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Last autumn, Ryan Feura and his
MyDavey Bulletin flew to new heights
in an A-Star helicopter to survey the
land from above.
Feura, a senior consulting utility
forester for Davey Resource Group,
flew east from Gillespie Field airport
in El Cajon, California, to Imperial
County, CA, to survey vegetation in a
helicopter-aided visual inspection for
a client. Using GPS coordinates during
flight, Feura recorded tree clearance,
the number of tree species and which
THE MYDAVEY BULLETIN REACHES NEW HEIGHTS
trees required trimming or removal.
"We have to fly because we survey
very remote areas," Feura says. He
has flown over trees only 50 to 60
feet off the ground to heights much
higher, like over long stretches of
mountain ranges.
"The survey took about three and
half hours, round trip," Feura says,
adding he had The MyDavey Bulletin
with him the whole time.
Both Feura and his copy of The
MyDavey Bulletin landed safe after a
successful aerial land survey, in which
he ultimately recorded miles of oak,
willow, eucalyptus and cottonwood
trees. Feura then compiled his notes
and created a tree care plan based
on aerial observations in order to keep
the client's trees as healthy as possible
for years to come.
Feura was lucky enough to fly twice
this year to survey the client's land
from new heights. "It's exciting to do
something different. It's a nice change
of pace."
The Davey Tree Expert Company
P.O. Box 5193
Kent, Ohio 44240-5193
