Preserving Veteran Trees on Construction Sites

Length
30 minutes
Track
Urban Forestry
Audience
Technical
Type
Concurrent

Extending the useful life of native bur oaks on construction sites; using your ISA BMPs; your expertise of tree condition and structure. If you are going to pick one, make it a bur oak—and why? Minnesota examples will be presented, as well as evaluation of their internal wood decay.

Speaker(s)

Ed Hayes

Ed Hayes

Fun Fact: The apple does not fall far from the tree! Ed’s daughter is a certified arborist, practicing in Iowa City, and her eight-year-old daughter has her own Tree Tribe climbing saddle!