With the widespread decline and death of many species, what can we do to help?
I've been thinking assisted migration, but maybe entirely new species are needed.
https://www.wired.com/story/hardiest-trees-urban-inferno-heat-cities/
People are often asking me for shade tree...
I have three customers with infested mature Douglas fir. They seem to be only in the limbs so far. I dead-wooded them in the summer and now they have 3-8 more dead limbs each. I think cutting the dead limbs in early winter might get rid of some/most of the pupae.
I'd like to inject a...
I'd like to do a retrenchment pruning on this old oak. It's obviously in a bad way. The owner's would like to retain it. There are currently no targets, but they are installing solar panels about ten feet beyond the canopy.
It's a massive White Oak. How big of cuts would you do?
Removed about 15 dead/dying limbs with beetle sign.
Exit holes are oval 4-7mm wide. Galleries are up to 1 cm wide, mostly in sap wood. Frass is fine, white to tan colored.
Flat headed fir borer?
Tree is 70 ft with dbh 32".
Took pictures of some girdling rings on the middle portion of the...
Stepped out of a cafe at lunch on Tuesday and woke up in an ambulance. Got hit by a bicyclist speeding down the sidewalk. Eight staples in the back of my head.
Work at one of the most dangerous jobs and almost get killed at lunch.
It's probably not necessary to wear your helmet while...