Plant Health Care and Trees
Plant health care, also called PHC, offers a total health approach to landscape and plant health. As an arborist you will monitor each property, watching for potential or actual problems in the landscape that might be best avoided or dealt [...]
Three Reasons Tree Work is for the Professionals
Here are three reasons why tree work is for professionals: #1 Knowledge and Training Safe tree work requires extensive knowledge of tree physics and biology, which may take years of experience and study to acquire. Experience and knowledge [...]
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire – Gear Up 2019 Winner Profile
The University of New Hampshire has been graduating tree care professionals and foresters for almost a century, according to Ethan Belair, director of the Forest Technology program, which includes arboriculture and forestry. “UNH has had a forestry program since [...]
Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Gear Up 2019 Winner Profile
For almost 30 years, Southern University and A&M College have been graduating top urban-forestry students, according to program director Kamran Abdollahi. He adds that it’s the pilot program in urban forestry for Louisiana and initially was launched with an [...]
Huntley College of Agriculture, Pomona, California – Gear Up 2019 Winner Profile
As part of Cal Poly Pomona in eastern Los Angeles County, Huntley attracts students from as far away as Ventura County – a two-hour one-way commute, according to adjunct faculty member Tracey Takeuchi. The college, located in an underserved [...]
Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon – Gear Up 2019 Winner Profile
On his Gear Up application, Jim Wentworth-Plato explains that Clackamas Community College is two years into developing its state-education board-approved arboriculture program. The two-year program earns students an Associate of Applied Science degree. “We focus on being accessible to [...]