For Ricky Folse, Taking Care of Trees Is Taking Care of Veterans

Update: 2025-09-01

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BY TIM BARTELT

Ricky Folse, founder of Veteran Tree Care, a second-year TCIA member company based in Houma, Louisiana, is a man on a mission, and that mission is to help both men and women. Military veteran men and women, to be more precise. Even though Folse was unable to complete the requisite military time commitment, he considers himself an “extreme veteran-activist” and has dedicated his adult life, and the entire business model of Veteran Tree Care, to the employment of and advocacy for veterans.

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For Ricky Folse, Taking Care of Trees Is Taking Care of Veterans

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For Ricky Folse, Taking Care of Trees Is Taking Care of Veterans