Berkeley Tree Sitters
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- Titirangi, Auckland, NZ
That's precisely one of the options I had in mind...
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- Retired in Minneapolis
Campus LAs, and too many LAs in general, know little or nothing about trees. This is a broad brush statement...but not too broad.
I talked with Dr. Gary Johnson, urban forestry prof. at the U on Minnesota, about tree decisions on both campuses of the U of MN. He would roll his eyes a lot because he would not be consulted or his advice would be solicited and then ignored. Too bad for the trees.
I'd rather have a disfigured tree than no tree.
I've never seen a building as lovely as a tree.
I talked with Dr. Gary Johnson, urban forestry prof. at the U on Minnesota, about tree decisions on both campuses of the U of MN. He would roll his eyes a lot because he would not be consulted or his advice would be solicited and then ignored. Too bad for the trees.
I'd rather have a disfigured tree than no tree.
I've never seen a building as lovely as a tree.
- Location
- Titirangi, Auckland, NZ
Tom I entirely agree we should not fall into the trap of being elitist in relation to form and condition, the natural forest is packed with wonderful trees that are anything but perfect or undamaged (by nature) But we must be adament when it comes to Arboricultural best practice for current tree works.
On both sides of the pond we seem to be facing exactly the same obsticles to achieving our aims for sustainable long term urban forests.
On both sides of the pond we seem to be facing exactly the same obsticles to achieving our aims for sustainable long term urban forests.
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- Grand Marais, MN
I just believe we're relatively new in "discovering" trees...that more valid information and awareness of their being and needs and interrelationships have been discovered, tested, and acknowledged just in the last 15-20 years than the last 200 total.
What's important is that information gleaned from this "new science" isn't monopolized into what's been mainstream agriculture for the last 60 years - if there's a manifested problem we don't concentrate on chemcials to rectify it. It misses the point and often perturbs the situation. Finding out what's attached and necessary for a system to function is new in horticulture and we need to expand more. Extropolation from that to human health, planetary health, etc. will advance humanity far more than a market-driven system of economies over ecology.
Some still think ecology is a dirty word and blasphemous science. Cancer cures are fine, but finding causes preceed the need.
What's important is that information gleaned from this "new science" isn't monopolized into what's been mainstream agriculture for the last 60 years - if there's a manifested problem we don't concentrate on chemcials to rectify it. It misses the point and often perturbs the situation. Finding out what's attached and necessary for a system to function is new in horticulture and we need to expand more. Extropolation from that to human health, planetary health, etc. will advance humanity far more than a market-driven system of economies over ecology.
Some still think ecology is a dirty word and blasphemous science. Cancer cures are fine, but finding causes preceed the need.
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Location
- Titirangi, Auckland, NZ
Thats a good pic Nathan, yes they're special trees alright...and those are only babies about half the height they can reach at maturity in Tasmania.
- Location
- Deep, deep south Texas
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Wonder why they asked the landscape architect about the trees and not an arborist?
Seems to me his future on campus is related to new buildings going up - an arborist would be interested in the trees still there.
Like asking anyone working in the White House how the war's going...."we're winning!" Well of course we are, and they're happy as punch we're there.
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Most likely because they were wanting a quote from a "university official." In my experience with a few universities, you will generally find a landscape architect running that department, with neither an arborist nor forester on staff.
Wonder why they asked the landscape architect about the trees and not an arborist?
Seems to me his future on campus is related to new buildings going up - an arborist would be interested in the trees still there.
Like asking anyone working in the White House how the war's going...."we're winning!" Well of course we are, and they're happy as punch we're there.
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Most likely because they were wanting a quote from a "university official." In my experience with a few universities, you will generally find a landscape architect running that department, with neither an arborist nor forester on staff.
- Location
- Grand Marais, MN
Agreed.
Too often the 'arborist' is a mandate for hire but he's (maybe she's) relegated to the lawn shop and is just a crew member that's expected to climb and cut the right limbs, quaranteen the right trees, and take the heat when other's decisions result in problems.
But either way, it should've been an arborist telling the press something other than what they really wanted to hear.
Too often the 'arborist' is a mandate for hire but he's (maybe she's) relegated to the lawn shop and is just a crew member that's expected to climb and cut the right limbs, quaranteen the right trees, and take the heat when other's decisions result in problems.
But either way, it should've been an arborist telling the press something other than what they really wanted to hear.
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