Consulting Arborist

A lot of tree decisions come down to a document. A development permit that requires a tree-retention plan. A dispute with a neighbour over a boundary tree. An insurer or a buyer asking whether the tree beside the house is a hazard. In each case, an opinion is not enough. You need an assessment from a certified professional that will stand up to whoever reads it next.

Guessing is the costly path. Remove a tree that should have been retained and you can be looking at fines or a stalled permit. Keep a tree that should have come out and you carry the liability when it fails. Submit a report that does not meet the municipality's standard and the whole approval waits while you redo it.

Jeffrey Lawrence is an ISA Certified Arborist and a certified Wildlife and Dangerous Tree Assessor. That means hazard assessments based on a recognized method, tree inventories with the data a municipality actually wants, tree-protection and retention plans for development, and reports written to be submitted, not just read. Where a tree can be saved, the report says so, because the goal is the right decision, not a bigger removal invoice.

Tell us what you are trying to get done, the permit, the sale, the dispute, the safety question, and we will scope the assessment and turn the report around on a timeline that keeps your project moving.