Emergency Tree Service in Springfield, MA

In the Pioneer Valley, the river funnels the wind straight to your door.

Springfield sits in the broad Connecticut River valley, where the terrain channels wind and weather right through the city. That geography turned deadly on June 1, 2011, when an EF3 tornado carved across Springfield, tore through the South End and East Forest Park, and stripped tens of thousands of trees from the urban canopy in minutes — a reminder that the Valley's mature shade trees sit squarely in harm's way.

Tornadoes are the extreme, but the everyday threats are relentless too. Heavy Valley clay holds water and loosens root plates after a soaking; fast-moving thunderstorm lines race up the river corridor; and wet snow and ice bow the old silver maples and oaks that shade the Victorian streets of McKnight and Forest Park. The National Weather Service Boston/Norton (BOX) office tracks the severe wind, tornado, and winter events that bring them down.

Our crews work Springfield's neighborhoods around the clock, from Sixteen Acres and Pine Point to Indian Orchard and the historic McKnight district. Staging from our Hartford base, just down the river valley, keeps western Massachusetts within fast reach.