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  • Keith Brown Appointed to Urban Forestry Board

    Do you know about the City of Austin’s Urban Forestry Board? The primary purpose of the board is to provide the citizens of Austin a portal to voice their concerns about policies and practices regarding the city’s public trees.

  • ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ)

    Assessing tree risk is one of the more complex functions certified arborists must perform. The simple fact is that tree failures are, in large part, unpredictable. To help our profession, the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) has developed some standards to the process of evaluating tree risk and there is now a “qualification” for arborists…

  • Using Trees for Stormwater Runoff Mitigation

    For many years, the arborist community has been touting the great benefits trees offer to the urban environment. I think everybody in the world agrees with this from the surface level. One of the deeper discussions on this topic is the value of stormwater-runoff mitigation that trees can provide. However, nearly every time I’ve tried…

  • Heritage Tree Ordinanace in Austin

    The city of Austin heritage tree ordinance was adopted back in February of 2010. The new ordinance expands upon the existing tree protection ordinance creating a new “class” of protected size tree.

  • Kolkhorst Anti Tree Bill

    Just today, one of my respected colleagues, Heather Brewer, a municipal forester in the City of Georgetown, turned me on to a bill that is being introduced by Republican house member Lois Kolkhorst. Kolkhorst is from Brenham, TX. Her proposal aims to put maximum limits on tree mitigation that a government entity can require. And,…

  • Introducing Our New Mulch Calculating Tool

    This mulch calculator is designed to help you figure out how much mulch you need for your mulching project. You draw an area on the map and it tells you how many yards of mulch you’ll need and what the square footage calculation is.

  • Tree Fungi Identification Tool – Photo Helper

    Identifying tree fungi diseases is complicated. I made this tool to facilitate identification and research for different fungi that affect trees.

  • 2011 Texas Tree Conference – Building Bridges with Arboriculture

    The annual Texas Tree Conference will be held in Waco on October 5th -7th. The best arborists in the state will be meeting to learn from researchers and leaders in the industry. Laymen are welcome, too.

  • All About the Texas Tree Climbing Competition

    Have you ever heard of a tree climbing compeition? It’s not a lot like the logger’s competition you’ve seen on ESPN. Read here to see what it’s all about.

  • 2012 Texas Tree Climbing Championships

    The 2012 Texas Tree Climbing Competition will be held in Austin this year sometime in late April near arbor day. Read here for more details.