Chuck Weber, Certified Arborist
Huntsville, Alabama

Member, International Society of Arboriculture, Southern Chapter
Certifications: Arborist & Municipal Specialist


New Trees: Avoiding Problems
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Urban and Community Forestry

Our consulting work with municipalities, developers, builders, and construction contractors is coordinated through
Forest Management Specialists of Florence, Alabama.

Trees are absolutely essential to communities, announcing the character of the place and the people who live there.

Trees provide beauty, and an essential feeling of "home." But they provide much more. Many of these benefits, such as pollution control and moderation of summer and winter temperatures, can actually be measured in dollars. But we are finding other benefits that are just as real, though harder to evaluate in dollars -- for example, there is growing proof that trees influence people to behave like neighbors and citizens, instead of hostile factions.
But not just any tree is right for every location. Many trees were planted randomly by Nature, or by past generations who faced circumstances, goals and limitations different from ours. Many of these trees haven't worked out well, or at best are approaching the end of their useful lifespan, and we are now facing tough decisions about how to manage them.

Communities can't walk away from their responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of their citizens. And whatever you do about your city's trees, you have to do it with limited resources. Even a "wealthy" community has to care for its streets, sanitation, public safety, recreation, and other needs that compete for the city's available resources.

This means different things in different communities. This may mean planting new major trees in open areas, instead of in cramped "tree zones" between curbs and sidewalks. Some communities must steel themselves to remove old trees that are falling apart and threatening public safety. Others have a window of opportunity to postpone this trauma, by pruning young trees into "the ways they should go."

Most communities have a mix of these situations. So THE OBJECTIVE FOR THEIR "TREE PEOPLE" IS TO FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION ON WHAT MOST NEEDS TO BE DONE. THIS IS WHERE OUR EXPERIENCE CAN GO TO WORK FOR YOU.

Please read through these pages to see how we can best help you, then phone or email us.

Trees on residential or commercial properties
Municipal trees (streets, parks, etc.)
Trees on development or construction sites

 

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C Weber, Certified Arborist

This website is intended to provide help for people who have tree problems, or want to avoid them.
If you have questions or suggestions on how we can improve it, please let us know.
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Updated
21 February 2012