The UAA Environmental Stewardship Committee released the second in its environmental stewardship video series which highlights stewardship in the UVM industry. This second video, titled “Lifelines”, highlights how utility rights-of-way are an essential part of the ecosystems that sustain humans and the life around us. In this session we will show this latest video. Following…

The “Right Tree, Right Place” (RTRP) principle covers many site characteristics, but is most closely associated with overhead wires, where it prescribes small-statured trees to mitigate the costs and danger of utility line clearance. In recent years, as many entities—both governmental and non-governmental—have adopted RTRP for planting palettes, the proportion of small-statured trees being planted…

Even tree companies and utility contractors get confused. Understanding the difference between incidental line clearance arborists and qualified line clearance arborists and what each can each do. Presented by John Ball. CEUs will be available with live broadcast.

Injuries and fatalities when felling whole trees are on the rise. Ash trees impacted by the emerald ash borer pose unique hazards and challenges. This presentation will walk through how to identify and mitigate some of the hazards relating to working near or on ash trees. Presented by Tim Walsh. CEUs will be available with…

Vegetation can be a serious challenge for arborists and utilities, causing service interruptions and even wildfires. Data-driven approaches based on reliable knowledge about the condition of vegetation support the transition from a cycle-based to condition and predictive-based maintenance, increasing the process efficiency and safety. Satellite data and space technology made actionable via artificial intelligence allow…

Injuries and fatalities when felling whole trees are on the rise. Ash trees impacted by the emerald ash borer pose unique hazards and challenges. This presentation will walk through how to identify and mitigate some of the hazards relating to working near or on ash trees. Presented by Tim Walsh. 1 CEU available with live…

This webinar is to demonstrate how LiDAR information may be ingested by Utility Vegetation Management departments to better inform where there may be encroachment issues and/or risk of potential vegetation/asset impacts.  The webinar will focus on current use-cases in action to maintain Electric Distribution and Transmission asset safety at two California Utilities, Pacific Gas and…

Cutting the trees and eliminating brush is the easy part! Gaining consistency and support from internal and external stakeholders is the hard part. This is the ‘secret ingredient’ our presentation will focus on. We also will share how reclamation can galvanize the whole utility, shore up interdepartmental collaboration and trust, the veg team and contractors,…