About the Author
![]() ![]() | I am a Consulting Arborist. After getting my undergraduate degree in forestry from Syracuse, I went on to get my PhD in Forestry and Botany at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. I was a professor of Tree Physiology at the University of Kentucky for 18 years. During that time, I taught dendrology and natural resource conservation and management. I worked in Indonesia on contract with the Agency for International Development and was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Malaysia. I am a member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists, the International Society of Arboriculture and the American Society of Plant Biologists. I work with Dave Leonard Consulting Arborist Inc. in Lexington Kentucky. To contact me, click the little envelope at the left side of the screen. |

