How to Identify, Evaluate, and Manage
Featuring Dr. Bruce Fraedrich
Careful management of tree hazards creates a safer
environment, reduces liability, and provides a basis for
prioritizing tree care. This can also extend an individual tree’s
viability as a valuable component in an urban landscape.
As research reveals new knowledge and urban forestry
becomes more sophisticated, a higher level of duty to protect
people and property from defective trees is expected. Tree
professionals at all levels who are trained to recognize and
prevent hazard trees are the best defense against problems
and costly damages resulting from hazardous trees.
What You Will Learn
- Learn how to recognize symptoms of defects in branches, stems, and roots through a visual tree analysis.
- Train in risk assessment of defective trees.
- Determine the impact of pruning and other cultural practices on the tree’s defense system.
- Rate your risk evaluation methods and the impact of your effectiveness.
- Analyze wood and root decay techniques with the latest tools for assessing risks.
- Obtain answers to your local and regional tree care issues and concerns.
Workshop Agenda
- Visual Tree Analysis of Above and Below Ground Defects
- Documentation, Risk Tree Rating Systems, and Legal Constraints in Managing Trees
- Regional Issues
- Outdoor Lab with Tree Risk Assessment Training
- Visual Tree Analysis
- Site Analysis for Assessing Branch, Stem, Root, and Soil Failures
- Techniques to Evaluate Wood and Root Decay
- International Tree Failure Database
- Questions and Answers
What Others Are Saying
“Very well organized with practical information!”
—Charles
(Mac)
McClure
Board Member,
Trees,
Inc.
,
Louisville,
KY
“This is a workshop that should be experienced by all community residents!”
—Martha
Clark
Certified Arborist,
City of St. Joseph,
MO
Selection, Technique, and Maintenance
Featuring Dr. Bruce Fraedrich
Planting trees is an investment in the future. However
trees that are planted incorrectly or are not given
adequate care to thrive will not yield the dividends we
expect. Whether you are planting one tree or a hundred,
implementing proper tree planning and aftercare practices
will safeguard your investment.
This workshop provides useful, up-to-date, scientific
information on planting and caring for young trees. An
indoor lecture focuses on a variety of factors that impact
the ability of trees to become established and thrive:
tree species and cultivars, soils and the planting site,
planting techniques, and the type of planting stock. An
outdoor demonstration focuses on planting techniques,
troubleshooting, and aftercare practices.
What You Will Learn
- Learn how to correctly evaluate soil and site conditions.
- Find out the recommended tree species and cultivars for your local area.
- Train on the latest tree planting techniques and standards.
- Discover the pros and cons of planting bare root, balled and burlapped, and containerized trees.
- Become skilled at overcoming transplanting problems.
- Take home correct aftercare techniques such as pruning, irrigation, soil, and pest management.
Workshop Agenda
- Regionally Appropriate Tree Species and Cultivars
- Evaluating Site and Soils
- Planting Techniques and Standards—ANSI Specifications
- Bare Root Plantings—Survival and Growth Studies
- Troubleshooting Transplanting Problems
- Aftercare: Pruning, Irrigation, Soil and Pest Management
- Outdoor Lab with Demonstrations
- Tree Planting Demonstration: Bare Root, Balled and Burlapped (B&B), and Containerized
- Troubleshooting and Evaluating Tree Planting Problems
- Aftercare Demonstration: Pruning Young Trees, Soil Analysis, Dealing with Stakes/Guys, Irrigation, and Proper Mulching
- Questions and Answers
What Others Are Saying
“Tree planting and establishment seems very easy until a person starts to think about environmental and nature issues and suddenly easy is the wrong word.”
—Elmo Layman
Shade Tree Commission Member,
City of Urbana,
OH
