Christine Balk, Author at Tree Care Industry Magazine

Christine Balk

Resources October 5, 2020 0

Arborist Skills – Detecting Wood Decay Fungi

Wood-decay fungi are a very important category involving risk management, since wood-decay fungi often can increase the inherent risk of a tree. However, fungal identification often is overlooked in our industry. This results in tree care workers misidentifying fungal fruiting bodies, which can mean danger for them and homeowners. Watch Christine Balk discuss how to […]

Disease & Pest Management October 1, 2020 2

Identifying Wood-Decay Fungi

Tree care in the urban landscape often involves management of tree health, but due to the proximity to people and property, often trees need to be managed for risk as well. Sometimes this means removal, sometimes it means prevention and sometimes it means taking curative measures. Wood-decay fungi are a very important category involving risk […]