A Battle Ground arborist company built on one promise: when you call, the same person who'll climb your tree walks the property and writes the bid. No dispatcher. No bait-and-switch quote. No subcontractor crew you've never met. Twenty-five years of Pacific Northwest tree work — same name on the truck the entire time.
Tree Carex started in 2000 with one truck, one chainsaw, and Lazaro climbing every tree himself. Twenty-five years later, the truck's bigger, the rigging gear's better, and the crew's grown — but the philosophy hasn't moved an inch. The same person walks every estimate, runs every climb, and answers every call.
Battle Ground and Clark County are tree country. Douglas fir, Western red cedar, big-leaf maple, Western hemlock, red alder — that's our daily diet. We know which species can hold a cable, which need a structural prune at five years, which split when the wind kicks up off the Columbia. The PNW's winter windstorms decide what we work on November through February — limb-on-roof emergency cleanups, snapped conifers, and the trees that should've come down two seasons ago.
What separates Tree Carex from the bigger Vancouver and Portland tree companies is simple: we're local, owner-operated, and ISA-certified. Lazaro carries the International Society of Arboriculture credential — meaning we don't top trees. Topping is industry malpractice. We do crown reduction, structural pruning, and clean cuts that let the tree heal. The bigger companies dispatch sub-crews. We don't sub anything.
Most of our work is removal, pruning, and clearing — but we also handle hazard tree assessments, cabling and bracing, lot clears for new builds in Ridgefield, view restoration on Camas hillsides, and emergency storm cleanup any time the wind kicks up. One number. One accountable answer. Every time.
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Founder, lead climber, and the voice on the phone when you call. The name on the truck — and the answer when there's a Doug fir leaning toward your house.
Founded Tree Carex in Battle Ground in 2000 with the idea that Clark County deserved a tree company answerable to its customers — not a dispatcher, not a sub-crew, not a "we'll call you back" loop. Twenty-five years later, still walks every estimate personally, runs every climb on big jobs, and signs off on every cut. ISA-certified, licensed, bonded, and unwilling to compromise on the work that separates a healthy tree from a hazard. Reviews call him "just the best" and "straightforward and very reasonable" — and that's the standard he's not letting slip.
The things that separate a tree that thrives from a callback two years later. None of this is flashy — it's the stuff most tree companies skip when the bid gets tight.
Topping is industry malpractice. We do proper crown reduction with ISA-standard cuts that let the tree heal and re-grow strong.
Call (360) 800-7616 — Lazaro picks up. Even at 2 a.m. when the wind drops a limb on your roof.
International Society of Arboriculture credentialed. Means proper cuts, species-specific care, and zero industry-frowned shortcuts.
Douglas fir, Western red cedar, big-leaf maple, hemlock, alder. Twenty-five years of working PNW species in PNW conditions.
Pacific NW windstorms don't wait for business hours. Same-night response on emergency hazard removals across Clark County.
Washington-licensed, bonded, fully insured. General liability and workers' comp on every crew member, every job.
Headquartered at 2220 NW 4th St in Battle Ground. Routes through the entire Clark County corridor — from rural Yacolt and Amboy down to the Vancouver and Camas waterfront.
Got a tree on your mind? Walk it with him. Free estimates with the same person who'll be running the saw — same name on the truck for 25 years and counting.