[ECOLOG-L] Tree Hazards and Their Management Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-22 Thread Wayne Tyson
to earth and onto ___? WT - Original Message - From: Earl Reaves iprea...@aacounty.org To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area Hazardous trees are a difficult subject to explain when talking

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree hazards and their management Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-21 Thread Wayne Tyson
and their management Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area A report just released today from Tree Care Industry Association. Civilian tree care accidents in 2012. (Please copy and paste the link below into your web browser) http://www.tcia.org/safety/news I work in the arboriculture

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-21 Thread Earl Reaves
Hazardous trees are a difficult subject to explain when talking to people. Trees that are diseased or structurally sound can be very dangerous to life and property, in fact that what make them hazardous; having a 'target' of property or any area frequented by people. And as has been

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-20 Thread Wayne Tyson
is everything. WT - Original Message - From: eann e...@gsinet.net To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 7:02 AM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area Rather than worry about stump removal, why not cut the tree off higher up and leave it for cavity birds

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-20 Thread Me
is everything. WT - Original Message - From: eann e...@gsinet.net To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 7:02 AM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area Rather than worry about stump removal, why not cut the tree off higher up and leave

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-20 Thread Nirmalya Chatterjee
Cc: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area Omg. The moment it falls, someone is in the perfect position to be fatally injured. That's the reason there is a war on trees in the Washington DC area

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2013-01-20 Thread Thomas J. Givnish
they make their first hard landing. Context is everything. WT - Original Message - From: eann e...@gsinet.net To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 7:02 AM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area Rather than worry about stump

[ECOLOG-L] Tree hazards and their management Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-20 Thread Wayne Tyson
hope that Chatterjee will delineate his alternative to hazardous tree management clearly. - Original Message - From: Nirmalya Chatterjee buba...@gmail.com To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-20 Thread Jane Shevtsov
@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area Omg. The moment it falls, someone is in the perfect position to be fatally injured. That's the reason there is a war on trees in the Washington DC area

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-20 Thread Jesse Howley
: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area Omg. The moment it falls, someone is in the perfect position to be fatally injured. That's the reason there is a war on trees in the Washington DC area. There is this unreasonable perception that something that looms over us is out

[ECOLOG-L] Tree Hazards and Their Management Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-20 Thread Wayne Tyson
Message - From: Me gwpatt...@yahoo.com To: Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net Cc: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area Omg. The moment it falls, someone is in the perfect position to be fatally injured

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-20 Thread Eric Davis
Jesse, I couldn't agree with you more. In fact, you took the words right out of my mouth, specifically in regards to unsubscribing from this list. While faced with an ecological crisis that threatens the very survival of our species, some are debating the probability of being killed by a falling

[ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-19 Thread eann
Rather than worry about stump removal, why not cut the tree off higher up and leave it for cavity birds? Ann ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ E. Ann Poole, NH-CWS Poole Ecological Consultancy PO Box 890, 741 Beard Rd Hillsborough, NH 03244 (603)478-1178 e...@gsinet.net www.eannpoole.com ~*~

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-19 Thread Wayne Tyson
- Original Message - From: eann e...@gsinet.net To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 7:02 AM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area Rather than worry about stump removal, why not cut the tree off higher up and leave it for cavity birds? Ann

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-18 Thread Wayne Tyson
, 2013 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area Wayne's method sounds pretty neat, but no matter what you do, you might find that the success and the appearance of your current plantings changes. After all, they no longer will have a tree above them. Shade-loving

[ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-17 Thread Scott Creary
Does anyone have any experience removing tree stumps from very sensitive areas? We have a botanically important planting around a tree that we need to remove for safety reasons, but we cannot leave an unsightly stump in the process. However, the traditional grinders or pick-axe method won't work

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-17 Thread Martin Meiss
Hi, Scott, Depending on the tree's rooting system, specifically whether it has a tap root, you might be able to do most of the ax work while standing on the stump, if the sawyers can leave you a nice flat stump about a foot high or lower. I have heard that you can accelerate

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-17 Thread David L. McNeely
If you can live with the stump while it rots, that is one approach. Rotting can be hastened by drilling many holes deep into the stump and filling them with fertilizer and water. Potassium nitrate works. This will promote bacterial and fungal growth, and the stump will rot faster than

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

2013-01-17 Thread Wayne Tyson
to the bark, as the heat dries out the fuel ahead of the burning core, as it progresses down and out. WT - Original Message - From: Scott Creary sfcre...@gmail.com To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 8:42 AM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive