Tree Care and Topping Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practices in Six Western U.S. Cities

A survey of households was conducted in six cities in the interior western United States to determine homeowners’ knowledge of tree biology and tree care and their knowledge and practice of topping. Tree biology and tree care knowledge was low, depending on the specific subject, and few respondents had any formal training in tree care. Respondents’ topping knowledge was moderate to poor if they had topped trees before, regardless of whether they received a topping-related educational brochure. Those who had not previously topped trees were fairly knowledgeable and the brochure increased knowledge in some cases. Topping was fairly commonly practiced, even by those who cared about trees, and often was done for safety and to improve tree appearance and tree health. Amongst those who had topped trees, the survey explored who performed the topping, why it was done, and their satisfaction with the practice. Examples of ways the tree care industry and others may be contributing to misunderstanding, such as inconsistent practices, are discussed. Recommendations are made for changing knowledge and attitudes about tree care as well.

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Timber-Harvesting Mechanization in the Western United States: An Industry Survey

Western Journal of Applied Forestry ◽

10.1093/wjaf/3.2.33 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 33-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Donald D. Schuh ◽

Loren D. Kellogg

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Timber Harvesting ◽

Monetary Incentive ◽

Western United States ◽

Formal Training ◽

Transportation Equipment ◽

Industry Survey ◽

Steep Terrain

Abstract A survey of mechanized harvesting operations in the western United States located more than 140 timber companies and logging contractors using nontraditional manufacturing or transportation equipment during 1985. The operations ranged from small contractors owning a single feller-buncher to completely mechanized firms operating delimbers, debarkers, chippers, and felling machines. Most of the mechanized logging was found in Washington, Oregon, and Montana. Equipment breakdowns were the most critical harvesting problem cited by the loggers, followed by decreased production on steep terrain. Few contractors provide formal training for their equipment operators, a factor that may increase the frequency, duration, and severity of equipment downtime. Monetary incentive bonuses were used to spur production by approximately 35% of the responding firms. West. J. Appl. For. 3(2):33-36, April 1988.

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Knowledge of and Attitudes About Utility Pruning and How Education Can Help

Arboriculture & Urban Forestry ◽

10.48044/jauf.2007.030 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 264-274

Author(s):

Michael Kuhns ◽

Douglas Reiter

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Electric Utilities ◽

Western United States ◽

The Public ◽

Large Trees ◽

Care Practices ◽

Landscape Trees ◽

Tree Care

A survey was conducted in six cities in the western United States whose electric utilities practice directional pruning for line clearance. Recipients’ knowledge of and attitudes about tree care practices and issues, utility pruning, directional pruning for line clearance, and effects of a simple brochure about utility pruning were determined. Respondents cared a great deal about landscape trees but had not thought much about utility pruning. They felt that utility pruners care most about keeping lines clear but care less about the trees, that companies are poor at explaining pruning to the public, and slightly disagree that large trees should be removed and replaced with small trees under lines. Those who had thought a lot about utility pruning were less trusting of those who do the pruning. The brochure increased trust of utility pruning personnel and the perception that they care about trees and greatly increased agreement that those personnel are highly trained professionals. Preference for topping over directional pruning was reduced by receiving a brochure, although topping still was preferred. Most supported line burial and were willing to pay higher rates for burial. Several recommendations are suggested for utilities and researchers, including the need for utilities placing an increased emphasis on communication with the public regarding these matters.

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AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes of Hispanic Americans: United States, 1990: Provisional Data From the National Health Interview Survey

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e608842007-001 ◽

1991 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ann E. Biddlecom ◽

Ann M. Hardy

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

National Health ◽

National Health Interview Survey ◽

Hispanic Americans ◽

Health Interview Survey ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Health Interview ◽

Interview Survey ◽

Aids Knowledge ◽

Provisional Data

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AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes of Black Americans: United States, 1990

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e608832007-001 ◽

1991 ◽

Author(s):

Ann M. Hardy ◽

Ann E. Biddlecom

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Black Americans ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Aids Knowledge

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Writing Time in Metaphors

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474423939.003.0004 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer J. Smith

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Western United States ◽

Entire System ◽

Language And Culture ◽

Space Race ◽

Do So

Coherence of place often exists alongside irregularities in time in cycles, and chapter three turns to cycles linked by temporal markers. Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles (1950) follows a linear chronology and describes the exploration, conquest, and repopulation of Mars by humans. Conversely, Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine (1984) jumps back and forth across time to narrate the lives of interconnected families in the western United States. Bradbury’s cycle invokes a confluence of historical forces—time as value-laden, work as a calling, and travel as necessitating standardized time—and contextualizes them in relation to anxieties about the space race. Erdrich’s cycle invokes broader, oppositional conceptions of time—as recursive and arbitrary and as causal and meaningful—to depict time as implicated in an entire system of measurement that made possible the destruction and exploitation of the Chippewa people. Both volumes understand the United States to be preoccupied with imperialist impulses. Even as they critique such projects, they also point to the tenacity with which individuals encounter these systems, and they do so by creating “interstitial temporalities,” which allow them to navigate time at the crossroads of language and culture.

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