Spotted Lanternflies on the Dog Walk — and a Call from The Guardian
An educational dog-walk video, a sweetgum full of nymphs, and a call from a Guardian reporter. The longer conversation about urban canopy, the lanternfly calendar, and the gap in arborist tooling for tracking pest pressure.
Studying for the ISA Cert — From the Field
The Study Guide on the desk. The work in the app. How the book and the field teach the same chapters — and why the credential isn't a prerequisite for either.
Stop Losing Clients to the Lab You Don't Have
University soil diagnostics for $20 a sample. Disease testing by photo. And the first electronic health record for trees — from your shirt pocket.
On Arbor Day, I'm going back to the arboretum. Here's why.
A week at the Ohio Chapter ISA Field Day with Dr. Laura Deeter taught me where AI tree ID breaks — and where CanopyKeep is getting sharp.