About Ken Knight
Certifications/Training
- ISA Board Certified Master Arborist WE6394BM – 10/11/16
- Registered Consulting Arborist #507, 6/15/11, American Society of Consulting Arborists
- ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified since 6/17/11, requalified 2/3/20
- Certified Arborist by the International Society of Arboriculture since July 2002, with Municipal Specialist credential added 7/19/08.
- Wildlife Trained Arborist - Western Chapter of ISA
- ASCA Tree Appraisal Qualified 2019
- Masters Degrees in Urban and Regional Planning, and Masters in Public Administration
Volunteer Service
- WCISA Board of Directors - Council of Representatives Member: 2018 - Present
- Your Children's Trees President: 2014 - Present
- Your Children's Trees at UCSB - Technical Advisor: 2014 - Present
- Goleta Valley Beautiful - Executive Director: 2001 - 2014
- Central Coast Urban Forest Council - Co-Chair: 2009 - 2016
Champion 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. For the California Big Tree Directory, visit https://californiabigtrees.calpoly.edu. For the national directory of Champion trees, visit www.americanforests.org/get-involved/americas-biggest-trees/champion-trees-national-register.
Ken at the Champion ‘Sister Witness’ Sycamore in Old Town.
For more videos on Champion Trees, see www.yourchildrenstrees.org/sb-trees