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In the article, "Tree Doctors" it talks about the jobs of an arborists. The article is an Q&A about the qualities to be an arborists and information about their work. An arborists are tree trimmers that help maintain and protect trees or any plants. In order to be an arborists, you have to take a course in plant science, landscaping or any course that relates to taking plants. Arborists job is dangerous because they work at a high areas near power lines and use chainsaws which are hazardous. They are hired by companies that needs help keep trees and bushes to be maintained and gets paid $14 hourly wage. Tree doctors are important to keep our society/environment to be greener. On the second article,"Dig Deeper" it explains what arborists do we when a tree is about to …show more content…

Arborists job is to help preserve natures beauty. An arborist Muir preserved a sequoia tree ,but the tree ended up to get infected with fungus. However, another arborists wanted to preserve Muir's tree by cloning the tree. They put in a capsule and calculate what will help the tree to be healthier. They gave the tree medicines to help grow faster ,but the process took a while. Cloning have worked before on other trees like Methuselah and bristlecone pine. Although no one ever succeed on making a clone of sequoia. In 2013 they saw improvement on the sequoia tree and they saved the link to Muir. The article "Tree Doctors" and the article in Dig Deeper both talks about the jobs of arborists ,but they're about different things. In the article, "Tree Doctors" it is mostly about what it takes to be an arborists. "Many arborists are "tree doctors." They analyze trees by measuring and examining their trunks, branches, and foliage. They look for indications of structural

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