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From YouTube: What's Up AVL! – Episode 30
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B
Good
afternoon
Nashville,
my
name
is
Sam
Ferrara
and
I'm
your
host
here
at
what's
up
Asheville
on
wres
100.7
FM.
Now,
today,
I
don't
have
a
topic
for
a
specific
project
or
surveys
for
you.
Instead,
I
want
to
sit
back
a
little
and
talk
about
something
that
Everyone
likes,
which
is
trees
so
today,
I
have
give
eight
I,
can
bacon
Aiken
yeah?
Sorry
about
that
he
is
the
city's
Urban
Forester
correct,
with
planning
department
and
yeah
he's
gonna
tell
us
everything.
B
He
knows
about
trees,
everything
that
he
does
and
you
know
I
feel
like
a
lot
of
people.
Don't
even
know
that
the
city
has
an
urban
Forester,
so
correct,
go
ahead
and
introduce
yourself
so.
C
Yeah
Keith
Aiken
brand
well
sort
of
brand
new
to
the
position
started
back
in
March
after
a
long
journey
to
get
me
here.
It
was
just
started
way
back
in
2018
by
some
citizen
groups
and
some
non-profits
and
I
think
they.
You
know,
pushed
Council
to
open
up
the
position
and
took
three
years
and
I
think
in
2021
it
was
finally
approved
and-
and
here
I
am
today,
love.
C
C
Right
so,
and
it's
pretty
much
the
same
thing
you
put
on
a
harness
and
put
a
rope
in
the
tree,
and
you
just
run
the
tree.
I
mean
it's
that
easy
right,
but
yeah
so
was
there
for
seven
and
a
half
years.
I
did
a
lot
of
really
fun
programs.
You
know
as
well
as
climbing,
but
also
you
know,
my
programs
were
really
geared
around
trees
as
well.
C
So
you
know
Slackline
entries
and
you
know
some
tree
education,
getting
kids
up
in
trees
to
you
know,
eat
the
fruit
set
of
trees.
C
We
had
a
good
time
with
trees
and
and
and
that
sort
of
thing
and
so
yeah
that
was
that
was
fun.
C
Yeah
so
so
yeah
pretty
much
I'm,
just
working
from
home
and
just
kind
of
working
in
an
office
environment,
and
you
know
kind
of
really
setting
the
stage
for
the
urban
Forest
management
plan
which
was
I.
Was
you
know?
That's
probably
my
my
biggest
priority
right
now.
Well,.
B
Let's
back
up
a
second
before
we
jump
into
your
big
projects
and
priorities,
tell
me
what
it
is
exactly
that
you
do
as
the
urban
Forester.
C
So
the
as
the
urban
Forester
like
I,
said
I
was
hired
really,
you
know
the
first
priority
is
the
urban
Forest
management
plan
which
we'll
talk
about
here
in
a
little
bit.
Secondly,
I
was
hired
for
in
enforcement
of
tree
canopy
preservation,
which
is
something
new
I
also
am
the
liaison
for
the
urban
forestry
commission.
I
do
eventually
we'll
once
we
get
the
the
the
plan
done.
C
Do
education
and
Outreach
into
schools
neighborhoods
that
sort
of
thing,
but
you
know
it's
pretty
much.
You
know.
Urban
forestry
is
really
like
a
cornucopa
of
everything
coming
together,
so
it's
we'll
be
dealing
with.
You
know
a
lot
of
the
other
departments
and
we'll
be
dealing
with.
You
know:
citizens
of
course,
and
also
non-profits,
okay,
but
yeah,
so
so.
B
Your
position
is
not
to
be
confused
with
the
arborist
yeah.
C
Know
yeah
no
I
mean
it
makes
sense,
yeah
yeah,
so
the
the
City
Arborist
he
handles
all
the
trees
that
are
on
public
property,
yeah,
and
so
those
are
all
the
right-of-way
trees
that
might
be
along
the
streets
in
Nashville,
some
some
of
those
trees
and
then
also
the
all
the
parks,
okay
and
then
any
other
property
that
the
city
May
own.
That's
not
a
park
or
it's
not
on
the
right-of-way.
He
deals
with
all
those
trees.
C
Yeah,
so
anything
on
private
property
and
that
could
that
can
go
anywhere
from
you
know
areas
in
our
steep
slope
zones.
What
is
what
is
that
steep.
C
So
steep
slopes
are,
you
know
the
forested
areas
that
you
can
see
around
Asheville,
that
are,
you
know,
sparsely
populated.
We
have
two
zones
in
our
steep
zones.
One
is
steep
slope,
a
which
is,
and
it's
a
it's-
a
percent
sloped
slope
which
is
15,
and
then
it's
also
an
elevation
trigger
as
well,
which
is
at
steep
slopes.
C
A
is
2220
in
elevation,
okay,
and
it
goes
all
the
way
up
to
23.49
So
within
that
that
elevation
15
slope
that
steep
slope,
a
and
steep
slope
B
is
anything
23,
50
and
above
and.
C
You
know
yeah
that
just
they're,
usually
private
property
owners,
there's
not
really
any
commercial
development
or
you
know
any
kind
of
commercial
Enterprise
up
in
those
stoves
slopes
that
are
just
those
are
all
the
heavily
forested
slopes
that
you
know
need
trees
to
keep
our
slopes
stable
and
you
know,
keep
our
a
watershed:
clean,
okay,.
C
Yeah
correct
so,
especially
in
the
steep
slope
zones.
I
I
also
cover
you
know:
commercial
development
aquatic
buffers
as
well,
but
you
need
is
in
the
steep
slopes
area.
There's
a
permit
process
that
that
folks
have
to
go
through
to
re,
remove
a
tree
and.
C
It
goes
through
me
yeah.
Well
currently
it
goes
through
the
planners
and
then
it'll
eventually
go
through
me,
but
you
know
my
primary
focus
right
now
is
the
plan.
What.
C
Well,
the
the
urban
Forest
management
plan
is
like
I
said.
Just
a
you
know,
it's
going
to
be
a
massive
document
and
it's
a
document.
That's
gonna
take
trees
in
the
future
of
Asheville.
What
we
want
it
to
look
like
in
2018.
We
did
an
urban
canopy
study
here
in
Asheville
and
what
that
was
was
they.
There
was
a
company,
they
did
a
flyover.
They
looked
at
all
the
trees
within
the
city
limits
and
we
came
up
I
believe
it
was
with
47
48
canopy
cover
within
the
city.
B
C
It
is
yeah,
so
it's
a
scene
from
above,
but
the
you
know
the
the
other
end
of
that
is.
That
number
has
dropped
steadily.
B
C
That's
not
very
2008,
so
it's
we're
not
going
in
the
right
direction.
We're
starting
you
know
and
that
there's
a
lot
of
different
factors
to
that.
You
know
development
is
one
you
know,
but
it's
not
the
whole
picture.
C
You
know
there
are
different
trees
being
cut
down
for
utility
purposes.
Some
trees
just
naturally
die.
We
have
a
lot
of
insects
in
the
area.
We
have
a
lot
of
disease
in
the
area,
we're
not
planting
the
right
trees
and
we're
bringing
in
some.
Some
of
those
diseases
are
brought
in
yeah
and
insects
are
brought
in,
so
we're
we're
dealing
with
a
just
a
whole
host,
but
the
the
idea
of
the
plan
is
to
bring
everything
together.
C
You
know
citizens
comments
or
what
we
really
want
the
canopy
to
look
like
in
the
future,
because
most
people
when
they
come
to
Asheville,
they
think
of
trees.
Now
you
know
people
often
asked
especially
you
know,
because
we're
surrounded
by
national
forests
and
national
parks
and
they're
like
well.
Do
we
have
enough
trees
in
Asheville?
C
And,
and
only
because
you
know
we're
in
the
decline
right
now,
so
we
we're
actually
taking
more
trees
out
than
mentories
are
being
replanted
so
and
big
trees
are
actually
what
we
need
to
remain
climate
resilient
in
the
future
right.
You
know
sequestering
Carbon
and
that
sort
of
thing-
and
so
you
know
we
need
those
trees
to
you-
know,
take
those
pollutants
out
of
the
air
so
that
we
actually
have
better
air
to
Breathe
Here.
We
have
you
know
a
better
quality
of
life.
C
Just
different
and
yeah,
and
just
you
know,
I
I
think
trees.
Are
you
know
one
of
those
things
that
everyone
loves,
whether
you
you
know
so
either
cutting
them
down,
you're,
planting
them
or
just.
C
A
C
Yeah
so
I
I,
you
know
just
one
of
those
things
I
think
you
know
we
need
here
in
Asheville
we
need
to.
If
we're
not
going
to
be
planting
as
much
trees,
we
need
to
slow
down
the
removal,
trees,
yep
and
then
you
know,
look
toward
the
future
on.
What
do
we
want
that
number
to
go
up
most
cities
across
the
country,
48,
47,
trees,.
C
Goal
for
a
lot
of
cities,
especially
out
you
know
out
west,
where
you
know
you
have
a
lot
of
fires
in
the
desert.
Southwest
I
mean
they
have
like
20
out
there.
Well,
you
know
so
I
mean
their
goals
are
like
35
percent
canopy
cover.
You
know
where
you
know
hours
here.
You
know
we're.
Probably
at
one
time
you
know
probably
upwards
around
60
70
percent,
wow
I
would
I
would
guesstimate.
B
So
what
what
is
the
proposed
goal
that
you
have
in
mind
for
this
project
to
that
vision
for
the
future.
C
A
C
C
You
know
what
goals
it
meets
for
city,
council,
Equity
goals,
that
sort
of
thing,
and
then
you
know
once
we
get
that
written,
then
we'll
start
hiring
Consultants
yeah,
one
of
the
biggest
things
we'll
do
is
we'll
do
a
forced
inventory
of
all
of
our
public
trees
so
that
we
can
start
managing
them
over
time
to
make
sure
that
we
always
have
a
good.
You
know
canopy
of
trees.
They're,
actually
you
know
helping
us.
B
And
then
so,
do
you
have
an
estimated
timeline
on
when
the
I
guess
the
planning
of
the
pro
of
the
Project's
gonna
be
worked
on
or
maybe
even
complete,.
C
So
it
really
depends
on
how
quickly
we
can
get
that
inventory
done.
C
At
the
same
time
that
we're
actually
doing
the
planning
doing
the
the
public
input
period
and
that
sort
of
thing
I,
you
know
if
you
look
at
other
cities
that
are
doing
planning
process
right
now.
Knoxville
is
a
year
into
theirs
and
I.
Think
it's
a
two-year
timeline.
Okay,
so
I
would
think
we're
we're
probably
somewhere
around
there
as
well.
B
It's
it
is
a
difficult
question
to
to
answer
and
even
a
difficult
question
for
me
to
ask
you
know
we
weren't
Communications,
never
a
promise
if.
C
C
C
Settled
and-
and
you
know
taking
a
hard
look
on
what
we
have,
because
we
really
don't
know
what
we
have
when
we
have
a
general
idea
yeah.
But
you
know
we
don't
know,
you
know
how
many
diseases
are
out
there,
how
many
insects
are
out
there?
You
know-
and
you
have
to
put
that
all
onto
the
the
big
picture
and
that's
what
the
plan
is
really.
B
B
C
I
mean
we,
we
do
have
a
pretty
big
invasive
issue
here
in
Asheville.
You
know
Kudzu
Bittersweet.
What's
that
the
Bradford
pear
trees,
pear.
B
C
C
That's
where
we're
at,
and
so
you
know
we
have,
we
have
a
lot
of
those
invasive
affecting
you
know
different
areas
of
the
the
forest
you
know
in
our
Parks,
but
also
you
know
just
development.
In
general,
you.
C
Sure
that
we
have
trees
on
our
steep
slopes
to
you
know,
stop
the
storm
not
stop
the
storm
water,
but
to
filter
the
storm
water
so
that
it
doesn't.
B
There's
no
landslides.
A
C
A
a
symposium
I'm
going
to
tomorrow
on
landslides
and
fire,
and
you
know,
storm
water
and
that
sort
of
thing,
yep.
B
A
little
fun
fact
about
me:
back
in
Venezuela,
we
had
a
very,
very
nasty
Landslide
or
one
year
we
had
like
the
mountain
that
separates
the
capital
from
the
sea
and
the
part
that
was
facing
the
sea
had
no
trees
on
it.
It
was
all
just
barren.
B
A
C
They
actually
filter
that
water.
You
know
not
just
they
slow
the
rain
down.
You
know
when
the
rain
falls
from
the
sky.
You
know
hits
the
tree
some
of
it
flows
down
the
stem,
some
of
it
flows
through
the
leaves-
and
it
just
you
know,
slows
it
down
before
it
hits
the
ground,
because
if
you
don't
have
those
trees
there
boom,
you.
A
C
C
They're,
just
more
because
they're
steeper,
okay,
you
know
and
as
we
put
homes
and
we
we,
you
know
kind
of
encroach
into
that
Forest
environment
with
our
Urban
environment.
You
know
we
are,
are
definitely
putting
more
of
a
strain
on
on
in
those
areas
as
well.
So.
B
Ever
so
far,
you've
told
me
a
lot
about
everything
or
I
guess
a
little
bit
about
a
lot
of
different
topics,
and
these
are
all
things
that
I
that
you
know
I
didn't
know
about
before.
So
you
mentioned
before
too
you're
planning
on
doing
an
educational
outreach
program.
Is
that
or
this
the
topics
you'll
be
teaching
the
public
where
I
assume
contractors
and
property
owners.
C
Forward
is
to
actually
start
hiring
a
staff.
You
know
once
we
get
this
plan
written
and
we
you
know
start
looking
at.
You
know
how
we
need
to
do
enforcement
and
you
know
what
kind
of
educational
Outreach
we
want
to
do,
whether
that's
you
know
in
schools
in
neighborhoods.
You
know
at
libraries
that
sort
of
thing
you
know
we'll
be
looking
at
different
Avenues.
To
do
that.
C
You
know
our
our
partners
within
the
city
are
non-profit
Partners
as
well,
but
yeah
I
mean
you
know,
coming
from
Parks
and
Rec
and
doing
education
and
Outreach
for
so
many
years.
It's
certainly
one
of
my
biggest
passions
and
being
able
to
throw
forestry
into
that
too,
and.
B
I
really
appreciate
that,
because
you
know
the
public
just
is
not
as
aware
of
what
we
do
in
general
unless
you
know
and
I
don't
blame
them,
because
you
know
you're,
you
have
issues
with
your
water
yeah.
You
want
to
call
the
city,
but
there's
so
much
to
you
that
we
can
offer
in
terms
of
educating
on
on
interesting
topics.
C
Yeah,
well,
you
know
so
you
know
one
of
the
probably
the
one
of
the
biggest
biggest
things
right
now
is
permeating
you
know
in
per
meeting
for
tree
removal,
and
so
I
find
myself
educating
landowners
more
on
that
because
you
know
once
they
move
into
the
area,
if
they're
not
familiar
with
our
ordinances,
which
most
people
aren't
yeah
they're,
just
moving
into
a
house.
That's
you
know
2400
feet
up
in
elevation
and
you
know
they
think
that
it's
their
property.
C
They
can
kind
of
do
what
they
want
with
and
typically
that's
what
they
do
and
so
and
it
makes
sense,
but
no
one's
actually
telling
them
what
they
can
and
cannot
do.
So
you
know
getting
that
education
component
out
there.
You
know,
probably
even
before
we
even
start.
The
initial
plan
is
something
that
we
really
need
to
focus
on
right
now,.
B
C
So
it's
for
safety,
it's
to
make
sure
that
we
can
keep
that
canopy
intact,
because
old,
trees,
sequester
more
carbon
than
smaller
trees.
Okay,
I
I
was
recently
given
a
fact:
a
a
30
inch
oak,
sequester
70
more
carbon
than
eight
inch
oak.
Oh
wow
yeah!
So
that's
quite
a
bit!
So
you
know
the
more
those
30
inch
trees
that
we
lose
less
likely
who
we're
going
to
be
able
to
sequester
that
carbon
out
of
the
air
and.
C
Yeah,
lower
lower
quality
of
air,
so
I
mean
that
you
know
if
we
have
just
a
bunch
of
smaller
trees.
Certainly
the
air
quality
would
be
a
little
bit
stressed,
even
though
it's
a
little
stressed
right
now,
just
because
of
where
we
are
and-
and
you
know
we
are
east
of
you-
know
some
pretty
big
power
plants
in
Tennessee
and
that
sort
of
thing
that
are
still
burning
coal,
and
so
you
know
our
air
quality
has
never.
You
know
been
that
Stellar
I
would
say
you
know.
C
I
did
some
research
years
ago
with
a
non-profit
looking
at
air
quality
and
how
it
affects
forests
here
in
in
that
in
in
the
the
Western
North
Carolina
area,
and
you
know
it
was
pretty
eye-opening
and
it's
certainly
it's
something
that
leads
into
you
know
it.
It
doesn't
necessarily
the
air
pollution
doesn't
kill
the
trees,
but
it
opens
up
a
vector
for
insects
and
disease
and
that
sort
of
thing
and.
C
Nasty
tastings
yeah,
absolutely
not
so,
but
yeah,
so
you
know
I,
you
know
the
further.
You
know
lower
down
an
elevation,
you're
you're,
probably
air
quality
is
a
little
bit
better
down
there
than
it
is
at
the
higher
elevations.
Just
because
of
you
know
the
way
that
you
know,
air
pollution
kind
of
you
know
has
like
an
elevation
gradient,
that
it
follows
and.
A
C
Sort
of
thing,
so
you
know,
but
at
the
same
time
we're
also
closer
to
the
cars
and
that's
why
we
need
more
trees
to
you
know,
take
in
that
carbon
from
the
cars
and
that
sort
of
thing
so
does.
B
The
plan
take
into
account
houseplants.
A
B
C
So
the
urban
forestry
commission
I
believe
they
were
the
urban
tree
commission
for
that
or
or
I
forget
what
their
their
last
name
was,
but
I
know
them
as
the
urban
forestry
commission,
so
they're
kind
of
they
are
in
place
to
actually.
You
know
informed
counsel
of
things
that
are
maybe
going
on
issues
and
that
sort
of
thing
and
to
take
you
know
public
input,
and
you
know
just
a
way
to
you
know
talk
about
issues
we're
have
going
here.
C
A
C
Just
end
up
showing
up
the
meetings
you
know,
and
so
you
know,
I
want
to
be
involved
in
everything.
I
possibly
can
so,
and-
and
certainly
you
know,
the
the
folks
on
the
urban
forestry
commission
are,
you
know
helped
me
get
here
and
you
know
get
this
position
going
and
and
that
sort
of
thing.
C
B
What
yeah
yeah
I
mean
so
20,
because
my
only
experience
with
themes
related
to
trees
or
on
always
on
like
separate
spectrums,
like
you
have
the
people
who
you
know
the
public
calls
it
three
Huggers
who
say:
no,
we
don't
want
to
get
rid
of
the
tree,
no
matter
what,
when
you
have
the
other
end
of
people
who
are
like
well,
the
tree's
sick.
You
know
it
needs
to
go
and
it
sucks,
but
you
know
the
the
city.
B
As
far
as
I
know,
the
city
has
been
making
plans
to
replant
any
trees
that
are
taken
down.
Correct,
so
I
think
that's
a
positive
well.
C
B
Yeah
so
I
wanted
to
ask
you
know
with
the
last
few
minutes
we
have
in
the
show
what
is
the
pro
so
the
process
of
getting
rid
of
sick
trees
because
it
happens,
is
you
know
this
is
a
trees
had
done
live
forever?
B
Sometimes
they
do
get
sick.
So
how?
How
does
that
go
into
what
you
do,
or
is
it
more
on
the
arborist.
C
Within
the
right
away,
that's
a
City
Arborist
that
handles
that,
because
that
is
a
city
tree,
so
he
is
responsible
for
pruning
those
trees,
maintaining
those
trees,
making
sure
that
they
are
at
their
best
health
and
also
removing
them
when
they
do
get
sick,
because
sometimes
you
know
it
may
look
like
a
tree's
living.
C
You
know,
but
once
it
it
starts,
you
know
dying
back
from
the
tips
and
you
know
it'll.
Sometimes
there's
a
process
called
epicormic
branching,
where
the
branching
will
start.
You
know
coming
out
from
the
main
stem
they'll
come
out
in
clumps,
and
when
that
happens,
you
can
tell
that
you
know
the
tree
is
under
some
kind
of
stressor
and.
C
It's
near
the
end
of
its
life
and,
and
although
it
may
still
have
leaves
it's
not
necessarily
doing
the
best
and
being,
as
you
know,
healthy
as
it
can
be,
and.
C
You
correctly
yeah
I
mean
that's
a
hard
decision
to
make
so
yeah,
but
he
handles
that
and
certainly
once
again,
I
handle
all
private
property
type
stuff.
And
you
know
if
a
tree
is
sick
like
up
on
the
steep
slopes.
You
know
you
have
to
get
an
arborist
involved.
You
have
to
do
a
permit
and
then,
if
you
know
we'll,
go
out,
look
at
the
tree
and
if
it's
you
you
know
in
that
position,
then
you
know
we'll
go
ahead
and
take
it
out,
but.
B
C
Oh
you're,
you
can
actually
dig
down
and
look
at
the
roots,
there's
certain
root
diseases
where
Roots
will
turn
different
colors.
You
can
look
for
cavities
that
are
in
the
tree
like
hollow.
B
C
In
the
tree,
there
are
different
cankers,
you
know
that
are
disease.
You
know
based
on
diseases.
Our
cherries
have
a
lot
of
black
knot,
which
is
you
know,
essentially
a
mass
that
grows
on
the
branch
and
that's
you
know
so,
there's
just
signs
you
can
see
from
a
tree
and
then
just
that
die
back
it's
starting
to
just
look
not
as
healthy
as
it
used
to
and.
A
C
Sort
of
thing,
but
it
doesn't
always
tell
the
story
so
sometimes
we
have
to
you
know,
go
to
you
know
tree
Imaging
as
well,
so
where
we'll
actually
be
able
to
get
like
an
MRI
of
the
tree,
that's
cool,
and
that
will
you
know.
That's
pretty
much
tells
us
the
big
story.
If
there's
ever
any
question,
that's
what
we're
we're
gonna
jump
to.
B
C
C
Yeah,
a
picture's
worth
a
thousand
words,
and
that's
what
that
that
you
know
essentially
that
tree
radar
does
for
us
love.
B
It
thank
you
well
I
think
we
have
reached
the
end
of
the
show
yeah
I'm
getting
nuts
over
there.
Well.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
coming
I
know.
You've
told
me,
you've
taught
me
a
lot
today
that
I
didn't
know
and
I'm
very
looking
forward
to
the.
What
do
you
call
the
pro
the
big
project,
your.
C
B
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
coming
and
that's
all
the
time
we
have
for
today
on
wres
100.7
FM.
What's
up
Asheville,
thank
you
for
listening
and
we'll
be
back
next
time.
Take
care
of
one
another.