About the Author Jerry Bond is owner and consulting urban forester with Urban Forest Analytics LLC. He developed the Tree Emergency Manual, was a co-author of the Storm Damage Assessment Protocol, and has written on urban forestry topics from risk assessment to his recent book Urban Tree Health. He has designed specifications for urban forestry data collection, and has carried out tree inventories for cities, parks, and campuses. An ISA Certified Arborist, he has an M.A. in urban horticulture from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from Yale in an unrelated field. 35