Sad day for Arboriculture

[Raven]

Thanks Wulkowicz, RIP

 

[Adkpk]

Sorry to hear that.

 

[marlinspiker]

A sad loss indeed.

 

[ginkobalboa]

Loved his posts. They gave me the impression he lived an extraordinary life.

R.I.P. Mr. Wulkowicz.

 

[Chum]

The earth needed more of his kind but we're accepting less of it and the price is going to be higher than anyone can imagine.

 

[guymayor]

Got that right, R. Bob did not hold back, or accept limits on his thinking. Many folks today seem to welcome, and invite, and even create limits on their thinking. The premise might be that strategy will keep them out of trouble.

As you say, that strategy leads to negative feedback loops and untold misery, in a world frozen stiff but burning hot.

 

[islandarb]

Rest in Peace Bob W, glad that I had the pleasure of reading some of your enlightening posts....condolences to your family....

 

[Gerald_Beranek]

Sorry to hear. Sounds like he touched the hearts and minds of a lot of folks. My condolences to the family.

 

[scrat]

Thanks for sharing in your posts Bob. RIP
Condolences to the family, Sorry it is also so close to a holiday.....

 

[treehumper]

Condolences to his family. I always enjoyed reading his posts as many here did. A legacy for us to build on.

 

[mdvaden]

Re: Wulcowicz

In light of the discussion, curiosity got me wondering what was Bob's first post on Treebuzz

This is the oldest post I could find ...

LINK >> Wulkowicz 1st Post on the Buzz

Seemed to have entered the conversations on a good note.

...

 

[macswan]

Re: Wulcowicz

I was so excited the first time wulcowicz responded to a thread I started. I went and got something to drink and sat down for like forty minutes trying to figure out exactly what he was telling me. Which turned out to be helpful advice. I'm gonna miss his posts.

 

[lonniels]

Re: Wulcowicz

A brilliant guy RIP

 

[Riggs]

Re: Wulcowicz

Thanks to Ton Dunlap I actually talked to him for 1- 2 hours . Always trying to save trees . Giving them water , talked to him many times on the net , can't say he was a friend but he sure did care about trees. I 'll miss him in an internet kind of way . Rest in Peace Bob W. Don't know what you were talking about half the time but read it anyway.The story he told me whan we talked in Minnesota 96? wasn't trees , he said he overlooked the lightning system for the sears towers in chicago . interesting person , kind of all over the place . Glad I met him . I'll raise a glass for Bob W. RIP

 

[sean_freeman]

Re: Wulcowicz

Like many here on the buzz I never actually met Bob but we had some long and thought provoking phone conversations. He was a very passionate and intuitive thinker, I will miss not having the opportunity to have more late night/early morning calls.

Bob was the first person I ever came across to challenge the orthodoxy blaming trees for subsidence, in this as in all things we spoke about he demanded more than just an acceptance of the common belief before making a final determination about the interaction between trees and their environment.

Vale Bob, I will always remember your intellect, sharp wit and (at times) obsessive attention to detail.

 

[jim454]

Re: Wulcowicz

Here's to you Bob,

 

[The_Archdruid]

Re: Wulcowicz

Do we really know if he's gone? How confirmed are we on this? Mr. Wulcowicz is an intellectual; a high functioning, cerebral mastermind - the type who occasionally finds it necessary to fake his own death. I know. He has duped me before.

A while ago, I remember getting excited to receive an honor, the Most Unhelpful Advice on a Serious Subject and it was awarded weekly. It turned out to be a hoax, invented by Bob himself . . . there was no such distinction ever given.

I followed his posts more carefully after that, looking for signs; trying to find the meaning of them. He is a cagey thinker and the kind of man one should approach with caution. Maybe he is gone or maybe he's just given us the slip? He might turn up sometime, somewhere in Buenos Aires sipping a maté, behind dark sunglasses and the morning paper. You never know with a guy like him . . .

 

[Oxman]

Re: Wulcowicz

Howdy,

Thanks for notifying us of the passing of this great person.

I met Wulkie online at the website called Arboriculture, Trees, & Timber, and in person in Salt Lake City in 1997. Bob gave a presentation there to the International Society of Arboriculture conference on tree biology that expanded on Al Shigo's teachings of the need for tree care practitioners to understand the function of trees as a professional responsibility.

Another website that Bob contributed frequently to in the late 1990's was the ISA Plant Health Care Discussion Group. This was hosted for aout 5 years by the Univesity of Illinois web server. When we noticed in 2010 that the archives were missing, we both contacted the ISA to ask that they be restored. The answer was in the form of a question: "Did you believe these archives would be available forever?". Of course, both of us responded enthusiastically in the affirmative, but the issue is now dead with the ISA, at least.

Much of Bob's legacy is contained in those missing archives. I believe a way to serve his memory would be to continue to search for these missing essays. Bob still has a lot to teach us.

I thank you for sharing and celebrating his life.

Arboreally yours,

Michael Oxman
ISA Certified Arborist #PN-0756A
(206) 949-8733
www.treedr.com

 

[Riggs]

Tom , is there some where I can send some money in his name I'd like to give something in his name .

 

[rfwoodvt]

Man, life marches on and right past us sometimes. Condolences to the family. Bob certainly shaped my tree mind in many ways.

RIP Bob!