Awards
We take pride in the work we do that benefits our
clients and the community. Below are some of the
awards we've received over the years for exceptional
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Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention
Resource Center (PPRC) Eco-Logical Business Program
2012 — Eco-Biz Landscape Services Certification
The Landscape Services Eco-Logical Business Program is a certification that recognizes landscape design, installation and maintenance service contractors that reach the highest standards in environmental protection. It is the first program of its kind in the nation.The voluntary program is administered by the Pollution Prevention Outreach Team, a Portland metro area multi-agency group. “To be certified, a business must go beyond state and local requirements for pollution prevention, completing a rigorous 159 point checklist.” explains Debra Taevs, Oregon Director of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention
Resource Center (PPRC).
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Oregon Urban Trees and the Oregon
Department of Forestry
2009 — State Urban Forestry Award
Terrill Collier, president of Collier Arbor Care,
received the award in the professional category for his long time support
of urban tree care. Jointly hosted by Oregon Urban
Trees and the Oregon
Department of Forestry, Collier was recognized for
his efforts as a member of the Portland Urban Forestry
Commission, his support for Friends of Trees and other activities on
behalf of a healthy and growing urban tree canopy.
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Clackamas County Recycle at Work
Program
2008 — Distinguished Business Recycling Awards Group
(BRAG) Membership
Distinguished BRAG memberships go to high-achieving Clackamas County area businesses that recycle all curbside materials regularly, prevent waste with at least six ongoing activities, consistently buy recycled paper and other recycled products and demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement.
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Oregon State University Austin Family
Business Award
2006 — Excellence in Family Business Award
Collier Arbor Care received the award in the category
of Small
Business (25 or fewer employees). An outside
panel of nine judges evaluated entrants based on
professional leadership with high standards for
quality, safety and training; accessible management that includes
employees at annual meetings, well developed estate
and succession planning and active stewardship of
the environment. |
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Oak Ridge Estates
2005 — Award of Distinction
Awarded by the National Arborist Association's Excellence
in Arboricluture for work done to prevent large branch failures after
the 250-year old tree was damaged in a winter storm.
The work required extensive cabling, crown thinning
and branch de-weighting. |
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Signature Oak at the Oregon Garden
2004 — TCIA Heritage Tree Maintenance Excellence
in Arboriculture Award
Awarded by the Tree
Care Industry Association (TCIA)
for Collier Arbor Care's pro-bono community service
work on the 400-year-old Oregon White Oak, the signature
oak at the Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon.
In addition to cabling and pruning dead branches from
the tree’s crown, Collier Arbor Care treated the tree organically
to help control an infestation of oak pit scale and did soil and leaf
tissue tests to determine nutrient levels and identify any deficiencies. |
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Perry Center for Children
2001 — Award of Distinction
Awarded by the National Arborist Association ’s Excellence in Arboricluture
for work done to correct some hazardous conditions at
the S.E. Portland location.
The pro-bono work included removal of a dead and
dangerous maple tree, and the pruning of three large
oaks with dead branches and limbs dangling over
the parking lot.
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Vancouver Historic "Old Apple Tree"
2001 — Award of Distinction
Reacting to a request from the Vancouver Urban Forestry
Program after a bad storm, crews from Collier Arbor
Care pruned the tree twice yearly, changing its
lop sided appearance by pruning back long branches,
thinning and selecting new branches to be kept,
and deweighting the side to slowly restore its shape. |
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