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SavATree Consulting Group

Providing Clients With Actionable Tree Intelligence

The SavATree Consulting Group operates nation-wide, providing our clients with horticultural and arboricultural consulting services. We deliver solutions, plans and strategies that feature actionable tree intelligence for the preservation and vitality of trees in the landscape.

We’re a team of registered Consulting Arborists and ISA Certified Arborists with decades of experience working in the industry with commercial, municipal, institutional, and residential clients.

Our services include, but are not limited to, tree risk assessments, tree and landscape appraisals, urban forest master planning and tree inventory. We strive to protect and enhance our clients’ properties, limit their environmental impact during projects and plan for greener, more sustainable landscapes.

Mike Galvin

Director

Mike Galvin’s wide-ranging expertise in arboriculture includes urban and community forestry management, state-of-the-art tree inventory and management plans, tree protection and preservation during construction, as well as tree risk management and appraisals.

He is an accomplished speaker, researcher and published author on environmental and sustainability issues.

Mike currently serves as Strategic Partner for the Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition, has served as Past President of the American Society of Consulting Arborists and the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture and served on the Chesapeake Bay Urban Tree Canopy Expert Panel.

Matt Weibel

Consulting Arborist

Matt has worked in arboriculture and urban forestry since 2002. He received a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. He has experience working on residential, private, and commercial landscapes and with municipal governments.

Matt is a member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists, International Society of Arboriculture, New Jersey Arborists Chapter of the ISA, and the New York State Urban Forestry Council.

Daniel Bunner

Consulting Arborist

Dan works out of SavATree’s Springfield, VA branch. His primary focus areas for consulting services are the Washington DC metro area and Northern Virginia.

He is an ISA Certified Arborist and Tree Risk Assessment Qualified.

Steven Geist

Consulting Arborist

Steve has been a practicing and consulting arborist since 1983. He double majored in Plant Pathology and Botany at Colorado State University in 1983. Steve has participated in complex legal matters as an expert witness for a variety of clients including property owners, attorneys, corporations, real estate appraisers, insurers, city, county, state, and United States government. He is currently the Board Chair for the Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund. Steve is also past president of the American Society of Consulting Arborists, Society of Commercial Arboriculture and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture.

Rick Barnes

Consulting Arborist

Rick joined the SavATree team in 2019, bringing with him over two decades of experience working with residential and commercial clients to provide high-quality tree care and lawn care. Based in the Atlanta area, Rick has worked on projects throughout the state.

JP McDonnell

Consulting Arborist

JP earned a Master of Natural Resources degree and a Graduate Certificate in Global Sustainable Development from Virginia Tech’s Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability in 2020. He previously earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resources, with a focus in Forestry, from Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, TN in 2015.

JP’s career has focused on Urban Forestry. Positions held include: Forest Intern at the New York Botanical Garden, Natural Resources Technician at the Maryland Forest Service, Tree Care Technician at the Medical University of South Carolina, Inventory Arborist at Davey Resource Group and Forester at New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. He has extensive experience in contract management, tree risk assessment and urban tree inventories.

Ryan Metz

Consulting Arborist

Ryan operates out of SavATree’s Basking Ridge, New Jersey branch. Areas of expertise offered by Ryan and the team to clients include tree pruning, tree and lawn fertilization, tree removal, lawn and tree disease management, organic lawn care and other organic tree and shrub care options, weed control, lawn seeding, lawn aeration, shrub trimming, fertilization and disease control, pest management including organic mosquito and tick treatments and deer repellents including our popular DeerTech program.

Kay Sicheneder

Consulting Arborist

Kay began her career in plant health care. For over twenty years, and at two tree services she gained a holistic approach to diagnosis and management of tree and shrub disorders, focusing on prevention of problems as well as their treatment. She also developed skills and knowledge needed for tree risk assessment and mitigation, tree appraisal, and forensics and expert opinion.

Thomas Miles

Consulting Arborist

Thomas operates out of SavATree’s Hanover, MA branch providing comprehensive tree, shrub, lawn, tick and deer services to the Hanover area. Some services that Thomas and the team offer to clients in the Hanover area include tree pruning, tree and lawn fertilization, tree removal, tree disease and lawn disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, shrub services including Boxwood Blight treatments, organic lawn care and other organic care options, pest control including mosquito and tick treatments, lawn aeration, lawn seeding and deer repellents.

Peter Van Oss

Consulting Arborist

Peter operates out of SavATree’s Hillsboro, OR branch. He provides comprehensive tree, shrub and lawn services to our Oregon territory. Some of the most popular services provided by Peter and the team include organic lawn care, lawn fertilization, lawn seeding, lawn aeration, weed control, tree fertilization, tree pruning, tree removal, tree disease treatments, shrub fertilization, and shrub and hedge trimming.

Unhealthy and damaged trees can often pose a significant risk to people and property, which is why a tree risk assessment is so crucial to ensuring the safety of your employees, visitors and guests. We perform industry standard tree risk assessment. Following the American National Standard for Tree, Shrub, and Other Wood Plant Management – Standard Practices (Tree Risk Assessment a. Tree Failure), also known as ANSI A300 Part 9. We assess trees using the formula Probability x Consequences = Risk.

Tree & Landscape Appraisal

Trees are an essential part of life. In addition to their obvious aesthetic appeal, they also provide us with shade, regulate temperatures, improve air quality, reduce storm water runoff, provide shelter and food to wildlife and people, and provide many other benefits.

Permitting, Construction & Compliance

Construction projects require special attention to tree preservation and permitting. Many jurisdictions require a permit to prune or remove a tree. Our team has the expertise to research, submit and guide all relevant permit applications through to fruition.

Municipal Services

We can help review your objectives for having a tree preservation ordinance and making recommendations on modifications to help best achieve those objectives. We have team members with experience in writing and administering state-level tree preservation legislation and regulation.

Urban Forest Master Planning

How much tree canopy do you have? How much can you have? What measures do you need to take to sustain your canopy over time? Whether you have these concerns at the parcel level, neighborhood level or city or council level, the SavATree Consulting Group can help you with the tree canopy inventory, assessment and management planning.