Board Certified Master Arborist providing arborist reports, tree risk assessments, fungal pathology reports, Oak Technical Reports, and plant health care.
Consulting Arborist Serving El Dorado County, Sacramento County, Placer County and Northern California
Sierra Tree and Fungi is the independent consulting practice of Christopher Hodge, an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist (WE-14385B), the highest credential the International Society of Arboriculture offers, and a TRAQ qualified tree risk assessor serving El Dorado, Sacramento, Placer, and Amador counties, California. A consulting arborist diagnoses and documents trees but does no removal work, so the advice is conflict free. I provide tree risk assessments, arborist reports, plant health care, and Oak Technical Reports, and I help property owners make informed decisions, preserve the trees they value, and steward their land.
I have no removal crews and no financial incentive to recommend unnecessary work, just documented, conflict free advice from an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist with TRAQ qualification.
Master Level Tree Care
I work with large landowners managing landscape health, property owners evaluating tree failure risk, and tree care professionals who need help diagnosing fungal diseases. Every engagement ends in a written, science based assessment you can act on.
Arborist Reports & Risk Assessments
Permit ready arborist reports for El Dorado County: CEQA compliance, preconstruction surveys, Oak Technical Reports & heritage tree inventories.
Learn More about Arborist Reports & Risk AssessmentsOak Technical Reports
Need an Oak Technical Report for an El Dorado County building permit that affects native oaks? ISA Board Certified Master Arborist Christopher Hodge prepares the permit ready report the county requires.
Learn More about Oak Technical ReportsFungal Pathology Reports
Identification and assessment of wood decay fungi and pathogens affecting tree structure and health. Lab informed fungal pathology reports document the organism, the risk it poses, and management options.
Learn More about Fungal Pathology ReportsPlant Health Care
Independent consulting arborist serving El Dorado, Sacramento, Placer, and Amador counties. Tree risk assessments, CEQA compliance, and ongoing plant health care. No removal crews.
Learn More about Plant Health CareUnbiased, Science First Stewardship
Conflict Free Advice
I have no removal crews and no financial incentive to recommend unnecessary work, just documented, conflict free advice from an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist with TRAQ qualification.
Tailored, Science Based Solutions
I work with large landowners managing landscape health, property owners evaluating tree failure risk, and tree care professionals who need help diagnosing fungal diseases. Every engagement ends in a written, science based assessment you can act on.
The trees I work on are the ones that grow here: valley oak, blue oak, interior live oak, and California black oak through the foothills, and ponderosa pine, gray pine, sugar pine, incense cedar, and Douglas fir above them.
Why “And Fungi”?
See Fungal Pathology Reports