Pictured: Two arborists-in-training and Certified Arborist Van Hutchinson, June 2010. 

G & V Shalom Tree Care, Inc. co-founder travels to San Salvador to take samples from a truly specimen tree, a Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra.) Team sampled tissues from canopy, mid-trunk, roots, and soil and made recommendations to one of El Salvador's leading construction / architectural firms along with colleague, Rodrigo Avila of Bismarckia.com