In the Tahoe Basin and surrounding communities, trees are your property's greatest asset-and sometimes it's greatest liability. As a BCMA and Licensed General Contractor, Frank provides high-level analysis and professional documentation that standard tree services cannot offer.
Compliance and Risk Management
Navigating today's requirements of insurance and fire safety can be a massive hurdle for homeowners. We specialize in bringing your property into compliance.
- Insurance Compliance Evaluations: Many insurance providers are requiring professional inspections to maintain or renew homeowner policies. We can provide the services and documentation you need to satisfy your carrier.
- CAL FIRE & Defensible Space: We ensure your property meets or exceeds CAL FIRE standards. We don't just clear brush we evaluate your tree canopy to create a scientifically sound defensible space plan.
- Hazardous Tree Evaluations: Utilizing advanced diagnostics, we identify internal decay, root instability, and structural defects that aren't visible to the untrained eye.
Real Estate & Land Investment
Whether you are buying, selling, or developing, our evaluations protect your investment.
- Home Purchase Evaluations: Don't buy a property without knowing the health of its forest. We provide "Pre-Purchase Inspections" to identify potential high-cost tree removals or health issues before you close escrow.
- Tree Valuations: What is that 100-year-old Jeffery actually worth? We provide professional monetary appraisals of trees for insurance claims, property sales, or legal disputes.
- Landscape & Planting Consultations: Right tree, Right place. We help you plan for the future, selecting native species that thrive in the Sierra climate and choosing planting locations that won't interfere with your foundation or utilities.
Legal & Expert Witness Services
When disputes enter the legal arena, you need a Master Arborist whose word holds weight in a courtroom.
- Professional Court Statements: We provide unbiased science-based declarations for property line disputes, damage claims, and timber trespass cases.
- Expert Witness Appearances: Frank is available for depositions and courtroom testimony, providing professional authority backed by 20+ years of Sierra Nevada experience.
- Comprehensive Arborist Reports: Detailed, written reports including photo documentation, health diagnostics, and professional recommendations for any legal or municipal requirement's
Expertise & Streamlined Permitting
"We speak TRPA, so you don't have to."
Working in the Tahoe Basin means dealing with the Tahoe Reginal Planning Agency (TRPA). We are experts in the regional regulations and spent two decades building a reputation for accuracy and integrity with local agencies.
- Streamlined Permit Process: We handle the paperwork, the site visits, and the submittals. Our goal is to make your tree removal or land management project as frictionless as possible by managing the red tape for you.
- Sensitive Zone Specialists: We understand the unique rules regarding Stream Environment Zones (SEZ) and back shore properties.
