James R. Collins

I had a homeowner call me last year swearing up and down that Martin County told her she didn’t need a permit for the oak in her backyard. She wasn’t wrong — the county genuinely doesn’t regulate most residential removals. What she missed is that she lives inside Stuart city limits, where a completely separate […]

I sat through a City of Vero Beach meeting a few years back where a commission member said something I haven’t forgotten: mature oaks are one of the things that separate this community from every other, and nearly every teardown-rebuild on the barrier island takes another one down without replacing it. Tree Removal Cost in

A few years back, a group of Titusville residents calling themselves the Titusville Tree Team noticed something in the fine print of the city’s development rules: builders could clear up to 90% of the vegetation on a new housing project and only had to preserve 10%. With thirteen developments and roughly 5,300 housing units proposed

A homeowner near First Street called three companies about a Live Oak leaning toward her driveway, and every single one paused mid-quote to ask the same question: how old and how wide is the trunk? Tree removal cost in Sanford, FL turns out to depend on an answer most homeowners have never thought to check

Kissimmee homeowners searching for a straight answer on Tree Removal Cost in Kissimmee, FL usually assume the price comes down to tree size and a crew’s hourly rate. That’s only half the story here. Before a single chainsaw starts, the City of Kissimmee’s Development Services Center has to sign off on anything over 18 inches

Tree Removal Cost in Deltona, FL (2026 Price Guide + Best Local Services Near You) Most Florida cities grew up around a downtown first and added lakes later. Deltona did it backwards — the entire city was platted in the 1960s around a network of man-made lakes and canals, which is why so many homeowners