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19 July/August 2022 | THE DAVEY BULLETIN FACTORS AND FORCES IN TULSA AND OKLAHOMA CITY DRG pre-planners are the first eyes on the trees before utility line clearance crews arrive. It is important for them to know where the structural defects are in the trees, and where the challenges are for utility crews. "It's all about matching the right personnel and the right equipment to the characteristics of the tree to develop a safe work plan," said R.J. Laverne, manager, education and training, Davey Institute. To help the pre-planners prepare, the Davey Institute held two-day Factors and Forces training sessions in both Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for DRG employees. The following factors are explored during the training: • Tree strength loss caused by weak branch and root attachments. • Tree decay. • Damage to trees. • Presence or absence of response growth in trees. • Site conditions. Additional Factors and Forces sessions are scheduled across the U.S. through the remainder of the year, including in Denver, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Knoxville and New England. REGIONAL NORTHEAST ARBORIST SKILLS TRAINING Fifteen participants from 12 Residential/ Commercial services offices took part in the Northlands/New England/Metro NYC Operating Group's Arborist Skills Coach Mentor Module 3 Rigging/ Sectional Tree Removal training, over a three-day period. Offices included Albany, Buffalo, Chippers Meredith, Concord, Elmsford, Hamden, Hartney Greymont Cape Cod and Needham, Mount Kisco, Mount Vernon, Portland, and Rochester. The training took place in Plymouth, Connecticut at Camp Mattatuck, a 500-acre outdoor camp. The training included classroom and hands-on instruction for the components of the ascending, work positioning, and rigging equipment for sectional tree removal, as well as understanding the concepts of weights and transfer. "The participants and trainers are an absolutely phenomenal group of people, and were highly energetic and fully engaged," Andrew Cunniff, market Left: Employees who have completed all three of the Arborist Skills Coach Mentor modules are pictured from left: Josiah Marin, Elmsford office; Brock Leighton, Portland office; Damien Frith, Hamden office; Eamon Burke, Elmsford office; and Scott Davis, Chippers Meredith office. Right: Pictured from left is Brock Leighton, Portland office; Dillon Engelmann, Albany office; and Nate Robson, Rochester office. Emmett Shutts, supervisor, arborist skills trainer, Davey Institute, is pictured in the tree. manager, Northlands operating group, said. "The goal is for these participants to return to their offices as skilled coaches and mentors. They have scheduled time to get in front of their groups and share what they learned." Factors & Forces participants Oklahoma City: Alexander Callison Jeremy Cooper Brennan Deaver Rex DuPree Tobey Heater Nicholas Henderson Andrew Hooper Stephen Huddleston Jerry Jurden Zach Lewis Jonathan Maxwell Garrett O'Clair Chris Robinson Cade Renfro Jimmy Stein Joe Toliver Tulsa: Donald Beckham Chris Clark Terry Cochran Thomas Coleman Elizabeth Corbishley Jacob Keyes Tanner Neely Octavio Valle Paul Reser Jason Rich Quentin Stewart Landon Tolbert Zeke Ziegler Right: Attendees of Factors and Forces in Tulsa, Oklahoma inspect a tree.

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