- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Consulting
Residential property owners commonly request a Tree Ecosystem Assessment (TEA) which includes diagnosis, a treatment prescription and consult with the forest health practitioner.
Property owners as individuals, bear the financial burden of care for their own trees.
This is a sharp contrast to the urban forest managed by civic and municipal government services of cities and towns. Accurate diagnosis is essential to formulate effective prescriptions - a tree ecosystem involves highly interdependent relationships within the surrounding environment. It takes more than, 'just 5 minutes to look at a tree for me.'
A forest health practitioner acts as an interpreter of the forest's convoluted 'language' to understand it's 'unseen' mystery and determine the causes of a forest ailment. Diagnostic skills require both acquired knowledge (from academic study or traditional oral teaching) and observational knowledge acquired over years (often decades) of immersive interaction with a forest ecosystem.
A forest health practitioner uses diagnostic tools in the field. On occasion, clients may be advised to send samples for testing to specialized forestry laboratories in Ontario or British Colombia.
Restoration and maintenance of a tree ecosystem yields the most significant health improvements for trees and wooded stands.
Forest health practitioners can provide professional treatment services upon request. However, accurate diagnosis combined with applied ecology measures undertaken by the property owner, often reduces the need for professional treatments such as foliage sprays or systemic trunk injections. Even if professional treatments are recommended, the property owner's applied ecology measures often improve the treatment's effectiveness.
'What's wrong with my trees and can I fix them myself?'
Human interaction is a part of the forest ecosystem. Property owners actively involved with tree ecosystem care are often rewarded with the most significant health improvements of their trees and wooded stands.
A forest health practitioner's services are essential for the restoration and preservation of forest ecosystems in communities.
Veterinarians serve a vital role within rural communities as medical consultants for animal health.
Forest health practitioners provide a similar role within communities. Just as veterinary services are essential to the economic welfare of many communities, the value of services provided by forest health practitioners are similar. Both professions utilize a common medical model of diagnosis and treatment, provide prescriptions and advise their clients with knowledge to improve the health and vitality of non-human organisms.
Are available for those who place the highest value on their trees or want to make sure its 'done right'.
There's a lot more to know about trees than how to start a wood chipper. ;-)
Let's talk.
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Consulting
Residential property owners commonly request a
Tree Ecosystem Assessment (TEA)
which includes diagnosis, a treatment prescription and consult with a forest health practitioner.
Property owners as individuals, bear the financial burden of care for their own trees.
This is a sharp contrast to the urban forest managed by civic and municipal government services of cities and towns. Accurate diagnosis is essential to formulate effective prescriptions - a tree ecosystem involves highly interdependent relationships within the surrounding environment. It takes more than, 'just 5 minutes to look at a tree for me.'
A forest health practitioner acts as an interpreter of the forest's convoluted 'language' to understand it's 'unseen' mystery and determine the causes of a forest ailment. Diagnostic skills require both acquired knowledge (from academic study or traditional oral teaching) and observational knowledge acquired over years (often decades) of immersive interaction with a forest ecosystem.
A forest health practitioner uses diagnostic tools in the field. On occasion, clients may be advised to send samples for testing to specialized forestry laboratories in Ontario or British Colombia.
Restoration and maintenance of a tree ecosystem yields the most significant health improvements for trees and wooded stands.
Forest health practitioners can provide professional treatment services upon request. However, accurate diagnosis combined with applied ecology measures undertaken by the property owner, often reduces the need for professional treatments such as foliage sprays or systemic trunk injections. Even if professional treatments are recommended, the property owner's applied ecology measures often improve the treatment's effectiveness.
'What's wrong with my trees and can I fix them myself?'
Human interaction is a part of the forest ecosystem. Property owners actively involved with tree ecosystem care are often rewarded with the most significant health improvements of their trees and wooded stands.
A forest health practitioner's services are essential for the restoration and preservation of forest ecosystems in communities.
Veterinarians
serve a vital role within rural communities as medical consultants for animal health.
Forest health practitioners provide a similar role within communities. Just as veterinary services are essential to the economic welfare of many communities, the value of services provided by forest health practitioners are similar. Both professions utilize a common medical model of diagnosis and treatment, provide prescriptions and advise their clients with knowledge to improve the health and vitality of non-human organisms.
Are available for those who place the highest value on their trees or want to make sure its 'done right'.
There's a lot more to know about trees than how to start a wood chipper. :-)
Let's talk.