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Utility Tree Damage Claims

Richard E. Abbott and Kenneth C. Miller
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) May 1991, 17 (5) 113-116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1991.032

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    Figure 1.

    Area before damage by utility. Heavy thicket of underbrush In the 1” to 2” diameter range.

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    Area after damage by utility. Stumps close together 1 ’ to 1 ½’ apart, 3,000 sq. ft., 2,000 trees. The attorney Instructs the nursery-landscape appraiser to figure replacement value. Appraiser counts each and every stump and figures replacement with nursery grade, equivalent size trees on a one for one basis.

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    Diagram to illustrate one for one replacement not practical. Each ball of tree 2’ on each side, total of 4’ ball. Each ball 6.3 square feet, 476 maximum side by side in 3,000 sq. ft. Diagram shows with balled and burlaped nursery grown trees it is only possible to fit a maximum of 476 trees in the space even though 2,000 wild saplings were removed.

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Utility Tree Damage Claims
Richard E. Abbott, Kenneth C. Miller
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) May 1991, 17 (5) 113-116; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1991.032
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