is the removal of dead, dying, damaged and/or diseased limbs. The precise placement and number of cuts are extremely important when working to preserve old trees. We work... with an awareness of how trees naturally shed limbs. By eliminating dead, dying and diseased limbs we eliminate entry points for bacteria and decay fungi. Moreover, a professional arborist knows... at Hanes Community Center. We renovated the trees on this property by carefully removing dead, dying and diseased limbs; a result of these oaks having been topped sometime back...