Michael was a delight to photograph for the jacket of his upcoming book “Dr. Tree’s guide to the common diseases of urban trees”  wow, that is a long title he admits!

This is a unique guide for gardeners, property owners, arborists, foresters, nursery growers, landscape contractors, biologists, and educators in arboricultural and horticultural programs who want to understand common prairie tree diseases and what options they have to deal with these diseases. Michael is a consulting urban forester, tree diagnostician and arborist with over 40 years of experience in working with trees in Canada and a number of places around the world including Africa.

Michael’s qualifications: B.Sc.F. (general forestry); M.Sc.F. (urban and environmental forest science); R.P.F. (registered professional forester – life member); I.S.A. arborist (international society of arboriculture certified arborist and life member