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Tree Facts Overview
Trees are the longest living organisms on the planet and one of the earth's greatest natural resources. They keep our air supply clean, reduce noise pollution, improve water quality, help prevent erosion, provide food and building materials, create shade, and help make our landscapes look beautiful. Here are some more thought-provoking facts and figures about our oldest citizens and living treasures...trees!
"We are left in awe by the nobility of a tree, its eternal patience, its suffering caused by man and sometimes nature, its witness to thousands of years of earth’s history, its creations of fabulous beauty. It does nothing but good, with its prodigious ability to serve, it gives off its bounty of oxygen while absorbing gases harmful to other living things. The tree and its pith live on. Its fruits feed us. Its branches shade and protect us. And finally, when time and weather brings it down, its body offers timber for our houses and boards for our furniture. The tree lives on". - George Nakashima (renowned woodworker)
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Winnipeg Tree Care Services is managed and operated by professionals skilled in the use of specialized equipment and techniques to care for trees properly and safely. Our staff is covered by workers compensation. If something should go wrong while we're on your property we are also covered by liability insurance. You may not be aware that if you hire someone who is not insured you're liable for personal injury, property damage and legal costs while on your property. |
Sources:
NYC Parks Department "Tree Census," 2005-2006 (www.nycgovparks.org/trees/tree-census/2005-2006/benefits) Ohio State University "Environmental Benefits Analysis of Trees for the Governor's Residence and Heritage Gardens," 2010 (treesmatter.osu.edu) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome) a. "Buffer Solution for PorkProduction,"2002 (nrcspad.sc.egov.usda.gov/distributioncenter/pdf.aspx?productid=150&buffersolu4porkpro) b. "Calculations on CO2 Absorption" (www.americanforests.org/assumptions-and-sources/) c. "Forest Ecosystem Study Unit for the Georgia Envirothon," 2006 (www.fs.usda.gov/internet/fse_documents/fsm9_028556.pdf) d. "Carbon Storage and Accumulation in United States Forest Ecosystems," 1992 (www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_wo059.pdf) |
e. "Methods for Calculating Forest Ecosystem and Harvested Carbon with Standard Estimates for Forest Types of the United States," 2006 (http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/ne_gtr343.pdf) U.S. Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us) Management Information Services (www.misi-net.com) Arbor National Mortgage (www.arbor.com) American Forests (www.americanforests.org) Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers (CTLA) is an organization of tree care and landscape associations, including TCIA, the American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA), American Society of Consulting Arborists (ASCA), American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), PLANET, and International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). These organizations work together to compile and produce the CTLA Guide to tree and plant appraisals. |