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The best-kept secret in the US segment of the tree care industry is this announcement that the A300 committee is attempting to reaffirm the current 2008 version of the A300 Pruning standard. The text is below, with the odd statement that "no comments or suggestions for improvement for the Pruning standard were received by TCIA since 2008."

This must be a typo. We've seen many calls for changes to this standard in TCI magazine, and also presented at Expo. Now's the time to check your 2008 copy and think about how it works, or doesn't work for you. Compared to the standards in advanced countries like Germany and the UK, the text is obscure, and lacking guidance and information. The A300 committee has no working arborists participating, and recently floated a change in its Bylaws that, unlike the Z133 committee, for instance, does not allow any input from Observers at its meetings. So it's up to us to review this and submit comments to Mr. Rouse and your committee reps, listed below.

May 8, 2014
ANSI A300 (Part 1)-2008 Pruning Standard Reaffirmation Notice

ANSI A300 (Part 1)-2008 Pruning standard is in public review for a proposed reaffirmation of the
standard. Reaffirmation means the standard is reaffirmed for up to an additional 5–year period as is,
without substantive changes. This decision was reached since no comments or suggestions for
improvement for the Pruning standard were received by TCIA since 2008. Once the reaffirmation is approved, the A300 committee will begin working on the next revision of the Pruning standard (projected for 2016).
The public review period runs May 9, to June 23, 2014. Since this is a reaffirmation of a
standard, your public review draft copy is your copy of the ANSI A300 (Part 1)-2008 Pruning standard,
to order call TCIA at 800-733-2622. Send questions or comments on the reaffirmation to Bob Rouse,
[email protected]

  • Secretary
    Bob Rouse

    Tree Care Industry Association
    136 Harvey Road, Ste 101 Londonderry, NH 03053-7439
    (603) 314-5380
    [email protected]

  • Producer (Vote)
    Warren A. Quinn

    American Nursery & Landscape Assoc.
    1000 Vermont Ave, NW Ste 300 Washington, DC 20005-5979
    (202) 789-5980

  • Producer (Alternate)
    Craig J. Regelbrugge

    American Nursery & Landscape Assn.
    1250 I St NW Ste 500 Washington, DC 20005-5979
    (202) 789-2900
    [email protected]

  • User - Private Sector (Vote)
    Peter J. Becker

    Bartlett Tree Experts - Mid-Atlantic Division
    2950 Industrial Pk Dr Ste C Finksburg, MD 21048-2339
    (410) 861-8312
    [email protected]

  • User - Private Sector (Vote)
    Geoff Kempter

    Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
    708 Blair Mill Road Willow Grove, PA 19090-1701
    (215) 784-1362
    [email protected]

  • User - Private Sector (Vote)
    Christopher A. Klimas, CTSP

    The Davey Tree Expert Company
    218-B South Main St. Mount Airy, MD 21771
    (301) 829-6915
    [email protected]

  • User - Private Sector (Alternate)
    Dave L. Johnson

    Asplundh Tree Expert Co
    708 Blair Mill Road Willow Grove, PA 19090
    (215) 784-4384
    [email protected]

  • User - Private Sector (Alternate)
    Grant Jones

    The Davey Tree Expert Company
    1500 N Mantua St Kent, OH 44240-2399
    800-445-8733 - x344
    [email protected]

  • User - Private Sector (Alternate)
    Thomas Smiley

    Bartlett Tree Experts
    13768 Hamilton Rd Charlotte, NC 28278-8213
    704-588-1150 x 123
    [email protected]

  • User - Private sector (Observer)
    Wayne Dubin, CTSP

    Bartlett Tree Experts - Metropolitan Div West
    98 Ford Rd Ste 3E Denville, NJ 07834-1356
    (973) 983-7511
    [email protected]

  • User - Trade Association - Tree Care Industry (Vote)
    Thomas J. Mugridge

    Forest City Tree Protection Co., Inc.
    731 Beta Dr Suite E Mayfield Village, OH 44143-2358
    (216) 381-1700 ext.14
    [email protected]

  • User - Trade Association - Tree Care Industry (Alternate)
    Steven R. Mays, Jr.

    Carroll Tree Service, Inc.
    74 Gwynns Mill Ct Owings Mills, MD 21117-3532
    (410) 998-1100
    [email protected]

  • User - Trade Association - Planet (Vote)
    Alice Carter, CTSP

    ValleyCrest Companies
    7039 Commerce Circle Ste B Pleasanton, CA 94588-8006
    (408) 406-5622
    [email protected]

  • User - Trade Association - Planet (Alternate)
    Tom Delaney

    PLANET
    504 Cole Drive Lilburn, GA 30047
    (770) 925-7113
    [email protected]

  • User - Trade Association (Observer)
    Tim A. Johnson

    Artistic Arborist, Inc.
    4519 N 7th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85013-2754
    (602) 263-8889
    [email protected]

  • User - Trade Association (Observer)
    Myron Laible

    Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc.
    1850 M Street NW Ste 1040 Washington, DC 20036
    202-833-5566
    [email protected]

  • User - Public Sector - SMA (Vote)
    Nolan Rundquist

    Seattle Department of Transportation
    PO Box 34996 Seattle, WA 98124-4996
    (206) 684-4134
    [email protected]

  • User - Public Sector - SMA (Alternate)
    Gordon Mann

    Mann Made Resources, Consulting Arborists
    12661 Torrey Pines Drive Auburn, CA 95602-8028
    (650) 740-3461
    [email protected]

  • General Interest - Professional Society - ISA (Vote)
    Richard Hauer, PhD

    University of Wisconsin
    2100 Main Street Stevens Point, WI 54481
    (715) 346-3642
    [email protected]

  • General Interest - Professional Society - ISA (Alternate)
    Sharon Lilly

    International Society of Arboriculture
    P.O. Box 3129 Champaign, IL 61826
    (217) 355-9411 x 208
    [email protected]

  • General Interest - Professional Society - ASCA (Vote)
    Torrey Young

    Dryad, LLC
    35570 Palomares Road Castro Valley, CA 94552-9631
    (510) 538-6000
    [email protected]

  • General Interest - Professional Society - ASCA (Alternate)
    Stephen W. Miller, CTSP

    Bartlett Tree Experts
    119 Brush Creek Rd Irwin, PA 15642-9504
    (724) 863-8951
    [email protected]

  • General Interest - Professional Society - ASCA (Observer)
    Beth Palys, CAE

    American Society of Consulting Arborists
    9707 Key West Ave Ste 100 Rockville, MD 20850-6246
    (301) 947-0483

  • General Interest - Professional Society - PGMS (Vote)
    Gene Pouly

    E. F. Pouly Company
    9088 Back Orrville Rd Orrville, OH 44667-9554
    (330) 683-8733
    [email protected]

  • General Interest - Professional Society - PGMS (Alternate)
    Michael Bova

    Professional Grounds Mngmt Society
    720 Light St Baltimore, MD 21230-3850
    (410) 752-3318

  • General Interest - Professional Society - ASLA (Vote)
    Ron Leighton

    American Scty of Landscape Architects
    636 Eye St NW Washington, DC 20001-3736
    (202) 216-2338
    [email protected]

  • General Interest - Professional Society - UAA (Vote)
    William Rees

    Baltimore Gas & Electric
    1068 N Front St Baltimore, MD 21202-4129
    (410) 291-3633

  • General Interest - Professional Society - UAA (Alternate)
    Matthew Simons

    Utility Arborist Association
    5100 Harding Hwy C/O Pepco Holdings Mays Landing, NJ 08330-2260
    (609) 625-6021

  • General Interest - Environment - USDA (Vote)
    Keith W. Cline

    USDA Forest Service
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20250-0002
    (610) 557-4183

  • General Interest - Environment - USDA (Alternate)
    Ed Macie

    U. S. Forest Service
    1720 Peachtree St NW C/O Usda Forest Svc-Southern Region Atlanta, GA 30309-2449
    (404) 347-1647

  • General Interest - Consumer/Community - ACT (Vote)
    Carrie Gallagher

    Alliance for Community Trees
    6856 Eastern Ave NW #150 Washington, DC 20012
    (301) 277-0040
    [email protected]

  • ASC A300 Liaison - NFPA 780 Liaison
    Richard Roux

    National Fire Protection Association
    1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7484
    (617) 984-7476
    [email protected]
 
There is something to be said in favor of being concise Guy...what differences do you see as missing in our standard relative to the others you favor?
 
Concise can be good, if it's readable. Other standards give a lot more context and are much more user-friendly:
Germany ZTV Baumpflege, “3.1.9: Focus on {growth} habit and physiological requirements.
3.1.9.1, Regenerative Pruning: Trees showing significant signs of aging in the outer parts of the crown and the development of a secondary crown are to be cut back as far as necessary (crown reduction).
3.1.9.2: Crown part reduction: Individual branches are to be reduced in accordance with safety requirements and/or the surrounding tree environment.
If necessary, areas (above) surrounding the sections that have been reduced may require thinning (removing downright laterals) to establish symmetry {via light penetration to interior buds}.”
 

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