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WHAT MAKES HIM AN
EXPERT?
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Bob has worked in the tree
service industry since 1978 as a climber, contractor,
instructor, consultant, and expert witness. He
was also one of seven founding members of the
Professional Tree Care Association of San Diego
County founded in 1985, an organization that has
increased the quality of tree care and tree care
providers throughout the county.
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As a climber for the County of San Diego and Homestead
Tree Service Inc., he has dealt, firsthand, with trees from the bottom up. Climbing
to prune or remove as well as stump removal, planting and transplanting, he has
put into practice the continuing education from college and seminars he was acquiring.
As a California State licensed contractor, he has
dealt with trees, clients, employees, government entities,
local and state regulations & tree ordinances, insurance,
and equipment. He continued to increase his knowledge
thru seminars, becoming the first certified arborist
in the County of San Diego back in 1985. In January
2001, he became one of only four Registered Consulting
Arborists in San Diego County and less than 160 in the
United States.
Bob Walton talks about heart
rot fungus at a
Professional Tree Care seminar field day.
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As an instructor, Robert
has taught at numerous Professional Tree Care
Association meetings and seminars, as well as
an annual seminar of the Western Chapter International
Society of Arboriculture held at Disneyland and
an Urban Forest Council meeting, as well as the
Mycology Society of San Diego. He has also instructed
in pruning techniques to include many for the
ground crew of the Chula Vista School District
(the largest elementary school district in the
country).
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As a consultant, Bob has
helped preserve some of San Diego's historic trees,
assisted homeowner's in the care of their trees,
consulted for corporations to include Jack in
the Box and San Diego Marriott, worked with attorneys
and insurance adjusters in valuations and legal
disputes, mediated between homeowners in tree
disputes, as well as legal mediation and consulted
and advised government entities to include the
U.S. Navy, California Department of Parks, County
of San Diego Department of Public Works and Department
of Parks and Recreation, the City of Lemon Grove
and the City of San Diego, City of Encinitas,as
well as school districts to include Chula Vista
School District, San Ysidro School District, San
Diego City School District, and the Del Mar School
District .
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Bob Walton, Certifed Arborist,
is seen using
a Resistograph as part of decay diagnosis.
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As an expert witness, he has worked
with attorneys and insurance companies bringing experience, knowledge and objectivity
to the table thru consultations, depositions and court testimony. All
this has given Bob a wide range of experience and knowledge with a wide perspective
in the field of arboriculture from the roots and the soil they grow in to the
upper most part of the tree canopy, from the residential landscape to the wooded
lot, from the classroom to the court room and from the book to the field. |
"When experience is important!"
