2025 Trees & Utilities: Connecting the UVM Industry in Tennessee

More than 1,500 attendees convened in Tennessee for the conference and trade show, presented by the Utility Arborist Association and the Arbor Day Foundation.
Oct. 3, 2025

Arborists, foresters and utility vegetation management professionals from across the country and around the world traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, in mid-September for the 2025 Trees & Utilities conference.

The event, presented by the Utility Arborist Association (UAA) and the Arbor Day Foundation, brought in a record number of attendees to learn and connect. Attendees could visit with exhibitors on the trade show floor, earn continuing education units in the conference sessions and network with others in the utility vegetation management (UVM) industry. 

"It's quite the show," said Dennis Fallon, executive director of the Utility Arborist Association during an interview for the Line Life Podcast. "We're setting another record. I haven't seen the full final count, but I know we'll be close to, if not over 1500 attendees this year. We've got 130 exhibitors out on the show floor. We have three-and-a-half days of jam-packed activities going on with just a ton of education, a ton of learning, collaboration, and connection. So it's been a great week all the way around."

Check out the following photo gallery to view photos from the event. Also, mark your calendars for next year's Trees and Utilities show September 22-24, 2026, in Portland, Oregon. 

Tune in to a Line Life Podcast Episode about Trees & Utilities 2025

About the Author

Amy Fischbach

Electric Utilities Operations

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade.  She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected]

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