Urban Forest Analytics LLC was founded at the end of 2011 with Jerry Bond as principal consultant. Jerry is an ISA Certified Arborist with Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (NY 1109-AQ), and has twenty years of experience as a consultant in urban forestry. After a successful career as a university professor, he returned to school to earn a degree from Cornell’s Urban Horticulture Institute. He worked with a university Extension service, a major Northeast consulting group and a small consulting firm before starting his current position.
Experience and expertise
Perhaps the best way to judge our experience and expertise is to examine what we have done:
We also have strong language skills at our disposal: excellent French and German, good Spanish.
Current research
Following up on a popular article, we are now working on a book about estimating tree load in collaboration with engineering colleagues. It will be similar in format to our Urban Tree Health with clear text and images.
Resources
When required by a particular project, we work with a pool of highly qualified consultants for advanced techniques in allied fields:
• decay examination • pest identification • load analysis • tree valuation • defect assessment