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Tree Health Management, Inc. does perform
tree inventories for homeowners, municipalities, corporate campuses,
facility managers and large landowners for various decision-making
reasons employ tree inventories.
Tree inventories help tree stewards by first giving each tree a
unique identifying number and then have the ability to track each
trees history; planting date, maintenance record, size, species,
condition and its exact position.
For most suburban homeowners tree inventories are completed within
one day. For estate managers and facility managers a tree inventory
can take several days. For municipalities and their property management
issues, tree inventories can take weeks to months even with the
newest "tree inventory sampling model". This new tree inventory
model which was unveiled in may of 2003 will save municipalities
large amounts of money.
The importance of tree inventories is that they provide decision
makers with real historical information, which can be used to make
tangible decisions based on facts, not guesswork.
Tree stewards regularly ask themselves;
Are we spending to much money on fertilizer?
Are there sidewalk and tree interfaces which are or may heave and
create a trip and fall risk?
Are there risk trees which need regular inspections are there risk
trees which need removal?
Are there too many of one species leaving yourself open to a pathogen
or arthropod epidemic which can leave your site barren quickly?
Tree inventories allow managers to follow a regular tree maintenance
and inspection program reducing their liability issues, assisting
in scheduling employees and or contractors effectively and timely,
providing data for tree replacement and plant health care concerns.
In short tree inventories form the foundation for a tree steward
management program.
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