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Old 4th September 2007, 04:39 AM   #12 (permalink)
treeseer
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Default Re: Controversial pruning on protected trees Durack Primary School - QBuild

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Originally Posted by Sean Freeman View Post
For me getting to explain to regional asset management what modern Arboriculture can offer in terms they can easily understand and appreciate is the task at hand...the opportunity still exists to help them move beyond this kind of destructive, costly and substandard tree work...I'm confident things will change in our state..even up North.
Very productive approach. Attacking and criticizing may be understandable, but where does it get you? Attacked and criticized back,most likely.

The pic of the silk oak--Grevillea?-- is a real gut-wrencher.

Dissecting a failed tree due to loptopping would be powerful evidence of a reason to change. So would highlighting the effects of standard-compliant tree care.
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