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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    I'm aware of a respected arborist who mows grass underneath a full size southern live oak. I believe he also installed or oversaw installation of a boardwalk on low pylons into the understory. He is on a single source contract to provide continuity of care for the tree. Outside this type of...
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    Can we talk about Municipal projects and the WILD world of bidding them?

    RFPs for one and dones sounds difficult, but you could pull public records for similar projects and then plot linear feet (or area if available) vs. cost to make the simplest estimate. Since you live in your community, you will have local knowledge of how the projects differ in the details and...
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    Associate Urban Forester, City of Jacksonville FL

    Our last incumbent of three years came from two tours of duty at zoos, managing veg. They certified and were just promoted. Several others have advanced in similar manner both within our city and through other opportunities. One was promoted then took a great job with the state. Another was...
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    Associate Urban Forester, City of Jacksonville FL

    Please forward to the talented persons in your network who are early-career urban forestry professionals or looking to enter into the field, with an office 10 minutes from the beach. This position does not require an ISA Certified Arborist credential...
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    Associate Arborist, City of Jacksonville

    The new hire is starting Monday. I will keep it internal from there - as entertaining as it might be for The Buzz, they have not signed on for a Truman Show. Of course, neither did Truman...
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    Associate Arborist, City of Jacksonville

    Position is closed, hired. Job postings bring a lot of meaningful perspectives to the surface. My thanks and appreciation for comments and forwarding, and for this community.
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    Associate Arborist, City of Jacksonville

    If you can, get the salary without the responsibility, lol.
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    Associate Arborist, City of Jacksonville

    This position posted a day ago and is open for two weeks: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/jacksonvillefl/jobs/5170519/associate-arborist?pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs Please forward to the talented, qualified early or mid-career urban forestry professionals in your network who are...
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    New device from ISC

    Rapel racks are not passive on ascent which is in my mind how the uni and zigzag differentiate from them... Looks like the folks that were the first to clone a ZK2 are in turn being cloned.
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    Structural pruning

    Great work. Just have to take the next step each time.
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    Can trees be too big to cable?

    I am noting 15,400 lbs. for 3/8ths EHS at TreeStuff in their product notes. I asked the ISA via email if there was intent to update the BMPs to dovetail with the new ANSI A300 and they did not respond. I also asked whether the current BMPs were intended to complement the current ANSI A300...
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    Can trees be too big to cable?

    Large southern live oak limbs do require additional support that matches the loads they will experience. Unfortunately, there is some disconnect between installation, materials, and hurricanes. I will not comment on the ANSI A300 standard because it is not in front of me and I have not read...
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    On call emergency response for Municipality's

    Mainly, there is a need to clear trees down in roads, and notice of this comes from the police office most of the time. Whoever is on call for the rest of the City can send that tree in the road out to an on-call contractor. At my municipality, the Stormwater division handles all on-call...
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    Hiring a climber/ employee from out of area

    My superficial take; these seem like they might be the differences between company workflow as much or more than regional workflow, and it can't be that hard to work around tall single trunk trees unless you're more often than not in 60+ dbh. I agree with ATH that the learning curve ought to...
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    Bolting or cable splitting tree

    If it's not going to hit the house and it has a good leaf flush then it is a candidate for bracing and cabling.
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