Glacial Lakes Tree Service

Proper tree care and maintanance is crucial to the health of our community's urban forest and to preventing trees from becoming a liability to your home, neighboring trees, and your pocketbook. For example, did you know that pruning and trimming American Elm during the growing season leaves your tree open to the introduction of Dutch Elm Disease (DED)?

Proper pruning is crucial to having a healthy tree for years to come and is one of the most commonly employed practices by arborists. Improper pruning can lead to a host of health issues for the life of the tree. Proper structural pruning is important to establishing scaffolding branches, preventing codominant leaders, and minimizing hazard potential.

Hazard trees, terminally diseased, and poorly sited trees may be candidates for removal. It is our practice to discuss all your options before determining to remove a tree. We can help educate the homeowner to make an informed decision when it comes to a possible tree removal; it is our proffessional ethic to informal all clients if they are the owner of a hazard tree.

As with all living things, trees and shrubs are sometimes exposed to disease. Due to our expertise and study of arboriculture, we have the ability to identify diseased trees and take precautions to help prevent disease. We can also determine how to help keep a disease from spreading to your neighboring trees.

We serve Eastern South Dakota. We are located in Brookings and often travel to Volga, Aurora, Bruce, Sinai, Lake Poinsett, Sioux Falls, Watertown, Arlington, Estelline and are able to work out mutually convienient times to travel further distances. We value meeting with our customers to assess your needs so also offer free estimates to service areas 30 miles outside the city of Brookings.