Tree Awareness is led by Paul Biester — with Mia running operations, Mason leading the crew, and Mikaela & Madison Biester on the fine-pruning team.
Paul started in tree care in 1984 at age 19, dragging brush. He spent four years with a Haddonfield firm, then served as a foreman at Bartlett Tree Expert Company before founding Tree Awareness in 1993.
A talented tree climber with vast knowledge of the science of tree care, Paul brings a passion for nature and for preserving the vital threads of our canopy of green. Every consulting-arborist engagement, every TRAQ-qualified Level 2 risk assessment, every CTLA tree appraisal goes out under his name.
Operations, crew leadership, and fine-pruning specialists. The people who make every Tree Awareness job happen.
Mia is highly efficient and keeps the workflow running smoothly. From first contact with new clients through team management to project completion, Mia is a vital part of the Tree Awareness team.
Mason leads the day-to-day field crew on Tree Awareness jobs.
The oldest of the Biester children, Mikaela has been involved with Tree Awareness, Inc. since she has taken her first steps. An art teacher by day, she joins the crew during summers and holidays as an excellent climber and tree trimmer.
The middle of the Biester children, Madison is studying veterinary medicine at Lincoln Memorial University and competes in equestrian activities. A crew member during breaks from school.
Mini-loaders, chippers, cranes when the job calls for them. We don’t over-tool a small property and we don’t under-tool a heritage tree. The gear matches the canopy.
Every operator on this gear is trained to TCIA safety standards and ANSI Z133. The crew works to the same standard whether it’s a back-yard pin oak or a 70-foot crane removal.
Every Tree Awareness operation runs to the credentialed standards of the profession. Not as decoration — as the actual rule we work by.
