Tree Removal
Whether a tree is damaged, dead, or a safety hazard, our crews ensure safe and efficient removal with minimal disruption to your property.
Learn more →Local, expert tree care for East Providence's waterfront and inland yards, from storm pruning to careful removals, backed by written estimates and the insurance that matters.
Serving East Providence, Rhode Island through our Providence crew, with the same expert arborists, the same standards, and the same around the clock availability.
Sitting across the Seekonk River and Narragansett Bay from the capital, East Providence takes a different wind exposure than the inland parts of the county.
Whether a tree is damaged, dead, or a safety hazard, our crews ensure safe and efficient removal with minimal disruption to your property.
Learn more →Keep your trees safe, structured, and looking right. We remove dead or overgrown branches, improve clearance, and reduce storm risk.
Learn more →When storms cause tree damage, our emergency team responds quickly to remove hazards, clear debris, and restore safety.
Learn more →Strategic pruning, cabling, and bracing to reduce storm damage risks before severe weather hits.
Learn more →Identifying potential hazards before they become problems. Tree stability, structural integrity, and surrounding risks evaluated on-site.
Learn more →Get expert arborist guidance without a site visit. Share photos or video of your trees and receive a written assessment and estimate within 24 hours.
Learn more →Simplify tree care across multiple properties with a single, trusted provider. Consistent maintenance and emergency response.
Learn more →One point of contact for the whole community: scheduled rounds, reports a board can read, and uniform standards across every lot.
Learn more →ROW maintenance, public works contracts, and storm response for city forestry teams. We handle permits and traffic plans.
Learn more →Corporate campuses, hospital systems, and headquarters landscapes. Quarterly walks, annual risk reports, and paperwork your facilities team can keep on file.
Learn more →Fast dispatch to any property in our service area, with the insurance that matters and safety plans your operations team can review.
Learn more →A geotagged inventory of every tree on the property: species, age, condition, and recommended work, refreshed annually.
Learn more →Real reviews from real customers, straight from our Google Business Profile. Here's what people say once the crew has packed up and the yard is clean.
March 11th, a brief but strong storm came through Goodlettsville and blew over two giant trees in my front yard; one which was being supported by a 3rd tree that was facing and threatening my house. It was an…
From the time I inquired w this company about removing a tree that was strongly impacted from the major strong 80 mph winds on March 3, 2023, they provided us w exceptional service in every way . They were…
My family had a tree removal emergency! A large tree in our back yard was on fire and splitting down the middle. The fire department came out the night before to extinguish the fire, but when I woke up the…
East Providence sits across the Seekonk River and Narragansett Bay from the capital, and that waterfront position exposes it to more direct wind during a nor’easter or hurricane remnant than most of the inland Providence County towns we cover. A tree standing calm on a still day can behave very differently once wind off the water hits it broadside, which is why an arborist working here has to weigh exposure, not just species and age, when deciding what needs cabling, crown reduction, or removal, all on the same acidic, rocky glacial till common across this part of Rhode Island.
Exposure changes the math on which side of a tree needs attention first. A canopy that carries its weight evenly on an inland lot can be lopsided in effect once one side takes the brunt of water driven wind year after year, developing reaction wood and stress patterns that a general inspection can miss. Grading that correctly is a TRAQ qualified call, and the pruning plan that follows, whether it is crown reduction on the exposed side or cabling at a questionable union, still runs to ANSI A300 standards regardless of how close the tree sits to the shoreline.
Red maple does well in East Providence’s lower, damper yards near the water, but its shallow roots are among the first to let go when a heavy nor’easter saturates the ground and wind follows close behind. Norway maple and honeylocust round out much of the residential canopy further from the shoreline, both needing structural pruning to hold up against wet snow load in winter. Emerald ash borer continues to move through the city’s ash population, often invisibly until a limb comes down, so we check for it on every East Providence estimate regardless of how close the property sits to the water.
Properties directly on the Seekonk or the bay face a compressed timeline during hurricane season, since a saturated root zone from heavy rain can fail within hours once sustained wind follows, rather than over the days a slower moving nor’easter allows. That is why we push structural assessments earlier in the season for waterfront East Providence lots than for the inland ones. Permit requirements can also differ depending on shoreline setbacks, so we confirm what a specific address needs before cutting. Every crew carries the insurance that matters.
East Providence is in the Providence service area. Calls route through national intake until local coverage is verified.
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March 11th, a brief but strong storm came through Goodlettsville and blew over two giant trees in my front yard; one which was bei...

From the time I inquired w this company about removing a tree that was strongly impacted from the major strong 80 mph winds on Mar...



My family had a tree removal emergency! A large tree in our back yard was on fire and splitting down the middle. The fire departme...



Great service, communication and fair pricing. Would recommend for any job big or small this company is the real deal! Thanks CATS...



The day before Easter we discovered our largest tree had rotted and split more than halfway through. It had become very dangerous...


I highly recommend this company. Sales guy was awesome. He stepped me through the entire process. Gave me a great quote that I cou...


We found the company to be very efficient, listened carefully to our requests and suggestions. It was a pleasure to work with th...



CATS and the Treemasters crew were awesome. They were so careful taking down a large hackberry and trimming another hanging right...

Highly recommend. We unfortunately had a large tree branch break and hanging over our house about to fall and cause some serious d...
Michael, Antonio and his crew did a fantastic job trimming the trees in the butterfly sanctuary that is our yard in Hendersonville...
Found Joe through a neighbor of ours, so happy we did. He lives and works in East Nashville- super personable and professional. Wo...