In an effort to better serve customers, improve access to education, and heighten industry community interconnectivity, Timberline Tree Care got ISA certified this summer! This certification will help encourage continuing education and facilitate accountability for providing quality care to the trees we work in and the customers that are their stewards.
Destroying animal habitat is an unfortunate side effect of removing trees. In addition to offering services that will help mitigate this damage, like habitat pole creation, Timberline Tree Care tries to make an effort to deal with the wildlife we encounter in trees in the most humane way possible. If native species can be saved, they are taken to local wildlife shelters.
Today's job was one of these days; the subcontractor working from the bucket found a nest in an unstable madrona tree that was leaning toward high-voltage wires. He brought the nest to the ground crew, and the birds were taken to the West Sound Wildlife Shelter on nearby Bainbridge Island. I'm appreciative to be working with subcontractors who make a cooperative effort to assist local wildlife.
Property development, disease, environmental stresses, insect activity, and injury are some of the many reasons a tree's health can decline. We encourage clients to remove dying trees that are in close proximity to their indoor and outdoor living spaces, before they have been standing dead trees for long.
These clients could see this tree was progressively getting worse, and had us put it on the schedule before it became a very dangerous tree to climb. When I first looked at it a month or so ago, it even still had a few green needles left on it.
It was a very fun tree to climb, and interesting to speculate on the cause of the decline and death of the tree. it had a most unusual growth habit for a fir tree!
This job also included some great fine pruning projects and a cable installation. Quite a mixed bag, and a super fun day!
After a season of big removals following our stormy winter, it is nice to enjoy a week of pruning and cable installation projects. Here are a few eye candy pictures of some of the beautiful trees from this last week!
