Canopy Tales

Dummies In Trees: Aerial Rescue Practice Tree care is dangerous work. Arborists climb aloft, drop branches and wood and use sharp implements in close proximity to their own limbs and tensioned safety ropes. All of our systems are reliant on tie in points which resist...

5 Reasons you should be planting trees at your home THIS SPRING   Early spring is prime planting season in the Front Range.  Trees and shrubs establish better when you put them in at the beginning of the year so they've got a full season's worth of photosynthesis to...

Zipping And Floating: Or How To Remove A Ponderosa From Someone's Roof This was an interesting one. I've been blessed to have some very cool technical removal experience in my past, but this one really took the title for most complex removal I've ever attempted. I...

Some tiny videos of big work - timelapse pruning! Arboriculture is kind of a lot of work Did you know that your certified arborist or climber specialist should be getting as far out to the tips of long branches as they safely can in order to make proper structural...

A Story About Caution Careful rigging made this removal of a Hybrid Cottonwood in Arvada, Colorado smooth and safe. The tree was leaning directly over the house and had major limbs within 8 feet of the roof-line. Opposite the house is a small Elm - this tree's...

Storms - cleaning up after Colorado weather It's difficult to know what to write about on a day like today. Last night, a winter storm rolled into town, calling up memories of a flooded Boulder County last year. This morning, the steady drizzle turned to sleety snow,...

On Preservation: When Decay Is Not A Death Sentence There is a trend in tree work to default to the most conservative answer when it comes to risk. We decide whether a tree should live or die based on the assumption that any defect makes the tree unsound and that...

Why I reject pruning to expose a pretty view A recent discussion via Instagram has sparked some serious thought. The picture is taken from the top branches of a smallish Cottonwood in Denver’s Highlands neighborhood. I was called in to remove the tree because it had...