The City of Bainbridge Island recently enlisted us and another arborist, Katy Bigelow, to help revise their local ordinances with respect to trees and forests.  Critical areas like wetlands, steep slopes, shorelines all have fairly strict ordinances in place to limit impacts and development, while generally still allowing for...
Client Name:
City of Bainbridge IslandSkills:
Evaluation & Analysis & Land StewardshipYear
2019
Peninsula Environmental Group recently worked on a large Street Tree Inventory project for the City of White Salmon.  We gathered data from roughly 130 trees and also captured a picture of each tree and risk assessment of each tree. The Gaddis Park Forest Management Plan involved 9 plots of...
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Gaddis Park ForestSkills:
Tree Inventory, Forest ManagementYear
2019
This multi-faceted project involved three main parts: Street Tree Inventory, Greenspaces Inventory, and Canopy Assessment.  Street Tree Inventory: We gathered tree metrics on many of Tumwater’s street trees (~3500 trees), including location, species, height, DBH, condition, maintenance needs, etc. This involved developing a work flow that allowed for field...
Client Name:
City of TumwaterSkills:
Arborist Services, Evaluation and Analysis, Sustainable LandscapingYear
2019
PEG provides Tree Conservation & Protection Plans for different engineering firms, landscape architects, builders and developers across the Puget Sound. This TPP/TPPP project was unique in its scale and proximity to a wildlife protection area, specifically American bald habitat. We assisted site planning by identifying the bald eagle nesting zone,...
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Terra Haven Tiny Home DevelopmentSkills:
Tree Conservation, Protection Plans, Wildlife Protection, Native Vegetation, Corridor Buffering, Rain Garden,Year
2018
Peninsula Environmental Group is an on-call community forester and arborist for Iron Springs Owners Association, a coastal community nestled between enormous ancient spruce trees and native coastal shrubs. The association receives arborist reports from a number of local independent arborists. When multiple arborist reports contested or disagreed with each other...
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Iron Springs Owners AssociationSkills:
Forest Management, Arborist, Tree Evaluation,Year
2018
Our Certified Arborists conducted a tree inventory and developed a Tree Conservation Plan and supplemental Tree Protection Plan for a unique forested, cottage development within the City of Port Townsend. A ½ acre forested property was planned for development of 6-7 single-family tiny homes, or cottages as identified in Port...
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Darryl S. of Port Townsend – DeveloperSkills:
Tree Inventory, Tree Conservation, Tree Protection, i-Tree Valuation, Drone ImageryYear
2017
John Bornsworth, Board Certified Master Arborist and tree ecologist, wrote a long-term conservation plan for a community park in Sequim populated with native Garry oaks (Quercus garryana). The plan described and lined out management and practical objectives for the following: Current tree preservation through ground aeration Soil decompaction methods Hardscape...