but am broke.

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Is It OK to Keep Outdoor Tree Lights on Year Round?

After we recycle our Christmas trees and stow away our stockings, one decoration always seems to linger: outdoor Christmas lights. Maybe you love the look o f a

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Ambrosia Beetle (PSHB) is Eating Southern California

By Ian Gray, BCMA, CTSP During my first week of work, in September 2016, as the new City Arborist in Claremont, California, my supervisor handed

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