ArborViews

Mark Mann, CEO and founder of Plant Growth Management Systems, has worked with tree growth regulators for over 20 years. Today, he talks with our host Robert Polomski about how arborists can use tree growth regulators as one of their tools in the field.

Cecil Konijnendijk discusses the benefits of urban forests to human health with our host Robert Polomski. Learn how the fields of medicine and urban forestry can work together to improve the mental and physical health of people in a community, on this episode of ArborViews.

Richard Pouyat talks with host Robert Polomski about how land development impacts urban soils. On this episode of ArborViews, learn how arborists can work with developers to manage soil disturbance.

Robert Polomski interviews Alex Julius about occupational hazards in the arboriculture industry. Alex observed the number of arborists in the field that comply with safe work practices and she calculated the differences in compliance between accredited companies and non-accredited companies. Learn how important it is to create a safety culture in your workplace on this episode of ArborViews.

Welcome our new host, Robert Polomski! Polomski interviews Nicholas Dankers about his experience managing large and healthy conifers in the American Pacific Northwest. In this edition of ArborViews, learn about some research-based risk mitigation techniques and the Double-System Technique (DST) used to increase safety while climbing mature trees.

On this episode of ArborViews, Mark Hartley and Daniel Burcham talk about how soil characteristics impact the development of trees. Daniel evaluates the relationship between urban soil properties and street tree performance in Singapore. He also highlights a few easy techniques for measuring soil characteristics that arborists can apply in the field.

On this episode of ArborViews, Mark Hartley and Laura Mendiburu discuss management strategies for working with street trees, and highlight some of the potential failures that can occur. Find out what makes a street tree different from other trees, what planting techniques need to be considered while working with street trees, and how to identify a quality tree for planting.

Nelson Money discusses with our host Mark Hartley about how utility lines are posing greater fire risks because of increasing populations and urban development. Listen to this episode to learn how to incorporate some of the discussed management methods and safety practices to help minimize these dangers.

Join Justin Morgenroth and our host Mark Hartley to learn how porous pavements can improve tree growth and overall soil environment in urban soils. Find out some of the key differences between impervious and porous pavements and how it can affect trees that grow adjacent to these structures.

Learn about the Urban Forest Map at urbanforestmap.org while listening to Kelaine Vargas’ interview with our host Mark Hartley. In this episode, they discuss the mission of the program improving the ability to inventory trees in the city of San Francisco, California and how the system provides a one-stop repository of tree data for agencies and entities involved in tree management.