Qualifications

JAMES M. BARBORINAS

1990 - Present — President/Owner
Urban Forestry Services, Inc.
ISA Certified Arborist #PN-0135
Registered Consulting Arborist #356 (ASCA)

Previous Experience

1987 to 1990 — Urban Vegetation Consultant
Professional Forestry Services, Inc., Olympia, Washington

1982 to 1987 — Supervisor of Parks Landscape Maintenance
Peoria Park District, Peoria, Illinois

1978 to 1981 — Manager of Planning, Construction, and Grounds
Wildlife Prairie Park, Hanna City, Illinois

1974 to 1978 — Landscape Supervisor/Forest Park Foundation
Wildlife Prairie Park, Hanna City, Illinois

Education

OUTDOOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, BACHELORS DEGREE
June 1969 - May 1973. Southern Illinois University, School of Forestry, Carbondale, Illinois.

OUTDOOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, MASTERS DEGREE
Thesis Title: Park Resource Allocation Through Goal Programming, June 1973 - May 1978. Southern Illinois University, School of Forestry, Carbondale, Illinois.

Professional Memberships

• International Society of Arboriculture
• American Society of Consulting Arborists

Honors

• 2003 National Arbor Day Foundation Award of Excellence, Maple Valley Library, King Co.
• McIntire-Stennis Assistantship, 1973- 1974
• Peoria City Beautiful Landscape Award -1978, Wildlife Prairie Park;1985, Lakeview Park, Peoria Park District
• PNW - ISA Presidents Citation for Outstanding Achievement in Urban Forestry in PNW, 1992
• PNW - ISA Presidents Award, 1996

Special Committees

• Washington State's Community and Urban Forestry Council, 1991 thru 1994 - Executive Committee
• PNW Chapter of International Society of Arboriculture, Board Member 1992-94, TREE Fund Liaison 1995-2004

Presentations

"Getting to the Root of Tree Care", 5/14 & 15/98 – ISA Workshop in Anchorage, AK
"Tree Preservation During Construction", 10/14/95 - Master Gardener Foundation Advance Training Conference
"Site Preparation & Tree Planting", 10/12/95 - WSU Extension Office - Mount Vernon, Washington
"Construction Damage to Trees", 10/28/94 - Pesticide Certification Seminar for Seattle City Employees
"Tree Planting/Tree Selection Workshops", 2003(UW) and 2004(Edmunds Com. College)
"Disease and Pest Resistant Trees for Street and Landscape Use", 11/28/04, Pesticide Certification Seminar, Seattle, WA

Clients and Projects

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Appraisals and Expert Witness Testimony

Several tree and landscape appraisals for landscape value using methods developed by the Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers, reports and expert witness court testimony. Fifteen (15) years experience.