Davey Resource Group

Doak Marasco is an urban forester with Davey Resource Group. Mr. Marasco conducts public tree inventories in municipalities and parks utilizing GIS equipped data collection units. He has assisted with inventory projects in Oak Park, Michigan; Noblesville, Indiana; and Leesburg, Virginia. Involved with i-Tree's Street Tree Resource Analysis Tool for Urban Forest Managers (STRATUM), Mr. Marasco has led a data collection team for the reference city project in Orlando, Florida. These data are used by the U. S. Forest Service to quantify the structure, function, value, and maintenance of urban street trees. Before joining Davey Resource Group, Mr. Marasco worked as an arborist for Davey Tree's residential division in Boston, Massachusetts and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While working for Davey Tree, he held the positions of Climber and Plant Health Care Technician. During that time, he also spent several months taking part in the Asian Longhorned Beetle eradication effort in the New York City area. Mr. Marasco has prior inventory experience with Casey Trees in Washington D.C. where he was a field team leader. In addition to Mr. Marasco's work history, he also volunteered for a ten-month term of service with Americorps' National Civilian Community Corps, participating in unmet human needs, public safety, education, and environmental projects. Mr. Marasco is a Certified Arborist (NE-6393A) through the International Society of Arboriculture and a graduate of the Davey Institute of Tree Sciences, a four-week comprehensive training program developed by founder John Davey. Mr. Marasco earned a Bachelor of Science degree in forest science (urban forestry option) from The Pennsylvania State University.

Contact: Doak.Marasco@davey.com