This one-day conference is designed for tree care professionals, volunteers, and enthusiasts including arborists, tree wardens/municipal tree care specialists, foresters, landscape architects and shade tree committee members.
The theme of this year’s conference will pertain to utilities and community trees. Topics will include: Design Solutions for Tree and Overhead Utility Conflicts, Utility Storm Resiliency, Communities and Utilities in Partnership for Urban Trees, and Updates from the UMass Diagnostic Lab.
Sponsored by UMass Extension in cooperation with the UMass Dept. of Environmental Conservation, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and the USDA Forest Service Urban Natural Resources Institute.
Registration
The registration rate is $90 for a single individual, $75 for each additional registration from the same company.
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Agenda
| 8:00 – 8:45 AM | Registration & Coffee |
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Welcoming Remarks |
| Morning Moderator: Rick W. Harper, Univ. of Mass. Department of Environmental Conservation | |
| 9:00 – 9:25 | UMass Arboriculture/Urban Forestry Program Update Mark E. Reiland, UMass Department of Environmental Conservation |
| 9:25 – 10:15 | Trees & Overhead Utilities: Design Solutions for Sustainable Streets & Roadsides David V. Boniarz, Ph.D., UNRI, USDA Forest Service |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:20 | Utilities & Communities in Partnership: Enhancing Public Safety & Protecting Trees from the Utility Perspective Calvin Layton, Eversource |
| 11:20 – 12:10 PM | Utilities & Communities in Partnership: Enhancing Public Safety & Protecting Trees from the Community Perspective Alan Snow, Town of Amherst |
| 12:10 – 1:10 | Lunch Break |
| Afternoon Moderator: David V. Bloniarz, Ph.D., UNRI, USDA Forest Service | |
| 1:10 – 1:25 | Scholarship Awards
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| 1:25 – 2:15 | Utilities and Storm Resiliency Sara Sankowich, Unitil |
| 2:15 – 2:30 | Break |
| 2:30– 3:20 | From the Diagnostic Lab: What Can We Expect This Growing Season? Nicholas Brazee, Ph.D., UMass Extension Diagnostic Lab |
| 3:30 PM |
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Pesticide and Professional Credits
One pesticide contact hour for categories 29, 35, 36, and 00 (licensed applicator), valid for equivalent categories in all New England states.
ISA, SAF, CFE, MCA, MCH, MCLP, CTSP credits have been requested.
