Characterizing the Risk of Electrical Contact to Arborists
2021 John W. Goodfellow, BioCompliance Consulting, Inc, Co-PI John Ball, PhD Electrical contact has been among the most common cause
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Tree caused outages and relationship to stream and soil type
2020 Gregory Dahle, PhD, West Virginia University We are concerned about the thousands of power outages caused by trees falling
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Utility Arborist Research Fund Grant Program: Application Period Open
The TREE Fund and Utility Arborist Association (UAA) established the Utility Arborist Research Fund (UARF) in 2010 to finance work
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Comparing Integrated Vegetation Management Treatment Options of Powerline Rights-of-Ways: Effects on Plant Communities and Wildlife Diversity: Phase Two
2019, Claudia Luke, Co-PI Christopher M. Halle, Sonoma State University Through a grant provided by TREE Fund to Sonoma State
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Development of a Regional Research Approach to Modeling Tree Failure Risk Probability Affecting Distribution Overhead Lines
2019, Gregory A. Dahle, PhD, Co-PIs Rick P. Voland, Ph.D., Ryan R. Brockbank, Paul J. Appelt, Environmental Consultants, LLC d.b.a.
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Cost of deferred maintenance
2019 | Phil Chen (CN Utility Consulting) Tree-powerline conflicts cause safety and reliability risks. In Oregon the most common public
Read moreThe cost-effectiveness of integrated vegetation management
2018 | John Goodfellow, Bio-Compliance Consulting, Inc.
Read moreIntegrated vegetation management on powerline rights of ways: effects of vegetation treatment on plant communities and wildlife diversity
2016 | Christopher M. Halle, PhD, Sonoma State University and Co-Investigator Claudia Luke, PhD, Sonoma State University
Read moreDevelopment of a business case for scheduling utility vegetation management on a preventive vs. corrective maintenance basis – Phase Three
2014 | John W. Goodfellow, BioCompliance Consulting, Inc.
Read moreDevelopment of a business case for scheduling utility vegetation management on a preventive vs. corrective maintenance basis – Phase Two
2013 | John W. Goodfellow, BioCompliance Consulting, Inc.
Read moreDevelopment of a business case for scheduling utility vegetation management on a preventive vs. corrective maintenance basis – Phase One
2012 | John W. Goodfellow, BioCompliance Consulting, Inc.
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