1) Pruning: To create a healthier, safer more aesthetically pleasing tree or urban forest.

• Crown cleaning: Removal of dead, diseased, weakly attached, and broken branches. This process defines the tree and closes entry points for pests and disease.

• Crown thinning: Cleaning plus select branch removal for light and air penetration in addition to a reduction in sail area of the tree. You can improve light in your yard without removal and reduce susceptibility to storm damage.

• Vista Pruning: Create a view without removing trees.

• Crown restoration: Improve the structure of a tree by highlighting proper scaffold branches and assisting the tree to take on a natural, healthy form. This is used often to correct poor trims and strange growth habits.

2) Removal: When it is necessary to remove a tree it must be done with precision and with all safeguards in place.

• Hazard Trees: For trees that may inflict injury or damage to property compound rigging techniques are employed to safely bring down a precariously positioned tree.

2) Assess and implement the health care needs of specimen trees:

• Fertilization to reinvigorate a declining tree that cannot be helped by pruning alone.

• Diagnose diseases and inorganic stresses that may inhibit heath and future growth.

3) Pre-construction assessment:

• It is our goal to assist in the preservation of existing trees on a developing property. It is important to assess their environmental needs before, during and after construction to avoid tree failure.

4) Cabling and bracing: Tree support systems to save specimen trees.

5) Forest health care and restoration:

• Clear cutting in the San Juan Islands has left us with returning 2nd and 3rd growth forests. Now, while they are developing, it is crucial to assist our forests so that they return back to their beautiful and natural stable environment.