Christopher Boza is currently a consultant with over 40 years of experience in municipal tree management, park management, employee management, fiscal budget management, irrigation design, construction and management, landscape design, construction and maintenance management, capital project construction management, volunteer coordination and inter-agency coordination.
Chris tested for and received his Arborist Certification in 1986. He holds a Municipal
Arborist Specialist certification and a Tree Risk Assessor Qualification. He served on the Western Chapter Certification Committee from 1992 to 2000. He served on the Montana Urban and Community Forestry Association (MUCFA) board from 2014 to 2016.
Chris recently retired from the City Arborist for the City of Missoula, Montana. Prior to Missoula, Chris served as the Urban Forester for Hayden, Idaho, the Urban Forester for Chico, California, the Assistant Arborist for San Jose, California, and as a Field Tech for Forest-Ag in Lafayette, California. His first experience in municipal tree care occurred during the Summer of 1980, collecting data for a street tree inventory in Sterling Heights, Michigan, on paper forms!
Chris is passionate about educating residents and homeowners about proper tree and landscape care. He has facilitated numerous public and industry seminars in San Jose, Chico, Hayden and Missoula. He was instrumental in the formation of the Chico Tree Education and Enhancement (CTrEE) volunteer program in Chico, the Community Canopy volunteer program in Hayden and the Volunteers in Planting/ Pruning (VIP) volunteer program in Missoula. His favorite project was an introductory urban forestry class for high school students at Big Sky High School in Missoula.
In his spare time, Chris is an avid model railroader in in 1:1 and 1:87 scales. He models the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in Detroit, Michigan. He is a member of the Pacific Locomotive Association and the Inland Empire Railroad Historical Society. He served as the Chief Arborist for the Niles Canyon Railway from 1988 to 2006. He held a Lone Railway Worker Certificate and a Conductor Certificate from 1990 to 2008.