Alan,

In Washington tree trimmers are only required to be licensed as contractors,
no special arborist license is required, consequently some are ISA certified
arborists and some are not.

Regards,
Roger Snipes
Spokane Wa. Zone 5, or maybe 6, depending on who you believe.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Walker"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:11 PM
Subject: [IBC] It's Power Line tree trimming time again.


I don't know about your state, Roger, but Louisiana arborists are
required to be licensed. Part of the requirements for licensing
is that they know and be trained about such things as working
around power lines and how to prune a tree so that it will meet
power company specifications. That's why I said arborist and not
just a tree trimmer which can be any old hack with a chainsaw
operating illegally.

Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org


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