KAA Publications
KAA Conference Handouts:- Decay Assessment Process
- Tips on Using the Resistograph
- Decay Fungi
- Phaelous Schweinitzii
- Life Cycle
- Strength Loss From Decay
- Tree Risk Form
- Indicators of Root Decay
- Indicators of Stem Decay in Trees
- Load and VTA
KAA News and Notes:
- 2007 - Summer Newsletter
- 2005 - Fall Newsletter
- 2004 - Winter Newsletter
- 2004 - Summer Newsletter
- 2003 - Winter Newsletter
- 2003 - Summer Newsletter
- 2001 - Spring Newsletter
Useful Resources
- Climbing vs. Bucket Lifts - Preferences in Tree Trimming
There are two ways to trim a tree - climb it or use an aerial lift truck. Certain circumstances clearly call for one method over the other and sometimes a combination of both ways does the best job. For the most part though, arborists prefer either...
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- Diagnosis of Tree Health Problems
Accurate diagnosis of tree health problems requires much information about the affected tree(s) and the nearby environment. Answers to the following will assist the diagnostician in an examination...
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- Guidelines for Assessing Failure Potential Associated with Tree Defects
The following table provides general guidelines for assessing failure potential from tree defects. Many additional factors must be considered when assessing failure risk including site conditions, weather and climate conditions, species characteristics, crown size...
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- How to Tie the Ten Most Useful Knots
Before you start to learn down-home knotsmanship, a brief summary of rope vocabulary is...
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- Pruning Guidelines for Conifers
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- Types of Pruning with Mature Trees
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