tree management Hortweek article

[Yorkshireman]

Standards for safe trees | Arboriculture News | Horticulture Week

[David Humphries]

A couple of bits and pieces were either incorrect or left in contextual limbo in this piece from what I can see.

 

Andy Tipping is actually no longer the Chair of the LTOA.

 

Someone at Hw needs to do their homework a little more thouroughly.

 

 

Good post though Iain

 

 

 

 

 

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[Andy Clark]

Nice one chap.... a good find.

 

A very confusing article though, to the un-educated...... worded as though all this "Tree Management" stuff is something new. Especially the comments re the HSEs outlook on it all.

 

 

Sorry, but has HSE SIM 01/200/05-Management of the risk from falling treesnot been around for a little over 2 years now??

 

Comments such as -

'Eden believes society suffers when, as now, approaches are polarised between "inspect everything and chop down anything suspicious" and under-reaction, which he describes as "a head-in- the-sand attitude".' are surely miss-representative of the standpoints laid down in the SIM, such as 'Duty holders should not be encouraged to fell or prune trees unnecessarily'

 

I think the article raises and emphasises the point that it's not particularly the legislation/guidance that is the problem, more so the industry uptake of what's available.

 

 

Echoing Mr H's comments, it all sounds a bit "behind the times" to me.