The Tree Nerd Dispatch

A whole state locked down for lanternfly, ash dying across the map, a $500 tree ordinance in Virginia, and a stump that got its own memorial.

SF narrows tree-removal appeals, a new ATCP arborist exam, a shooting at an Oregon crew, and EAB jumps 50 miles into Colorado Springs.

Two utilities fight over vegetation money after outages, a fatal week for crews, and EAB lands in Washington State.

A brutal week for tree crews, EAB turns up in Washington for the first time, and Cal/OSHA numbers show exactly what inspectors write you up for.

NEPA exclusions for hazard tree and line-clearance work, California kills paraquat, a $300 bird-nest fine, and a bad week for safety.

Courant recalls 1,050 Kalimba ropes over splice failures, three tree workers dead in a week, EAB reaches Colorado Springs.

Two states move opposite ways on tree licenses, a worker killed on a Florida roadside, and Michigan finds its first elm zigzag sawfly.

A climber's anchor branch failed and cost $56,475 in fines. Plus OSHA's rulemaking calendar, West Virginia hits 22 lanternfly counties, and Maine gives up on its ash quarantine.

The ESA harm rule gets easier for land clearing, a chipper death in Florida, and lanternflies surge again around Pittsburgh.

Plus: the ESA 'harm' rule is gone, a bucket-truck cable snaps in Oklahoma, and OSHA pushes the heat rule into 2027.

A quiet OSHA proposal could reshape how tree work gets cited, Ventura's $15,000-per-tree fines, and four hurt at Six Flags.

OSHA names a month for its tree care proposal, half a million Kobalt tools recalled, and a Twin Cities climber down 25 feet.

A splice defect pulls the Spliced Kalimba off the market, Utah wants tree-care licensing, and oak-wilt pruning bans tighten in Michigan.

A 7-2 FIFRA ruling, Vermont bans paraquat, a new battery capstan winch, and the world's biggest cottonwood.

A federal tree care rule moves a step closer, Massachusetts kills arborist licensing again, and Riverside wants a permit for your 2-inch removals.

OSHA opens an investigation in Massachusetts, the heat program is back for five years, and New Mexico's tree deaths tripled.

A falling-tree death in Michigan and an electrocution in Pennsylvania, OSHA's heat program keeps tree care on its list, and EAB hits three more Texas counties.

OSHA's heat program targets crews again, two workers killed in separate incidents, beech leaf disease spreads, and TCIA drops its insurance partner.