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Safe Response to Tree-Related Storm Damage
Devastating storms and natural disasters can leave you reeling and at a loss of how to begin recovery. Whether you are a city forester acting as a first responder or a landowner checking your property months later, the first step is always safety. It is a common occurrence that people survive storms and natural disasters only to be injured while
Mid-Year Economic Outlook for the Green Industry with Dr. Hall
Mid-Year Economic Outlook Join us for a webinar on Aug 29, 2017 at 11:00 AM CDT. Register now! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6437084612621397250 In this webinar, Dr. Charlie Hall will present his mid-year economic outlook for the green industry. Special emphasis will be placed on the sectors in the economy that have a direct impact on grower, landscape service provider, and retail sales. Dr. Hall
Are you selling in the Texas market? Exhibitors Wanted
Register to exhibit today! Early Registration Ends Sept. 1st 2017 Texas Tree Conference and Trade Show September 27-29, 2017 Waco Convention Center We’re back! After hosting the International Conference last year, the Texas Tree Conference is back in Waco. Register now to exhibit at the biggest and best Texas Tree Trade Show yet! This is a premier event in the
Alert – Hearing Tomorrow – Tree Legislation in the 2017 Texas Legislature Special Session
The 30-day Special Session of the Texas Legislature is winding down. Senate Bill 14, a bill that would undermine all local city ordinances regulating tree removal on private property has passed the Senate but its companion bill, House Bill 70 has not passed out of the House committee. Tomorrow, August 8th at 9:00 am, the Senate Committee on Business and
Alert – Tree Legislation in the 2017 Texas Legislature Special Session
The 30-day Special Session of the Texas Legislature started last week and tree related bills are moving very quickly. On Saturday, a Senate committee heard several hours of testimony on SB 14. This bill would eliminate all city ordinances regulating tree removal on private property – including all new subdivisions and commercial development. It has been passed out of Committee and
Texas Senate Committee to Debate Tree Bill This Saturday
The Texas Special Session is now in action. The Senate Business and Commerce Committee is set to hear a bill limiting local governments ability to protect trees on private property at 9:00am this Saturday morning. You are invited to give testimony. Here is a link to the bill being considered Here are the members of the Senate Business and Commerce
Defend Texas Tree Ordinances – Petition Now Online
Special Session Tree Legislation No more tree protection in cities? The rapid growth of Texas cities has led to the citizens in dozens of fast growing cities passing ordinances that protect trees. Gov. Abbott recently vetoed the broadly supported SB 744 tree mitigation bill supported by both houses of the state legislature, the development community and municipal interests charged with
OSHA and NIOSH Team Up to Offer Updated Heat Safety App
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and OSHA have collaborated to update OSHA’s original Heat Safety Tool. The updated app, available for both Android and iPhone, provides a clearer user interface, while still providing the same information to help keep workers safe when working outdoors in hot weather. Extreme heat causes more deaths than any other weather-related hazard; each
Texas Tree Conference – Registration Now Open
2017 Texas Tree Conference September 27-29, 2017 Waco Convention Center We are back! After hosting the International Conference last year the Texas Tree Conference is back in Waco for 2017. Mark your calendar now for the biggest and best Texas Tree Conference yet! We anticipate over 1,000 attendees again and will have Texas, national and international speakers. There will be
Invasive Chinese Privet
Chinese privet is an evergreen shrub that is aggressive and troublesome, spreading easily and crowding out native plants. It often forms dense thickets, particularly in bottom-land forests and along fencerows, thus gaining access to forests, fields, and right-of-ways. Being shade tolerant, it can invade forest interiors as well. It colonizes by root sprouts and is spread widely by abundant bird-
