About Us

Allen Taylor is the founder of Conservation Tree Care. He is an Eagle Scout and graduated from the University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources with a BS in Forestry. His passion for ski mountaineering led him to the Pacific Northwest shortly after graduating and he has never looked back. Allen is a Board Certified Master Arborist (PN-7316B), holds the Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ), and is a Registered Consulting Arborist (RCA#643) with the American Society of Consulting Arborists. He hopes to maintain and grow the urban forest by employing preventative maintenance pruning techniques, and planting 1000 trees in the next ten years. When he isn't working, Allen spends his time running, biking, climbing, and skiing.

Paige Belfry grew up in Tacoma, and earned her B.S. in biology from Washington State University. She began her journey working with plants in 2006 at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden. When her gaze shifted up into the canopy, she pursued training with Arboriculture Canada in climbing and rigging. Paige is interested in understanding the interactions between plants and other living components in the ecosystem, and in utilizing this information to improve the urban forest. She is studying to become an ISA Certified Arborist. Outside of work, Paige enjoys backpacking, photography, making music, and dance.

Anne Freudenthal grew up in Alaska being inspired by her father's passion for the outdoors, and her mother's green thumb. Anne's interest in arboriculture and horticulture led her to this company. She currently handles website maintenance, SEO, online marketing, administrative work and also helps out in the field as a groundswoman.

Rainier joined the team in October of 2017. He's a German Shorthaired Pointer mix who likes to play in the snow. Sometimes he helps with clean-up by carrying sticks around and chewing on them. Mostly he sleeps in the cab of the truck or barks at passing dogs. When he isn't working (which is all of the time) he spends his time restlessly awaiting the next trip into the mountains with Allen or Anne.

Conservation Tree Care and the Environment

When I look at the state of our local and global environment I am deeply concerned about the negative effect of human activities. One of the reasons I wanted to start Conservation Tree Care was to build a company with harm reduction and environmental improvement at its core.
Our corporate mission is to:

Ensure employee safety and wellbeing.

Provide the highest quality scientifically based tree care possible.
Find and cultivate a customer base who value trees and the benefits they provide.
Take all reasonable steps to reduce our environmental impact and to improve the health of the local and global environment.
Strive to educate the general public about the value of trees and the urban forest.
Constantly re-evaluate our practices and look for ways to improve.
Give back to the arboricultural community and work to elevate the status of the profession.

At a quick glance we might not look much different than other tree services. Upon closer inspection the differences become much more apparent. Unfortunately at this time there is no affordable alternative to using a diesel truck and diesel wood chipper to process large amounts of material. My goal is to position the company to be one of the first in the country to run an electric truck and chipper as soon as the technology becomes available and cost effective. Until that time there are many other steps we are taking to reduce our impact. These include:

Strongly discouraging the removal of healthy trees that can be reasonably and safely retained
Encouraging and implementing tree planting (very few tree services do)
Implementing pruning techniques designed to reduce the need for recurring maintenance (structural pruning)
Removing invasive species and trees which are planted in inappropriate locations, replacing them with more appropriate species, or in a more appropriate place
Treating trees to help them survive disease and the stress of living in a changing, urban environment
Minimize use of small gas powered engines (highly emissive), use battery powered tools whenever possible
Work with customers to safely retain aging trees
Provide arboricultural consulting services so that customers may make informed decisions about the management of their trees

I recognize that often doing the right thing for the environment can mean a reduced profit margin in the short term. I believe however that promoting the urban forest and tree retention actually makes sound business sense when you look past the current quarter and view success in a decade or multi decade long framework. My goal is to build a business that will provide value to its customers while also helping to bring the green movement to the field of arboriculture.

Allen Taylor
Founder, Conservation Tree Care
Tree Lover, Conservationist

The Fine Print

Conservation Tree Care is fully licensed, bonded, and insured.

We carry a bond of $12,000 with American Contractors Indem CO
We carry $1,000,000 in Professional Liability coverage with Hiscox
We carry $1,000,000 in General liability coverage with Northfield Ins Co
Wa State registered contractor (CONSETC824C8)
Wa State licensed pesticide applicator (#96204)
SDOT Registered Tree Service Provider TSP-174