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When the Crew Walks Out the Door, Does the Knowledge Go With Them?
The quiet crisis facing electric utility co-ops and how to make sure institutional knowledge outlasts…
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Webinar Recap: How One Rural Co-Op Introduced Helicopter Trimming
On May 20, UAA hosted a one-hour webinar where Chris O’Neal, Head of Vegetation Management…
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Introducing the Bloom Spatial x Utility Arborist Association (UAA) State of Co-op Vegetation Management Electric Cooperative Benchmark Survey
What if you could tap into the collective brain of every electric co-op in the…
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Interoperability Is the Future of Utility Software. Electric Cooperatives Should Promote It.
In the time we’ve spent working with electric cooperatives, one thing has become very clear:…
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Herbicide Use in Right-of-Way Management: When and How Co-ops Should Apply It
Selective herbicide application is the only method that permanently reduces incompatible target brush, which is…
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Best-Practice Tree Pruning vs. Historic Trimming: Why Your Crews’ Techniques Matter
Best-practice pruning techniques slow tree growth toward conductors, often significantly, extending your maintenance cycle and…
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Budget Planning for Co-op Vegetation Management Programs
How much should rural electric co-ops budget for vegetation management? Most should allocate 15–25% of…
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Why We Started the Co-Op Heroes Podcast
The Co-Op Heroes podcast was born out of our desire to contribute to the community…
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Introducing Bloom Spatial: Why We Built a Vegetation Management Platform Just for Electric Co-Ops
It started with a simple realization: co-ops deserve better than hand-me-down software When we first…
