About Ken Knight
Certifications/Training
- Registered Consulting Arborist #507, since 6/15/11, American Society of Consulting Arborists
- ISA Board Certified Master Arborist WE6394BM – since 10/11/16
- ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified since 6/17/11
- Certified Arborist sine July 2002
- Municipal Specialist/Urban and Community Forester since 7/19/08
- ASCA Tree and Plant Appraisal Qualified since 2019
- Society of American Foresters Certified Urban and Community Forester since 1/1/24
- Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning 1973
- Masters Degree in Public Administration 1978
Volunteer Service
- Your Children's Trees Founder and President since 2014
- Your Children's Trees at UCSB Technical Advisor 2014-2026
- California Urban Forest Council Board of Directors since 2026
- WCISA Board of Directors 2018-2023
- Goleta Public Tree Advisory Commission 2023-2026
- Goleta Valley Beautiful 1997-2014
- Santa Barbara Independent Local Hero 2005
- Goleta Man of the Year 2001
- Central Coast Urban Forest Council - Co-Chair: 2009 - 2016
Champion/Heritage trees
Professor Jerry Sortomme and I led annual tours of the Champion and Heritage trees of the south Santa Barbara Coast from 2001 until Covid stopped us in 2020. Although Jerry has left the area, I am still involved in locating, preserving, and sharing information about the largest species of trees in our state and nation. For more information on Champion Trees in the Santa Barbara County area, visit www.yourchildrenstrees.org/sb-trees. If you would like a tour, contact me. For the California Big Tree Directory, visit https://californiabigtrees.calpoly.edu. For the national directory of Champion trees, Visit nationalchampiontree.org to review the national registry of champion trees.
Ken at the Champion ‘Sister Witness’ Sycamore in Old Town.
For more videos on Champion Trees, see www.yourchildrenstrees.org/sb-trees