An Arborist Report is written documentation detailing the inspection of a tree or trees to record and communicate the condition of the subject tree or trees.

Arborist Reports are often required before construction in many municipalities before construction to document potential or planned impacts to a sites trees. They can be used to help preserve a notable or high value trees in a landscape as thorough inspections on an annual basis can catch issues before they become severe. If you are serious maintain a healthy trees in your landscape an Arborist Report by a ISA Certified Arborist is good place to start.

Yes, besides the standard Arborists Reports which just document a tree or trees and their conditions there are Tree Risk Assessments, Tree Appraisals, and Tree Preservation Plans.

Tree Risk Assessment Assessments help communicate risk posed by a tree to infrastructure of a property.

Tree Appraisals are use a standard method for determining a monetary value of a tree. There are different approaches depending on what has or will happen to the tree and the use of the tree.

Tree Preservation Plans are most often utilized as part of a construction plan to help preserve trees which are planned to be retained on the property. They can also be used for properties with mature high value trees which are important to maintain.

We create high quality Arborist Reports for El Dorado County, Sacramento County, Amador County, Placer County, Yolo County, Nevada County. For the right projects we do provide our services in other areas.

Most tree trimming companies offer FREE tree assessments. Often you get what you pay for, many use it as a sales tool to push tree removals. Not all are ill informed or unethical, but it is gamble depending on who performs them. Also these are verbal assessments not details records of your tree.

A Consulting Arborist creating an Arborist Reports creates a non biased assessment of your trees. If there is an unknown condition they will perform due diligence to investigate the causal agent. The Arborist Report can provide recommendations to help maintain the trees health so issues don’t worse to where tree removal is the only option.

.An average simple Arborist report can cost between $200-400 dollars depending on the level of the assessment. Most serious Consulting Arborist charge an hourly fee. We charge an $150 dollars an hour for our site visit and report creation service. When you consider just for an insured and bonded tree service to show up and perform minimal work is about $400 dollars, let alone the a medium sized tree removal near a home can run $1,500-4,000, you can understand the value in an informed assessment with recommendations for maintaining a healthy tree.