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John Bornsworth, BCMA, RCA

Principal Consultant

John Bornsworth is the owner and Principal of Peninsula Environmental. With over 20 years of experience in urban and community forestry management, John is a Board-Certified Master Arborist and a Registered Consulting Arborist. He holds additional qualifications in Municipal Arboriculture, Tree and Plant Appraisal, and Tree Risk Assessment. John is also a TCIA Certified Treecare Safety Professional. John’s expertise spans urban and community forestry planning and policy, tree forensics, pathology, risk management, and he frequently provides expert witness testimony. John also serves as a chairperson of the Washington State’s Urban & Community Forestry Council, where he represents commercial arboriculture.

Since founding Peninsula Environmental in 2014, John Bornsworth has authored or reviewed hundreds of natural resource management plans, public policies, codes, and various environmental reports concerning trees, critical areas, wetlands, and shorelines. He is trained in critical area and shoreline restoration, familiar with the USACE 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual, the Western WA 2014 Wetland Rating System, ordinary high watermark delineation and advanced mitigation among other areas. John offers technical assistance in evaluating, mitigating, and restoring shorelines and critical areas, alongside related stormwater management tasks.

 

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Started: 2014

Certifications and Licenses:

  • ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist #724
  • International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Board Certified Master Arborist # PN-7955BM
  • ASCA Tree & Plant Appraisal Qualified
  • ISA Certified Arborist Municipal Specialist
  • ISA Tree Risk Assessor Qualified
  • TCIA Certified Treecare Safety Professional
  • Certified Erosion & Sediment Control Lead
  • Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
  • Permaculture Design Certificate
  • Graduate, Community Tree Management Institute – WA & OR State University
  • Washington Department of Agriculture Commercial Pesticide Operator with aquatic, horticultural and right-of-way endorsements. License #87736.
  • Graduate, ASCA Consulting Arborist Academy – 96% final report
  • Qualified to use Washington Department of Ecology Wetland Rating System
  • Wilderness First Responder, 2009-2017
  • Former Helicopter Crew Member (HECM) – National Wildfire Coordinating Group, 2009-2014

Presentations, classes, speaking events, talks:

  • Environmental Justice in Urban Forestry
  • Storm Recovery Preparedness: A Guide to Damage Prevention & Disaster Planning
  • Benefits of Urban Trees
  • Watershed Health in Arboriculture
  • Community Forests and Native Forests Tour
  • Engaging Private Residences in Invasive Plant Management
  • Using Science in our Daily Lives
  • Tree & Orchard Pruning
  • Lead trainer of 4-day Arboriculture & Tree Climbing Workshop for Washington Department of Ecology