Typical US Risk Report--compare w/UK?

[Paul Barton]

Paul, good points and re propriety yes I said "This is not an uncommon methodology and my purpose is not to flame or praise its author. It's the method and criteria I am wondering about." but somehow it did not make the post. If the moderator could pull the attachment, i will try to put up an anonymised version. My bad.

 

re putting up my own reports, I already have, several.

 

re budget constraints leading to felling, I wonder how cost/benefit was calculated. I've seen pruning inserted as an annual item, when 5-10 years would have worked. And the most confounding thing: the value of the tree itself omitted from the equation.

 

Hi Treeseer,

 

Sorry, I haven't seen your previous posts with your own reports.

 

You've asked some very pertinent questions in response to my post, thanks:thumbup1:

 

To be honest, in my local situation I don't think the benefits are being calculated at all so a cost/benefit is very tricky! Elsewhere in the UK, some local authorities are starting to use CAVAT or iTree to calculate benefits - hopefully this will lead to better analysis of whether fell and replant is really 'better value' than propping up mature trees starting to decline. It's a very delicate balance isn't it?

 

I think it's now beginning to be recognised that where possible, large trees offer more public benefits in urban situations than small ones - this will hopefully lead us away from the planting of so many small ornamental species in street scenes and back towards larger canopy trees with longer life expectancies.

[treeseer]

Paul, I agree, but.. Benefits can be easily observed and recorded, without a lot of calculations.

[Paul Barton]

Paul, I agree, but.. Benefits can be easily observed and recorded, without a lot of calculations.

 

Sure, but how would you use these observed benefits in a meaningful cost/benefit analysis?