In Partnership with ISA Michigan

The GAA is excited to partner with ISA Michigan on a series of webinars throughout the summer. The lineup includes excellent speakers on a range of topics. The first in the series is: 

Competing Legal Interests in Stree Trees

James Komen, Class One Arboriculture 

Street trees are ubiquitous in urban areas. Municipalities often – but not always – assume control over the trees growing along public rights-of-way. But what degree of ownership and control do property owners and municipalities each have over the trees? This talk presents a sampling of several cases that illustrate some of the conflicts that arise between landowners, municipalities, and third parties with respect to three key property rights: the right to use, the right to sell, and the right to destroy.

About the speaker: 

Speaker James Komen is a consulting arborist in California specializing in risk assessment and tree appraisal. He helps clients make informed management decisions for individual trees and for tree inventories.

His work has been published in Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, Arboricultural Consultant, Palms, Ontario Arborist, and Western Arborist. He is an ISA TRAQ instructor and has taught workshops on tree appraisal around the U.S. and Canada.

Your personal Zoom link to access the webinar will be emailed separately by ISA Michigan two (2) days before the event. You WILL NOT receive the link at the time of registration

2024 Remaining Webinars:  

7/10/2024 COMPETING LEGAL INTERESTS IN STREET TREES
James Komen, Consulting Arborist, Class One Arboriculture 

7/24/2024 PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS (PGRs) IN TREE CARE
Blake Thilmony, R&D Project Manager, Rainbow Ecoscience 

8/20/2024 APPRAISING TREE LOSSES FOR INSURANCE ADJUSTERS
James Komen, Consulting Arborist, Class One Arboriculture 

8/21/2024 SPOTTED LANTERNFLY (SLF): THREATS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Mark Ware, Arborologist, Rainbow Ecoscience