Lewis Tree Acquires Tamarack Forestry

Rochester, New York - Lewis Tree Service, Inc. today announced that the company has agreed to acquire the operations of Tamarack Forestry Service, a utility vegetation management business headquartered in Canton, New York. Tamarack Forestry has vegetation management operations in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and some of the Canadian provinces. Lewis Tree will retain all of the people that Tamarack employs in these operations including Linda and Matthew Randi, the principle owners of Tamarack Forestry Service.

As a result, Lewis Tree Service, Inc. will become the market share leader within New York State’s investor-owned utilities, as well as strengthen its position in the Massachusetts and New Jersey investor-owned utility markets and open new opportunities in the Canadian provinces. The transaction is subject to approval of the Boards of Directors of both companies and is expected to close within three months.

Lewis Tree Service, Inc., a Rochester Top 100 company, is a leading provider of vegetation management services to utilities and governments. Lewis is 100% employee owned with over 2600 employees and operates in most of the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Rochester, New York, Lewis Tree also has maintenance facilities in Chase City, Virginia.