Course Overview
The course presents the principles and practices of tree risk assessment for various environments and applications including urban street and park trees, parks, and forests. Topics include risk assessment and management, hazards in trees and how they develop, the structure and mechanics of trees, safety, professional and legal liability, tree assessment procedures, and the assessment and management of risk with respect to trees. In addition, detailed examples of selected tree species are studied.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
2.0
- Retired
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful competion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the basic terms and concepts of risk assessment and management.
- Explain how hazard and risk concepts apply to tree management.
- Carry out visual and detailed tree hazard assessments.
- Assess windthrow hazard for ornamental and remnant forest trees.
- List common hazards associated with selected native and exotic tree species.
- Explain the relationship between hazardous trees and wildlife tree values.
- Describe main features and procedures for some common tree risk assessment protocols, such as the B.C. Wildlife and Danger Tree Assessment for forestry, fires and parks; ISA urban and urban/rural interface; and urban hazard tree assessment as described by Matheny & Clark (1994).
- Describe concepts and strategies for managing tree risk.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2009
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