{"id":2900,"date":"2019-06-06T00:07:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T07:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-223\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T13:58:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T20:58:44","slug":"on-determining-tree-injury-types","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/on-determining-tree-injury-types\/","title":{"rendered":"on determining tree injury types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How can I find out if my Monkey Puzzle tree was poisoned by my neighbors? I found 6 holes drilled into it on their side.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before assuming the tree has been poisoned, make sure that the holes were not actually caused by woodpeckers or flickers, since this is common behavior among such birds&#8211;and less common behavior among neighbors, one would hope!<\/p>\n<p>In order to determine for sure whether your trees have been poisoned, you may wish to consider contacting a certified arborist. For a fee, an arborist will visit your property and make a diagnosis or recommend another plan of action.<\/p>\n<p>For a list of arborists, contact Plant Amnesty, an organization of arborists and vetted gardeners at 206-783-9813 or visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwisa.org\/\">Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To pursue a legal solution to the problem contact the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcll.org\/\">King County Law Library<\/a> where County law librarians will be happy to help you with your research.<\/p>\n<p>The book <a href=\"http:\/\/hortlib.kohacatalog.com\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15659\"><em>Neighbor Law<\/em><\/a> by Emily Doskow and Lina Guillen (Nolo Press, 2014) is also a useful resource.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I find out if my Monkey Puzzle tree was poisoned by my neighbors? I found 6 holes drilled into it on their side. &nbsp; Before assuming the tree has been poisoned, make sure that the holes were not actually caused by woodpeckers or flickers, since this is common behavior among such birds&#8211;and less common behavior among neighbors, one would hope! In order to determine for sure whether your trees have been poisoned, you may wish to consider contacting&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/on-determining-tree-injury-types\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">on determining tree injury types<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[764,644],"class_list":["post-2900","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-neighbor-law","keyword-trees-wounds-and-injuries"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}