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Davey Resource Group


Kristen Bates
Biologist

Kristen Bates is a biologist and urban forester with Davey Resource Group. Her urban forestry duties include conducting tree inventory projects for golf courses, parks, municipalities, and university campuses. She has experience with GIS-based pen tablet computers and GPS technology. Ms. Bates is a Certified Arborist (OH-6104A) through the International Society of Arboriculture. Ms. Bates also assists with a variety of ecological consulting projects, including mitigation monitoring, wetlands delineations, and invasive species control. Ms. Bates holds a Certified Commercial Pesticide Applicator License with the State of Ohio (License No. 108879). She has been involved in the large-scale eradication of Lonicera maackii (amur honeysuckle), L. japonica (Japanese honeysuckle), and Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive) within 434 acres of Germantown MetroPark in Dayton, Ohio on land managed by Five Rivers MetroParks. She has also conducted large exotic plant monitoring studies for the National Park Service in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Ms. Bates joined Davey Resource Group in 2007 after graduating from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in botany.

Contact: Kristen.Bates@davey.com