TCI Magazine is the most widely read publication in the tree care industry. Informative articles on tree care issues, leading advertisers, an industry almanac, and cutting edge product news combine to make TCI Magazine a must-read for tree workers, tree care company owners, and anyone who wants a fresh, insightful look at our industry.
TCI magazine articles 1998-2000
2000 Articles
January 2000
ROW Herbicides Facts & Fallacies
By H. Dennis P. Ryan
Management Exchange - Using the Internet to Enhance Customer Service
By John Lloyd
The Science of Tree Cultivation and the Science Behind the Treatments
By Dr. Alex Shigo
Should You Invest in a Portable Sawmill?
By Thomas G. Dolan
Chasing Storms for Profit
By Mark Garvin
Developments in Decay Detection
By John A Stepp
February 2000
Safety & Training - Handling Minor Spills
By Dennis Skanes
Counting Canopy in Las Vegas
By Don Dale
The Oak Borers: Identification and Control
By David M. Munson
Urban Forestry - Urban Tree Care in Europe & the United States
By Nathan J. Morrison and T. Davis Sydnor
PPE Maintenance...A Little More To It
By Tim Ard
Protective Equipment & OSHA
By Frank Schnitzler
A Tree Care Industry Millennium Memory-The 1920s
By John Gunnell
Generational Warfare & Employee Relations
By John Curtis
Keys to Successful Macro-Infusions
By Jim Zwack
March 2000
Cobra Tree Support System
By John Ball and Travis Konda
Safety Programs and Loss Control Can Reduce Insurance Premiums
By George Klinger
What is a Consulting Arborist?
By Lew Bloch
Decay Detection: Down & Dirty
By John A. Stepp
Basic Office Computerization
By Jack Mattingly
Mini Aerial Lifts: Big Work From Small Packages
By Rick Howland
Management Exchange - The Seven Secrets of Top Performers
By James Ray
April 2000
Signs of Failure in Leaning Trees
By Ed Hayes
Engineering a Tree Removal
By Mark J. Chisholm
Excellence in Arboriculture - Award Winners
Top Insect Pests & Control Strategies
By Clif Sador
A Utility Arborist's Ice Storm Story
By George Klinger
A Millennium of Tree Care Trucks: The 1940s
By John Gunnell
May 2000
Rehabilitative Pruning for Trees
By Cass Turnbull
The Future of Tree Care: Educating the Next Generation
By Robert Rouse and Colleen Heraty
Guarding Against Employee Theft!
By Arthur H. Bell, Ph.D. and Dayle M. Smith, Ph. D.
The 10 Worst & 10 Best Trees: From A Disease Perspective
By Dr. Paul Pecknold
Carving a Profitable Niche in a Specialized Market
By Rick Howland
Manage Your Time & Maintain Your Teeth
By Todd Versteeg
Trees, Soils and the pH Concept
By Norm Helie
June 2000
Lightning Protection for Trees
By Marian Perkowski
Succession and Continuity Planning
By Ronald C. Reece Ph. D.
Profits in the Slow Season
By Colleen Heraty
A 10 Year Pictorial Of Tree Care Industry magazine.
Tree Education and Philosophy
By Dr. Alex L. Shigo
Educating the Next Generation
By Howard Eckel
Tree Care Industry Millenium Memory - Trucks in the 1960s
By John Gunnell
Reader's Forum - Proceed With Caution When Purchasing Used Equipment
By George R. Pogue, Jr.
Recognizing Sawflies in Pines
By David M. Munson
Book Reviews - Guide for Plant Appraisal, 9th Edition and Morton Arboretum's Tree & Shrub Handbook
July 2000
Beyond Deadwooding
By Dr. Ed Gilman
What's New in Chippers?
By Thomas G. Dolan
Nightmare on Elm Street
By David C. Hawkins, David V. Bloniarz, and H. Dennis P. Ryan, III
Retaining and Motivating Employees
By Wayne Outlaw
ANSI News: Review of ANSI A300-Part 4
Getting Slow Accounts Moving
By Mary McVicker
Proper Planning For Tree Felling Excellence
Arborist Equipment: A Special Chain for You…
By Tim Ard
Reader's Forum: Stripping Out the Interior Growth of A Tree and Calling It Pruning…Isn't
By Geoffry Dodge
Diagnostic Equipment: Measuring Fine Root Growth
By Dr. Donald H. Marx
Disease Management: Bacterial Leaf Scorch: Searching for Cures
By Dr. James Sherald
Disease Management: Insect Transmission
By Dr. Jo-Ann Bentz
August 2000
Training Young Trees
By Cass Turnbull
Management Exchange: Are Foreign Workers One Answer to Tree Care Labor Problems?
By Grace Glover-Dunne
Mycorrhizal Fungi & Other Microorganisms
By Dr. Donald H. Marx
ANSI A300 - Part 3 Standards Just Arrived
Pest Management: Hungry for Heartwood. Formosan Termites Are Turning to Trees
By David M. Munson
Dogwood Anthracnose: Symptoms and Controls
By Warren Copes
Urban Forestry: Using or Selling All of Your Street Waste
By Steve Sandfort
September 2000
A New Tree Biology Comes of Age
By Dr. Alex L. Shigo
Pricing Snow Plowing Services for Maximum Profits
By John Allin
Ins and Outs of Paying for an Aerial Lift
By Rick Howland
Management Exchange: Sales Presentations Should Suit Customer's Personality
By David W. Richardson, CSP
Urban Forestry: Trees and Miss Liberty Standing Tall
Ticks - Understanding the Threat
By David M. Munson
October 2000
Learning to Read a Tree's History
By Keith Regan
Management Exchange: Finding the Next Wave of Arborists
By Robert Rouse
Of Terrible Tree Pruning and Formosan Termite Mega-Colonies
By Adrian S. Juttner
ISA News - World Champion Retains Title at 2000 ITCC
By Jim Skiera
Arborist Equipment - Labor-Saving Devices
By Thomas G. Dolan
Get More From TCI EXPO 2000 With the Right People Skills
By Phillip M. Perry
Equipment Maintenance: Sharpen Your Skills
By Rick Bryan, IV
What's on Your Pre-Climb Checklist?
By Kris Edson
November 2000
Armillaria Root Rots, Predisposition and Poor Sorauer
By Dr. Alex L. Shigo
Arborist Equipment: Reclaiming the Floods…
By Tim Ard
Florida Citrus Canker Eradication
By Richard Yach
Prior Notification Pits Right to Know Versus Requirement to Tell
By Rick Howland
New York Neighbor Notification Law - Compliance Issues and Methods in Review
By Diana Cardillo
The Great Fungi Experiment Lives Up To Its Name
By Jennifer Scott-Lifland
Book Review: Tree Climber's Companion
By Robert Rouse
Pruning Tips: The Japanese Laceleaf Maple
By Cass Turnbull
Pest Alert - Wanted Dead...Asian Long-horned Beetle
Productivity in Sidewalk Snow-Removal Operations
By John Allin
Accounting - Talking The Talk
By Mary McVicker
A Quarter Century Supplying Arborists
By Colleen Heraty
12 Ways to Cut Workers' Comp
By Phillip M. Perry
Tar Spot in Maples
By David M. Munson
1999 Articles
January 1999
Partnering With Utilities
By Jon Hall
Trees, Golf Courses & Development
By Felicia Gillham
Reader's Forum - Consolidations, Mergers and Buyouts: What It Might Mean to You
By Phil Nilsson
Management Exchange - Sharing the Wealth
By Mark E. Battersby
February 1999
New Tree Fertilization Standards
By Tim A. Johnson
Battling Asian Long-Horned Beetle
By Jill Cherpack & Russell McKinney
Rustling Leaves
By John Stepp
Safety & Training - Emergency Response/Aerial Rescue Initiative
By Ken Palmer
Management Exchange -
Disrupting the Status Quo
By Kevin E. O'Connor
Aerial Lift Maintenance
By Mark Garvin
Arborist Innovation - Gift of Education
By Mark Garvin
March 1999
Advancements in Managing Arthropod Pests
By Dr. Michael J. Raupp
Maintaining a Unique Green Legacy
By Paul Hanson
Palm Research & Outreach
By Don Dale
Management Exchange - Turnover: Its Cost and Reasons
By Wayne Outlaw
Reader's Forum - Tree Roots Do Not Cause Sidewalk Damage
By Steve Sandfort
April 1999
Excellence in Arboriculture - Profile of Winners
Checklist - Federal OSHA Compliance
By Steve Semler
Patterns of Tree Failure
By Ed Hayes
Recognizing Verticillium Wilt
By Dr. Cynthia L. Ash
Book Review - Smart Staffing
By Mark Garvin
Arborist Equipment - National
Container-Collection Program
By Mark Garvin
Safety & Education - Rope Burns (And How to Avoid Them)
By Joseph Descans
May 1999
Tree Control: Pruning & Hinge Material
By Tim Ard
Managing Drift & Exposure
By Dr. Bruce R. Fraedrich
Stump Grinders: Different Needs for Different Jobs
By Richard C. Howland, Jr.
Low Price: When to Say When
By Phil Nilsson
Arborist Innovation - Creating a Tree Crew
By Jim McGee
Management Exchange - Don't Get Ripped Off By Your Insurance Company
By Phillip M. Perry
Industry Milestones - Davey Celebrates 20 Years of Employee Ownership
By Mark Garvin
Reader's Forum - Selling Your Services as an Expert Witness: Do You Want the Job?
By Richard King
June 1999
Stress: From the Branches to the Roots and Back Again
By Dr. Phillip M. Wargo
Employee Training: Is It Worth It?
By Robert Ash
What is Pollarding?
By Cass Turnbull
Arborist Equipment - Rigging Takes a Sailing Tack
By Gregory P. Good
Public Relations - Expert Tree Care
By Howard Eckel
Management Exchange - Customer Service
By Kevin E. O'Connor, CSP
July 1999
Arboriculture in the Rearview Mirror
By Don Blair
Trading Up to a Larger Chipper Can Lower Costs
By J. Paul Lamarche
Writing Good A300 Pruning
Specifications
By Dr. Ed Gilman & Robert Rouse
Termites 2000
By Adrian S. Juttner
Yellows Diseases: Go With the Phloem
By Mark L. Gleason
Arborist Innovation - First Annual Autumn Tree Care Expert Seminar
By Laura Smies
Management Exchange - Strategic Planning
By Dr. Peter Johnson
Science & Technology - The Blight Fight Continues
By Deborah Logan
Safety & Training - Twenty Minutes May Be All It Takes
By Bob Rouse
Tornado Cleanup in Oklahoma
By Richard Yach
Indoor Arboriculture
By Helen Kitchen Branson
August 1999
Trends in Trucking
By Richard C. Howland, Jr.
Checklist for Federal DOT Compliance
By Lee S. Zimmerman
Prescription Fertilization
By Dr. E. Thomas Smiley
Management Exchange - Selling to the Value-Driven Buyer
By Robert B. Tucker
Arborist Innovation - Big Bang
By Tim Ard
Urban Forestry - Tree Management to Prevent Storm Damage
By Jon Hall
Reader's Forum - Is the Green Industry Invisible?
By Richard E. Abbott
September 1999
Resolving Storm Emergencies
By Steve Sandfort & Thomas P. Webster
Business Planning in Three Easy Steps
By Phil Nilsson
Power Pruning Pointers
By Richard C. Howland, Jr.
PHC & Arboriculture in the 21st Century
By Dr. David G. Nielsen
Management Exchange - Tax Strategies for 1999
By Mark E. Battersby
Reader's Forum - Pruning Conifers
By Cass Turnbull
Reader's Forum - Essay on Douglas Fir Pruning
By Michael R. Pack
October 1999
Facts and Fallacies About
Stormproofing Trees
By Dr. Jim McGraw
Visual Tree Assessment
Dr. Claus Mattheck & Oliver Heim
Prescription Fertilization II: Selecting Materials and Rates
By Dr. E. Thomas Smiley
Protecting the Urban Forest with Trenchless Technology
By Todd Versteeg
Arborist Equipment - What is Chain Saw Maintenance?
By Tim Ard
November 1999
What Signals a Plant to Break Dormancy?
By Patrice Peltier
Chain Saw Maintenance - Sharpen Your Skill
By Tim Ard
Choosing Allergy-Free Trees
By Scott E. Seargeant
Managing Golf Course Trees
By Sharon Lilly
Fleet Safety: Training Your Employees as Drivers
By Billy Boguski
Effective Leadership Made Simple
By Emmet Robinson
Arboriculture & the Law
By Lew Bloch
Management Exchange - What is Burnout?
By Robert Ash
Book Review - Arboriculture: History and Development in North America
By Dan Neely
Reader's Forum - The Internet and Tree Care Businesses
By Robert Underwood
Urban Forestry - Assessing and Managing Impacts to Trees From Highway Construction
By Michael Galvin
Arborist Equipment - What You Need to Know & Do After You Purchase Your Equipment
By Bess Ritter
December 1999
Climbing Equipment Maintenance
By Deborah Logan
Making Budgets Work
By Mary McVicker
Time for a New Chain or Bar?
By Tim Ard
Using Nonverbal Clues to Build Relationships
By Arthur H. Bell, Ph.D
Prescription Fertilization Part III: Delivering the Service
By Dr. E. Thomas Smiley
Lerp Invasion: Report From the
Western Front
By John Stepp
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
By David M. Munson
1998 Articles
January 1998
Disease Complexes, Complex Diseases
By Dr. James Chatfield
A Model in Storm Damage Recovery
By Jon Hall
Right-of-Way Maintenance
By Mark Garvin
Know Why Before You Buy: Part 2
By Howard L. Eckel
The Real World of Management
By Robert J. Ash
February 1998
Mycorrhizal Management on Urban Trees
By Dr. Donald Marx
Preservation of Live Oaks in Urban Forest
By Randy Harris & Dr. Kamran K. Abdollahi
Marketing Strategies for Growing Business
By Dick Proudfoot
Aerial Lift Safety... Before You Drive
The Greening of Ann Arbor
By Jon Hall
The Secret to Pricing for Profit is Time
By Phil Nilsson
March 1998
Bridging the Gap With Today's Young People
By Robert Rouse
How To Find, Keep and Motivate Employees
By Ward Peterson
Computers, the Web and Your Business
By Suretta Williams
Cabling To Prevent Storm Damage
By Douglas N. Johnson and Nancy Gaudle Johnson
April 1998
Building Successful Teams Will Build Your Business
By Kevin Kehoe
Therapy for Damaged Trees
By Nelda Matheny & Jim Clark
Working With Landscape Pros
By D. Douglas Graham
Ice Storm ‘98: A View From Front Lines
By Donald D. Fox
May 1998
Tree Chemistry for Fun & Profit
By Dr. Alex L. Shigo
Recruiting & Interviewing Strategies that Land the Best Employees
By Susan A. Friedmann
Stump Cutters: Sharp Teeth Above All
By Mark Garvin
June 1998
More Than Mulch
By Mark Garvin
Firewood & Tree Business
By Jeff Weeks
Security & Theft Prevention
By George Klinger
Treatment Profile: Dutch Elm Disease
By Tom Prosser
Strategies, Beyond Higher Wages, for Motivating your Hourly Partners
By Kevin E. O'Connor
July 1998
Bacterial Leaf Scorch
By Colles Stowell
Peaceful Coexistence With OSHA
By Peter Gerstenberger
Behavioral Safety Awareness
By Bob Reeder
Improve Your Business Practices
By Jim Leatzow
Increase Profits Without Raising Prices
By Susan B. Haupt
August 1998
Proper Pesticide Application Saves
By Mark Garvin
The Future of Training
By Albin Dearing
DOT Changes You Should Know About
By Amelia Reinert
September 1998
Tree Planting Techniques
By Dr. Bonnie Lee Appleton
Rope: Choose With Care
By Peter Gerstenberger
Team Building
By Kevin O'Connor
Landscapes for Wildlife
By D. Douglas Graham
October 1998
Make the Most of TCI Expo
By Phillip M. Perry
Treating Leaf Scorch
By Mark Garvin
Consider Hazard Trees
By Tim Ard
Developing Your Motivational Skills
By Kevin Kehoe
November 1998
Tree Root Damage to Buildings
By Dr. Giles Biddle
Soil Fertility
By Don Dale
Recruitment in the 90's
By Richard Jones
Beware the Lerp Psyllid
By John A. Stepp
December 1998
A Day of Service at Arlington
By Mark Garvin
Creativity Market Mulch
By Gary Mullane
Insect Pest Management
Dr. Daniel A. Herms
Wetlands Mitigation
By Mark Garvin
The 20 new Principles of Business
By Robert Ash
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