National ConferencesTrees & Utilities National Conference
April 7–9, 2008
Orlando, FL
This event provides a forum for utility professionals, community foresters, and concerned citizens to exchange ideas and explore ways to work together to accomplish the dual goal of growing healthy community forests and providing reliable, low-cost utility service. Learn more.Urban Wildlife Management National ConferenceAs our use of land for non-native and non-agricultural purposes increases, traditional wildlife habitats are lost. As a result, wildlife managers, ecologists, city planners, landscape architects, and community leaders must find ways to create and maintain ecologically significant habitats in and around urban areas. This conference demonstrates management opportunities for urban habitats from small city parks in urban centers to large subdivisions with considerable open space. The roles of urban soils, vegetation, water quality, noise, open space, greenways, habitat, animal communities, and human communities will be discussed. Presenters will share proven strategies for successfully integrating increased wildlife habitat in our cities and towns. The Practice of Restoring Native Ecosystems National ConferenceThis conference will examine restoration as a form of environmental stewardship. Presentations will focus on issues, approaches, and techniques in restoration, successful restorations of ecosystems, and using restoration principles to address environmental problems. Storms Over the Urban ForestThis national conference focuses on the planning, mitigation, response and recovery processes necessary to deal with storms affecting urban forests. The conference agenda is being developed with a special focus on the needs of communities in Southern and mid-Atlantic states, but will have applicability nationwide. If you help manage an urban forest or are involved in emergency response in the aftermath of a disaster, you should attend. Regional Seminars & WorkshopsBuilding With Trees SeminarsThis full day information-packed seminar will benefit anyone involved in planning, building, and designing new residential or commercial structures. Taught by Charles Stewart, one of the nation's leading consultants on the techniques of saving trees during construction, this seminar lays out a clear thought process which ensures that existing trees are considered at each phase of a project. You'll learn to determine which trees to protect and how to safeguard those trees during construction. Graced with mature trees, the resulting developments benefit from increased aesthetic enjoyment, improved quality of life, lower energy costs, a perception of quality, faster sales and lease ups, lower developments costs, and enhanced owner and customer satisfaction. Learn how to bring these qualities to the developments in your community by attending this seminar. Learn more...Hazard Trees Workshop
Knowing how to recognize and prevent “hazard trees” can save lives, property, and millions of dollars in legal damages. This requires both technical knowledge and common sense. This workshop will help individuals learn to analyze the setting, assess the risks, and plan for actions that prevent or correct hazards whenever possible. Partners in Community Forestry National ConferenceThe Arbor Day Foundation and the Home Depot Foundation are co-presenting this unique national conference that will bring together the many individuals and organizations that impact the health of our cities and our nation's community trees. This conference, through general and concurrent sessions, will focus on a variety of issues including community tree management, trees and development, and the contribution the presence of trees makes to the social and physical health of the community. Plant Health Care SeminarThis full-day seminar focuses on the principles central to a plant's vitality as well as the important issues, methods, and techniques needed to ensure that our community plants are well cared for. The Practice of Restoring Native Ecosystems SeminarsThis seminar, conducted by ecologist Steve Apfelbaum and landscape restoration contractor William Young, gives restoration practitioners many practical, hands-on methods to use in the restoration of various ecosystems. Real examples will illustrate timesaving and effective techniques you can implement in your own restoration projects. This seminar, designed for the beginning to intermediate-level restorationist, will provide a good foundation in the core principles and techniques of ecological restoration. The Practice of Restoring Native Ecosystems SeminarsThis seminar, conducted by ecologist Steve Apfelbaum and landscape restoration contractor William Young, gives restoration practitioners many practical, hands-on methods to use in the restoration of various ecosystems. Real examples will illustrate timesaving and effective techniques you can implement in your own restoration projects. This seminar, designed for the beginning to intermediate-level restorationist, will provide a good foundation in the core principles and techniques of ecological restoration. Trees, People, and the Law Seminars
This comprehensive, full-day seminar featuring Victor Merullo, attorney and author of Arboriculture and the Law, opens with an introduction to basic legal concepts, followed by an examination of the important issues regarding trees and the law. State and local laws and court cases will be included to tailor the seminar to each locality. Tree Planting and Establishment WorkshopsThe new Tree Planting & Establishment workshop, taught by Dr. Bruce Fraedrich, Vice President of Research at Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories, provides useful, up-to-date, scientific information on planting and caring for young trees. An indoor lecture focuses on a variety of factors that impact the ability of trees to become established and thrive: tree species and cultivars, soils and the planting site, planting techniques, type of planting stock, and aftercare. Planting techniques, trouble-shooting planting problems, and after care will also be addressed in outdoor demonstrations. |
