EP 009 / 61:30
Chainsaws, Ethics & Playing God
Hosted by Kyle Peczkowski · Board Certified Master Arborist & Urban Forester
Episode Description
Every arborist eventually takes down something that took a hundred years to grow. We talk through how those calls get made: risk assessment, structural defects, targets underneath, and the limits of what pruning can fix.
Then the harder half, the ethics. When is removal stewardship and when is it convenience? A frank conversation about doing hard work without going numb to it.
Kyle Peczkowski
Board Certified Master Arborist · Urban Forester
Twenty two years in natural resource management, currently Urban Forestry Advisor for the County of Santa Clara. Canopy planning, wildfire and drought resilience, and decisions that play out over decades.
Author of the Faith Forest Initiative and its framework booklet on faith based community tree planting, reciprocity, and canopy equity at the county level.
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