Mr. Bornsworth is the owner and principal of Peninsula Environmental Group, Inc., an interdisciplinary consulting firm and general contractor assisting public and private sectors across the United States. John is an experienced urban & community forester, Board Certified Master Arborist, Registered Consulting Arborist, and ecologist with twenty years of diverse natural resource experience. John is a current chair member and former vice-chairperson of the Washington State Department of Natural Resource’s Washington Community Forestry Council, representing commercial arboriculture.
John specializes in tree and vegetation expert consulting and urban forest planning. John is an experienced tree forensics expert, tree and vegetation expert witness, and tree and landscape appraiser. John's planning and policy experience includes urban forest and natural resource management, planning, policy review and strategy, and Washington state critical area codes
Litigation Support
- Experienced as expert witness for both plaintiff and defendant.
- Routinely provide expert opinion and testimony on arboricultural, horticulture and vegetation management to areas of legal practice that include land use, real estate, trespass, negligence, and personal injury.
- Retained as expert witness on over eighty projects and have provided testimony on sixteen of those cases
- As of Jan 13, 2021, there are 14 ASCA Registered Consulting Arborists and 30 ISA Board Certified Master Arborists in Washington out of 417 ISA Certified Arborists. Only 7 individuals hold both the RCA and BCMA credentials together. Nationwide roughly 300 professionals hold both credentials
Credentials
- ISA Board Certified Master Arborist # PN-7955BM (2018)
- Registered Consulting Arborist #724 (2019)
- ISA Certified Municipal Specialist (2015)
- Tree Risk Assessment Qualified since (2014)
- Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead
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