Wood Borer in the Columbia Valley!

We are monitoring a new forest health concern in the Columbia Valley this spring! A wood borer insect has been wreaking havoc on drought stricken trees from Radium south to the Cranbrook area. While these menacing bugs aren’t a new thing in our region, it is very unusual for them to be attacking and killing live standing trees! The tell tale sign to identify attack by these insects has been that the wood peckers have been stripping the bark off of trees in search for the larvae to feed on. We are standing by as the BC Ministry of Forest entomologists are determining whether there are effective strategies to mitigate further attack when the insects emerge later this summer. If you have a tree you are concerned about on your property in Radium, Invermere, Windermere, Fairmont, Canal Flats, Kimberly or Cranbrook please reach out and one of our Certified Arborists can arrange a consultation.

Fir tree stripped of bark

Galleries of Wood borer

Innovation in Equipment!

In a quest to best serve our customers we have committed to investing in the Right People and the Right Equipment. New technology and mechanization is steadily improving both safety and efficiency in our trade. Introducing the newest weapon in our fleet! A track driven spider lift with 72’ working height. This EasyLift 70AJS36 will allow our team to safely access hard to reach, difficult and dangerous trees in front and backyards. With the ability to fit through a standard 36” gate and a low impact track driven drive means this machine will safely go where both bucket trucks and climbers are not able to go. Don’t get us wrong….we still employ and train the best climbers in the trade! But now we also have a very agile and versatile machine to provide safe, efficient and low impact tree work. Hard to access trees and hedges? Give us a call today 1-888-431-8733

Golden Chamber 2022 Business Excellence Awards- Business of the Year!

Thank you Golden BC! We are absolutely humbled and honoured to have been nominated and selected as The Business of the Year at the 2022 Business Excellence Awards Gala! We are extremely proud to be a part of this amazing community and are grateful for all of the support from all our neighbors, friends, family and customers in Golden BC and throughout the Columbia Valley! It is amazing how quickly 16 years has gone by since we first took the plunge into the the all consuming world of growing a small business! Our small, family owned business took root in Golden in 2007 on a mission to raise the standard of safe and professional tree services available in our community and we are committed to continue on this mission for another 16 years and beyond! With an influx of people moving to Golden over the last 10 years there has been an addition of many small businesses that have been able to become established and are thriving in our community. We very much value the decision of each and everyone of our clients to choose to work with us and in turn further support the backbone of our community by working with small businesses that have a direct positive input to creating a healthy and strong local economy. We thank you again Golden BC for this prestigious award and are extremely honoured to continue serving you in the years to come! Scott Kells- owner + the Green Leaf Tree Services team.

Wildlife tree creation- Columbia Valley Transmission Line

Over the past year we have worked with Pioneer Forestry Consulting Ltd/ BC Hydro providing tree climbing and hazard tree falling along the new transmission line between Golden and Invermere. As part of this project we climbed and topped, bored and scared large trees to be left as wildlife trees. This was a fun project that had us scaling some monstrous Douglas Fir trees that would have otherwise been felled to accommodate the new transmission line. Often we are asked what it is that we do....simply put we safely climb trees to prune, support, and remove.