The Tree Doctor, Inc.
          Kenneth A. Knox, Registered Consulting Arborist
                 American Society of Consulting Arborists

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The Tree Doctor, Inc.
P.O. Box 1340
Hendersonville, NC 28793

Phone: (828) 693-8733
Fax: (828) 693-8480
info@treedoctorinc.com


EXPERIENCE & SPECIALTY EXPERTISE

Forty-five years as a professional registered consulting arborist (and previously
registered with NCDA as professional consulting urban forester)
specializing in:

  • Diagnosing tree problems and prescribing the proper treatments
  • Preservation of high-value trees
  • Tree Management and planting consultation
  • Tree Appraisals for legal, tax, and insurance purposes
  • Hazard Tree Analyses

Twenty-five years as a litigation consultant (personal injury and/or property loss).
Fifteen years as an expert witness in legal cases involving trees.


PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS

Registered Consulting Arborist (American Society of Consulting Arborists)
Licensed Consultant / Ornamentals and Turf (NCDA)
Certified Forest Tree Health Appraiser / US Forest Service


EDUCATION AND TRAINING

The Pennsylvania Sate University, School of Forestry
     Bachelor of Science degree (State College, PA; 1955 - 1959)
National Arbor Day Foundation
     Trees, People and The Law / special seminar and training in matters relating to hazard
     trees and related liabilities, current legal issues and challenges, the role and duties of
     the expert witness, case law, statutory and common law, etc. (Nebraska City, NE; 1995)
National Arbor Day Foundation
     Arboriculture Consulting Academy ("the most advanced training currently available
     for developing the consulting dimension of the practice of arboriculture"); sponsored
     by the American Society of Consulting Arborists (Nebraska City, NE; 1995)
USDA Forest Service
     Forest Health Monitoring Seminar / special tree health evaluation seminar conducted
     by the US Forest Service; Bent Creek Forest Experiment Station (Asheville, NC; 1991)