<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>Unusual tree removal, rationale requests are everywhere all the time. I find them tiring, exhausting,</div><div>fascinating and curious. When people call asking for a tree report, I’ll aptly state: What’s your rationale</div><div>for removal ? (I like to use “rationale” versus simply “reason”, as they tend to pause and have to</div><div>think about for a bit and give some sort of framework for their thinking). Often it's, “This tree’s dangerous.”</div><div>Sometimes it’s simple: It’s dead - or just about dead. I tend to encourage wildlife habitat tree creation if</div><div>the tree’s a decent size, maybe two feet DBH or more.</div><div><br></div><div>And then there is the “alternative rationale”, as one BC Lower Mainland municipality puts it. I like to send this </div><div>little blurb to my current and potential customers. Gives them some time to think outside the box of</div><div>parameters of their city’s bylaw. I hope this is useful for others to consider. Also, in terms of nuisance,</div><div>I remind all my business relationships that a tree, as one Toronto colleague put it, is a "shedding organism."</div><div>And no, if walnuts are dropping onto the tin roof of your garage for a few weeks, then that is <i>not</i> a reason</div><div>to cut the tree down. The best one I’ve heard is that a raccoon was sitting in the crotch of a streamside habitat tree</div><div>watching a homeowner eat her breakfast. She found this quite disconcerting and wanted the tree cut down</div><div>(no, she didn’t get a permit).</div><div><br></div><div><div>Alternative Rationale for Tree Removal (if it is not a high risk or interferes significantly with a building development):</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Critical Views of (?) are impeded</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Undue Shade is caused</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Fire Threat (that cannot be remedied by other means e.g. pruning)</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Unreasonable Maintenance Costs (please show your receipts)</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Dire Aesthetics...</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Ill-suited to the Site Conditions e.g. Giant Sequoia is a ‘postage stamp-sized’ backyard<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Financial Hardship (provided documentation e.g. income tax return)</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Significant Debris</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Poisonous Components (somebody has been hospitalized e.g. child, pet)</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Animal or Bird Attractant, etc., etc., etc.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Unwanted Sounds,</div><div>-you may wish to prove that any or all of the above are an ongoing</div><div> excessive, severe or intolerable inconvenience or nuisance associated with your tree (s)</div></div><div><br></div><div>Some food for thought.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none">Best,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-kerning: none"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none">John Martyn, ISA Certified Arborist (PNW-0610A)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none">JPM Tree Service</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; 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