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I've been on many Tree Preservation projects with the best intentions, but everything falls apart at the eleventh hour, and sometimes long before. It felt as if the tree preservation was approved with the main intention being the ceremonial check mark on a list showing something was accomplished. No real forethought, planning, or resolve behind the action. The mulch is laid beneath the shade of the canopy, the fences go up to dissuade any equipment operators looking for resp

Progression of Dutch Elm We're seeing high Dutch Elm disease pressure this year If you have a mature American elm — or a Princeton, lacebark, or other elm of any age — this is the year to take a hard look at the canopy. We're seeing unusually heavy Dutch elm disease (DED) pressure across our service area, and the trees that get caught early are the ones that have a chance. DED is a vascular fungal disease, today driven primarily by Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, a more aggressive stra

A homeowner walks out one morning and notices that the big oak in the front yard — the one that's been there since before the house was built — has yellow leaves where it shouldn't, dieback in the crown, and bark that doesn't look quite right. The instinct most people have is to call a tree spray company. Within a week, a truck shows up, and the property is signed up for a quarterly subscription program that will spray the tree on a calendar throughout the year. There's a pro