MY CAREER HAS BEEN FOR THE TREES. I earned a university degree in forestry and worked for five years as a wildland firefighter. My education and my work as a firefighter instilled in me “The Prescription” for both how to manage forests and how to stop wildfires. Nineteen years ago, with entrepreneurial enthusiasm and a love of the physical conditioning that comes from wielding a chainsaw, I set out to sell The Prescription of cutting trees. Being in the forestry business, I quickly learned about ArborCare, and I enrolled in tree-climbing and tree-pruning workshops. I was hooked and studied for ...
