Hi, I could use advice on how to save/help the large 50 foot Eastern Red Cedars and a smaller juniper tree that have dropped significant amounts of their foliage. The birds and hornets love these trees. My neighbors and I have been fighting a family of ground hogs which I suspect may have caused damage to the root system of at least one of the trees. I have also seen a lot of webbing all over the branches (occasional bag worm cocoon sightings but nothing significant). The branches are so sparse you can see up to the tops of the trees from the base. Another thing that happens is orange apple rust. I know this alone doesn’t harm the trees but combined with the other issues I wonder if it has weakened them and the pests are able to cause more damage. The bark is falling off the large cedars. At first I thought this was deer/fox/ground hog damage so I put chicken wire around the tree. That didn’t seem to help. Should the large cedar die and fall there could be significant property damage. A certified arborist came out two years ago and her assessment was that it would not fall within a year. She said to keep an eye on the lean of the tree due to the loose soil at the roots and high winds that come through the yard (property is at the top of a hill). What are my first steps? I have not done any sort of fertilizer or spray on the trees since I bought the house in 2019. I have tons of photos. I selected photos that showed the dieing branches and how sparse they foliage is. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to trim the smaller juniper due to recovering from back surgery. I usually trim it back each year. Thank you! Michelle