Preparing trees for severe weather is an essential aspect of disaster mitigation and landscape management. Strong winds associated with these natural disasters can cause significant damage to trees, resulting in hazards to property and safety. Taking proactive measures to safeguard trees can help minimize their vulnerability to severe weather events. In this blog, we will …
Is there anything you can do to protect trees from storm damage? It is a question frequently asked after a storm has damaged someone’s tree. Trees are vulnerable to heavy winds, hail, and lightning. They can affect the trees from their roots to their crown. Properly maintained, healthy trees can usually withstand the forces of …
Are there any benefits to leaving the stump after removing a tree? Or should you have the stump removed or ground down? If you decide to leave it there to rot, damaging pests like termites or carpenter ants can make it their home and spread out into the yard or home. There are many benefits …
Storms cause extreme damage to properties, neighborhoods, and entire regions every year in the US. Need proof? Look no further than the $1.9 trillion (that’s trillion, with a ‘t’) worth of destruction they’ve produced over the last 40 years! It’s little surprise when you think of the havoc that high winds, heavy rain, floodwater, and lightning strikes can wreak. …
