Essential Resources for Urban Tree Risk Management
Recent publication of ANSI standards and BMPs for urban tree risk management makes it imperative that the profession change and adapt.
Urban Tree Risk Management: A Community Guide to Program. Design and Implementation, NA-TP-03-03, J.D. Pokorny (Coordinating Author), 2003 [http://1.usa.gov/OHL8QV]
ANSI A300 (Part 9) Tree Risk Assessment a. Tree Structure Assessment, TCIA, 2011 [http://bit.ly/U904tl]
Best Management Practices: Tree Risk Assessment, E.T. Smiley, N. Matheny, and S. Lilly, International Society of Arboriculture, 2012 [http://bit.ly/PMCimI]
Example Tree Risk Specifications for Municipalities and Arborists