Title: Identify best management practices for tree care.
Course: Ecology and Environmental Management (03063-II) > Section: Managing Forests and Forestland

Identification should be based American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Standards of Arboriculture (ISA) and should include

- proper pruning
- tree removal
- fertilizing
- cabling and bracing
- tree preservation
- lightning protection
- insect and disease control
- root zone aeration.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the value of trunk injections?
- What are alternatives to spraying pesticides?
- When should trees be sprayed for pests and diseases?
- Why are trees fertilized?
- What are some causes of serious injury to trees?
- How should cavities and wounds be treated?
- When should pruning cuts be painted?
- When and how can trees be reduced in size?
- When and why should trees be topped?
- Why are trees pruned?