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Magai Arboriculture Serving the needs of tree lovers, their neighbors and governments by providing a preventative, holistic approach to tree care.

Helping Trees Live with People since 1991
Serving the needs of unabashed tree lovers, their neighbors and governments by providing a preventative, holistic approach to tree care, Magai Arboriculture, located in Troy, New York, was started in 1991 in Seattle by Jack Magai. He has been certified by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) since 1997. We specialize in assessing the structural

integrity of large, old trees, and have extensive experience designing and installing dynamic cabling systems. The majority of our customers are homeowners. We occasionally perform formal risk assessments, oversee tree-sensitive construction sites and deliver expert opinions for municipalities, businesses and educational institutions. In large tree care companies a complicated chain of command often results in mistakes and cookie-cutter solutions. Because we are a very small company of unusually articulate and educated employees all working directly for the arborist-owner, we are able to safeguard the trees we work on while providing intelligent solutions to their unique problems.

Talk for the trees!
09/07/2016

Talk for the trees!

The 2010s have settled into their own, and now even the trees get their own hashtag campaigns and Twitter handles.

Acers in love... Norway is wrapping around sugar maple in this east side backyard in Troy New York
13/12/2015

Acers in love... Norway is wrapping around sugar maple in this east side backyard in Troy New York

Emerald Ash Borer - pics from Delmar
17/11/2015

Emerald Ash Borer - pics from Delmar

we are pretty proud of our first treehouse
07/10/2015

we are pretty proud of our first treehouse

30/05/2015

This video was uploaded from an Android phone.

Giant dead elm in a tight space in albany, ny.
24/05/2015

Giant dead elm in a tight space in albany, ny.

Arbor Art
13/05/2015

Arbor Art

North Bennington,VT
09/05/2015

North Bennington,VT

brunswick, ny; ash fell
09/05/2015

brunswick, ny; ash fell

English walnut grafted (some years ago!) to black walnut at Latham Veternary Hospital
25/04/2015

English walnut grafted (some years ago!) to black walnut at Latham Veternary Hospital

Tristen with the hand winch 'come-along' used here to right a tipped 50 ft. Spruce tree
25/04/2015

Tristen with the hand winch 'come-along' used here to right a tipped 50 ft. Spruce tree

hey there's a grafting workshop in North Troy this saturday lead by my father who will be in Troy for the weekend. http:...
14/04/2015

hey there's a grafting workshop in North Troy this saturday lead by my father who will be in Troy for the weekend. http://www.mediasanctuary.org/grafting

Learn and practice several different ways of making grafts, then have fun adding varieties of apples to one of our trees. If you know of a tree with apples you like, bring a live scion (thin branch) from it and we'll add it to ours! Workshop will be led by Rick Lyyn, fruit grower and winemaker at S…

Chestnut!
10/04/2015

Chestnut!

Left: blue (colorado) spruce; right: norway spruce
10/04/2015

Left: blue (colorado) spruce; right: norway spruce

...bracing and supporting a broken dogwood in the woods of troy/brunswick; 1/2" bolts x 2 and an a-frame support constr...
08/04/2015

...bracing and supporting a broken dogwood in the woods of troy/brunswick; 1/2" bolts x 2 and an a-frame support constructed from white cedar posts. Yes... such a breakage wound will still rot inside over time but better than cutting it down in the opinion of these arborists and homeowners!

this is NOT our work! Repeat... not the work of Magai Arboriculture It is, however, a great example of really BAD tree...
01/04/2015

this is NOT our work! Repeat... not the work of Magai Arboriculture It is, however, a great example of really BAD tree work that is all too common. This is on Federal Street near 6th Avenue in Troy. The cuts appear to have been made in the past couple days. This kind of pruning will lead to a lot of branch die-back and/or sprouting that will generate poorly connected branches that ultimately will require more maintenance in less time than a proper pruning would, and will create more traffic hazards in terms of dead wood (these cuts overhang Federal Street). Its ugly, it creates risk, and it's unhealthy and careless for the tree.

29/03/2015

1. we made it to 100 likes!
2. Tristen and Andrew - after much studying two climbers with Magai Arboriculture took our ISA (http://www.isa-arbor.com/) exams today. We wont technically know the results for a few weeks, but we are pretty sure we passed! Three certified arborists on a crew - its kind of a big deal folks. thanks Jack for all the support and encouragement. Let's climb some trees.

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27/03/2015

Hey Magai Arboriculture fans... we are almost near 100 'likes'. Who really cares... i know.... but wouldn't it be cool to get 100?! share some photos... get some likes ;)

Sap sure was runnin on Wednesday as I did some co-dominance pruning on this hybrid maple in Troy near Frear Park. Let t...
27/03/2015

Sap sure was runnin on Wednesday as I did some co-dominance pruning on this hybrid maple in Troy near Frear Park. Let the work season begin!

07/02/2015
a mix of photos from several years.
07/02/2015

a mix of photos from several years.

19/12/2014
Doing some crane work with Jacks one-time mentor Michael Biddy - removing a large white pine with a lot of erosion under...
21/11/2014

Doing some crane work with Jacks one-time mentor Michael Biddy - removing a large white pine with a lot of erosion under the roots in a stewarts parking lot in Manchester VT. Stewarts.... you CAN by happiness.

Root excavation in Albany
11/11/2014

Root excavation in Albany

Lighting stuff on Burden Lake
11/11/2014

Lighting stuff on Burden Lake

Does anyone want 1 or 3 or 4 live healthy Arbor Vitae trees? We are uprooting an overgrown hedge today and some are ver...
10/10/2014

Does anyone want 1 or 3 or 4 live healthy Arbor Vitae trees? We are uprooting an overgrown hedge today and some are very replantable.

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