'Arborcide'

[AlpineK]

I rarely post topics of professional interest, but some folks may find this interesting.

 

 

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Whether the trees on your property are stately and majestic or little more than glorified shrubs, you're probably emotionally attached to them. They cool your home in summer and buffer winter winds. They filter dust, prevent flooding and scrub the air of pollution.

 

And they can also be at the root of some of the nastiest neighbor disputes.

 

What's to fight about? "Everything from encroaching limbs and roots to view obstruction to personal injury from falling trees to nuisance actions — dropping pine cones and sap — or creating a fire hazard," says Barri Kaplan Bonapart, a California attorney and mediator who specializes in tree disputes. "Anything you can imagine a tree can do, you'll have disputes around."

 

 

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In Seattle view topping is common. People do it even though it often ruins the health of the tree and increases tree risk factors. One incident I recently observed was tree death along the Burke-Gilman trail due to malicious poisoning. I've also seen the aftermath of a number of trespass (tree killing events).

 

 

If you have trees or wonder about pruning/removal or are just curious you can find information here International Society of Arboriculture Public Information

 

 

 

[KaskadskyjKozak]

 

Just punishment for folks who engage in "view topping":

 

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[bstach]

There was a very high profile case not too long ago in Vancouver

 

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060105/tree_poisoning_060105/20060105?hub=Canada

 

[Matt Kidd]

I used to climb trees on the North Shore. By far the majority of the work was for views, and we were still topping trees all the time. :tdown: It got depressing to be on the wrong side of things (I like trees) so I got out of the business. The most interesting situations that we were in the middle of (and there were disputes ALL the time) were in stratas. The strata would have hired us for topping/removals and you would have two groups shouting at us and each other. One would be telling us to cut and the other would be calling us nasty things. Good times.!