Editorial team & standards

Every cost claim cites a named source

Cost figures on this site trace to published, dated sources — such as Bob Vila’s tree removal cost guide, This Old House, and the Insurance Information Institute — or are labeled as typical local ranges. We do not invent statistics, job counts, or averages. If a number has no source, it does not ship.

Local facts come from public data

Soil, geology, climate, and neighborhood statements are drawn from Wikipedia, USGS soil surveys, NOAA climate records, and municipal building-department documentation. Where a local permit detail cannot be verified against a public source, the page says so rather than guessing.

Severity guidance errs on the side of inspection

Diagnostic pages classify symptoms by urgency using arborist guidance, like a sudden lean after a storm, trunk decay at the base, or a large limb over a structure. We do not use scare language, and we say plainly when a tree can likely be saved.

Pages show their dates

Every page carries a machine-readable last-modified date. When cost data or code references are refreshed, the date updates; when they have not been, it does not. Stale-but-honest beats fresh-but-fake.

Masthead

The editorial team currently publishes under role bylines. Named contributor bios, including the partner contractor's licensed reviewer, will be added here when the partner intake completes — not before.

• Senior Editor — Tree Care
• Local Codes & Permits Researcher
• Cost Data Fact-Checker

Corrections

Found something wrong? Send it through the contact form with "Content correction" in the project description, and include the page URL. Verified corrections update the page and its last-modified date.