Meet Dan: Our Tree and Landscape Manager
Meet Dan Barwinski, Wachtel Tree Science’s Tree and Landscape Department Manager.Continue Reading
Employee Story: Brooke Stemple
Meet Brooke Stemple, a Production Arborist and Consulting Arborist. Get to know Brooke and learn why she enjoys working at Wachtel Tree Science.Continue Reading
A Guide to Seasonal Tree Maintenance
Our comprehensive guide to tree maintenance will walk you through the best time for a tree treatment, when to prune a tree, and more to keep your trees healthy.Continue Reading
The Varying Types of Tree Cable Techniques & Bracing Techniques
Learn more about why tree cable techniques and tree bracing techniques are used, and if you need our services on your property. Continue Reading
Consider Treating Ash Trees
There are a few ways to look at the effects of EAB: Do nothing and remove ash trees as they are killed by EAB. Proactively remove ash trees in order to lessen the landscape’s dependence on them. Plant non-ash trees to replace losses or to anticipate losses. Treat selected ash trees with the very effective, but more costly, trunk injection of insecticide for 2-years of protection (repeated every 2 years for sustained protection).Continue Reading
Ash Tree Identification
Proper tree identification can be tricky. Many trees share similar attributes such as branch and bud configuration, leaf shape, and bark texture, making it easy to mistake one type of tree for another. When it comes to protecting your ash tree against EAB the first step is proper identification.Continue Reading
Wisconsin Ash Tree Mortality
The emerald ash borer has been around for years, yet ash trees in Wisconsin continue to go untreated. If there is a case of EAB in your area, the likeliness if dead ash trees climbs exponentially.Continue Reading
Employee Story: Ryan Rodefer
Meet Ryan Rodefer, one of our Crew Leaders/Safety Coordinator and ISA Certified Arborist. Get to know Ryan and learn why he enjoys working at Wachtel.Continue Reading
More on the Invasive Emerald Ash Borer
A whole host of other ash that “don’t look too bad” to the casual observer have significantly thinned out. The damage continues to happen and some people are noticing, but the vast majority of people still have not. This is a dangerous combination.Continue Reading
Emerald Ash Borer – What’s Your Plan?
If you are waiting for EAB to officially be confirmed in your municipality before you make a management decision, the insect is already way ahead of you. With each new EAB find, research has consistently shown that EAB has already been in the area for 3 to 5 years.Continue Reading