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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 35, NUMBER 2 SUMMER 2015
FEATURES & PRODUCTS
ARBOR AGE A+ NEW PRODUCT AWARDS . . . . 6
Arbor Age looks back
at standout new products
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Flood Damage to Trees after
Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy:
Lessons and Surprises
PLANT HEALTH CARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Why Branding Matters
TRAINING & EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cutting in the Air: Aerial Chain
Saw Operation and Safety
VEGETATION MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The Evolution of Reliability-driven
Utility Vegetation Management
On a Mission to
Seek and Destroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Understand the Differences
Between Volatility and
Spray Drift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Go Small or Go Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vegetative clearing gets versatile with
mulching attachments and compact trimmers
SHOW PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ISA Conference and Trade Show
EQUIPMENT FOCUS
Tub and Horizontal Grinders. . . . . 32
Tools and Techniques for Today's Arborist
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The
Evolution of
Reliability-
driven UVM
ALSO INSIDE:
Lessons learned from
an innovative approach
to herbicide application
Understanding the
differences between
volatility and spray drift
Mulching attachments
and compact trimmers
for vegetation
management
COVER
Photo by
Josh Bilodeau, Asplundh
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tree of the Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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