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M a s s a c h u s e t t s T r e e W a r d e n s a n d F o r e s t e r s A s s o c i a t i o n

2009 Issue 2Summer

The Tree Research and Education Endowment (TREE) Fund is pleased to announce the awardof its first research fellowship to the University of Massachusetts for Dr. Brian Kanes researchentitled, Assessing the Impact of Decay on the Structural Integrity of Trees. With the support of$100,000 over the next three years, the arboriculture industry can look forward to receivingmuch-needed biomechanical data that will advance hazard tree assessment and worker safety.

Dr. Kane is the Massachusetts Arborist Association Professor of Commercial Arboriculture. Hisresearch is focused on the areas of tree risk assessment and arboricultural safety. This fellow-ship program was created by the TREE Fund for the purpose of addressing a specific topicin

TREE FUND AWARDS ITS FIRST RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP TO DR. BRIAN KANETREE FUND AWARDS ITS FIRST RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP TO DR. BRIAN KANE

RECEPTION TO HONOR GORDON KING AT ISA PROVIDENCERECEPTION TO HONOR GORDON KING AT ISA PROVIDENCE

Tuesday, July 28 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

The New England Chapter, Interna-tional Society of Arboriculture (ISA), incooperation with the StockbridgeSchool, University of Massachusetts,Arboriculture & Community ForestryProgram will hold a reception to honorGordon King, ISA Past President andlongtime UMass professor. This re-ception is open to all alumni andfriends ofProfessorKing and the

Stockbridge School. Dont missthis opportunity to visit with Prof.

King, your old classmates, andarboricultural friends fromaround the world.

Registration for this event costs$20 and should be made throughthe ISA Conference registrationpage: www.isa-arbor.com/conference. A cash bar will be available. Conference in-formation can also be found at www.newenglandisa.org/isa_providence.

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OFFICERS

PresidentKevin Weber, Sharon

Vice PresidentMike Quinn, Wellesley

TreasurerJohn Haines, East Bridgewater

SecretaryPaul Sellers, Falmouth

Past PresidentMelissa LeVangie, Petersham

COUNTY DELEGATES

BarnstablePaul Sellers, Falmouth

EssexGuy Shepard, Georgetown

MiddlesexArthur Jeselonis, Medford

PlymouthTed Bubbins, PlymouthNorfolk/BristolGeorge Markarian, Westwood

Western Mass.David Hawkins, Pelham

WorcesterGeorge Ackerson, Clinton

AT-LARGE MEMBERS

Peter Buttkus, Duxbury

Dan Connolly, Orleans

Bill Hayes, Plympton

Chris Hayward, Watertown

Greg Mosman, Boston

ADVISORS

David Bloniarz, U.S. Forest Service

Tom Brady, Town of Brookline

Charlie Burnham, Massachusetts DCR

Tom Chamberland, Town of Sturbridge

Jim MacArthur, National Grid

John Parry, U.S. Forest Service

Dennis Ryan, University of Massachusetts

Eric Seaborn, Massachusetts DCR

Marc Welch, City of Newton

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Karen Doherty, MTWFA Executive Director

MTWFA Executive Board 2009

MASSACHUSETTS

TREE WARDENS AND

FORESTERS ASSOCIATION

[email protected]

www.masstreewardens.org

P.O. Box 326South Hadley, MA

01075

MTWFAMTWFA

[email protected] 781-894-4759 2Summer 2009

FROM THE PRESIDENTFROM THE PRESIDENT

As we approach the summer months, I would like to letyou know what your Executive Board has been workingon this year and what the plans are for the second half

of 2009.

The Board meets on the second Wednesday of everymonth to discuss past, present, and future plans for theAssociation. Smaller sub-committees meet periodicallyto discuss specific goals and objectives.

The Education Committee comes up with ideas forworkshops in the Professional Development Series(PDS), speakers for workshops and annual conference,and topics of concern for the Association. In addition toscheduling and organizing these sessions, Board mem-bers lead and sometimes speak at the sessions.

So far this year we have held Storm Emergency Pre-paredness and Response, at the Doyle ConservationCenter in Leominster in March, and Electrical HazardAwareness Program (EHAP) in Millbury in May. Com-ing this fall will be Arboriculture 101 on September 30 thand Chainsaw Safety on October 28 th. A Roping andRigging workshop is tentatively scheduled for Novem-ber.

On September 15th and 16th, MTWFA is assisting theU.S. Forest Service to offer a two-day Strike Teamtraining. This training will prepare a core group of inter-ested arborists as volunteers to help local communitieswith emergency response in tree-related disasters.Look for more information on this training on page 19 ofthis newsletter, and in your mail in the next few weeks.

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www.masstreewardens.org 3Summer 2009

The Audit Committee recently met with our MerrillLynch advisor to ensure that the Association is in thebest possible position to continue to move forward dur-ing these tough economic times. We have scheduledquarterly meetings to discuss any significant changes.

The 2013 Committee is responsible for keeping oureyes on our 100th anniversary. They are conducting

interviews with Past Presidents and other Associationmembers to get an historical outline of how the Asso-ciation has changed and evolved over the years. Theyare also working on specific goals set forth for 2013.

The Seedling Committee runs the seedling program forthe Association. This program is vital in maintaining ourscholarships. Those of us who have taken advantageof purchasing seedlings for our Arbor Day celebrationscan attest to their success with the children in our com-munities. If you have not had the opportunity to orderseedlings in the past, please consider it next year foryour Arbor Day event.

The Scholarship Committee reviews student applica-tions and has the privilege of going to the University ofMassachusetts to hand out the scholarships to the de-serving recipients. This year we granted a total of$7,500 in five scholarships.

The Conference Committee is beginning to put to-gether the pieces for another successful conference,which will be upon us before you know it. Mark it onyour calendar now for January 6 th and 7th, 2010.

In addition to the standing committees, the ExecutiveBoard is involved in other topics of interest to the Asso-ciation. The short list includes Asian Longhorned Bee-

tle outreach; the upcoming ISA international confer-ence and trade show in Providence in July; the 2009Tour des Trees, an annual bike tour to raise money fortree research, taking place this summer in New Eng-land; and monitoring progress towards the passage ofa mutual aid bill that will create a plan for municipalitiesto assist neighboring communities if the need arises.

The men and women on the Executive Board are ahard-working and dedicated group. They volunteer a lotof their time and professional expertise for the good ofthe Association and for tree care in general. I would liketo take this opportunity to thank them all for allowingme to be part of this group.

We are always looking for fresh ideas and faces. If youthink you may be interested in joining the E-Board,please look us up at our next PDS event, at the confer-ence, or drop us an e-mail.

Be safe

Kevin WeberPresident 2009

Celebrate Gordon King at ISA 1

TREE Fund Award to Dr. Kane 1

From the President 2

SEMTWAA at Park Serve Day 4

SEMTWAA Field Day & Equipment Show 5

Massachusetts Flaggers Arrive 6

Annual Conference ISA 7

Asian Longhorned BeetleThe Facts 7

Tree City USA Awards 8

Tree Planting in Orleans 9

UMass Students in the News 10

Volunteer: Providence ISA 12

Index of Advertisers 12

USFS Strike Team: Training Opportunity 19

Calendar of Events 20

In this issueIn this issue

this case, biomechanicsand to provide support to ayoung scientist who is being mentored by an estab-lished and published scientist. The fellowship is de-signed to support multi-year research projects (three tofive years in duration), but no more than one grant canbe awarded to any project.

This initial TREE Fund Research Fellowship is fundedin part by the Dr. Mark S. McClure Research Fellow-ship Fund and will be named in his honor. Thanks tothe Connecticut Tree Protective Association (CTPA),the McClure Fund was established within the TREEFund in early 2008. Within just 11 months, this enthusi-

astic organization had raised the $100,000 needed toendow the first research fellowship award. The remain-der of the Dr. Mark S. McClure Fellowship will be sup-ported by the annual fund of the TREE Fund.

To find out more about the goals and application guide-lines for the fellowship or to make a donation to supportresearch and scholarships, please visitwww.treefund.org/research_grants.htm .

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About 30 members of the Southeastern MassachusettsTree Wardens and Arborists Association (SEMTWAA)put their training, skills and experience to work Satur-day, April 25th in Pilgrim Memorial State Park on thePlymouth waterfront, as part of the states annual ParkServe Day, sponsored by the Department of Conserva-tion and Recreation (DCR).

SEMTWAA arborists volunteered their time to improvethe landscape at the historic park, donating their arbor-ist skills and equipment as well as supplies and trees.Work began around 8 a.m. and continued through mid-afternoon, according to SEMTWAA President Bill

Hayes. Waterfront visitors were greeted with areas thatwere roped off for safety while the arborists worked,and with the spectacle of cranes and trucks and stumpgrinders working on and around the park. The arboristsremoved dead trees, trimmed others to enhance theirhealth, planted new trees in the park, and raked andgenerally cleaned and groomed Pilgrim Park for thenew season.

During the statewide day of service, others worked to-gether to get state parks and beaches across Massa-chusetts ready for summer by cleaning coastlines,clearing trails, planting flowers, painting picnic tables

and more. This year's event featured more than 50parks, from the Berkshires to Cape Cod, includingMyles Standish State Forest. Last year, more than1,900 volunteers participated across the state.

Retrieved and adapted from articles from the GateHouse News Service, postings on April 24 and April 30, 2009 atwww.wickedlocal.com/plymouth. All photos by Wesley Ennis, posted on WickedLocal on April 30, 2009 .

ARBOR DAY 2009ARBOR DAY 2009

SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TREE WARDENS AND ARBORISTSSOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TREE WARDENS AND ARBORISTS

VOLUNTEER FOR PARK SERVE DAYVOLUNTEER FOR PARK SERVE DAY

SEMTWAA participants at the DCRs Park Serve Day in

Plymouth included arborists from National Crane, NStar,Tree Savers, Scag Tree, Bartlett, Allscape Tree & Turf,and Dave Grime Tree Service,

Kim Hillman, of Allscape Tree and Turf Services, removesbrush from felled trees.

Right: Stumps leftfrom removed deadtrees are grounddown Saturday dur-ing Park Serve Dayon thewaterfront.


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Arborist Bill Hayes prunes a tree onPark Serve Day in Pilgrim MemorialState Park on thewaterfront .

Timber from trees removed in Pilgrim Memorial State Park isgathered for transport by Dave Grime Tree Service.

Left: A limb fallsas an arboristcuts with a chain-saw from abucket.

Arborist Jon Scagg moves cut limbsto a chipper Saturday as other vol-unteers trim and remove deadwoodin Pilgrim Memorial State Park.
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After much debate and solicitation of input from policeofficers, police unions, representatives of the BeaconHill Institute, the Pioneer Institute, and the Transporta-tion Finance Commission, a public hearing was held onMay 20, 2008 to encourage additional testimony re-garding incorporation of road flaggers into transporta-tion management plans. On August 13, 2008 the Pat-rick Administration issued a press release stating thatthe use of road flaggers would occur on public worksprojects where the Commonwealth is the AwardingAuthority including state projects on local roads. TheExecutive Office of Transportation and Public Works(EOTPW) was able to finalize a regulation in early Oc-tober after preparing a cost report and receiving writtenand verbal comments from the public.

Regulation (701 C.M.R. 7.00) identifies:

Different tiers of public works projects requiringroad flaggers, police details, and traffic de-vices;

When the above are required;The authority of the Authorized Representative re-

garding safety of the traffic management plan;and

Responsibilities of road flaggers and police details.

The Guidelines aid design consultants, awarding au-thorities, and authorized representatives with manage-ment and development of traffic control plans and workzone safety plans. Responsibilities are assigned to the

District Highway Director as the Authorized Represen-tative for MassHighway for all projects in that district,and MassHighways resident engineer who shall reportto the Authorized Representative and decide if condi-tions warrant the need for traffic control devices, flag-gers or police details.

Road flaggers shall primarily be restricted to low speed,low volume roadways, i.e., a legal speed of 40 mphwithin construction zones or a roadway with a trafficvolume of less than 4,000 ADT a day.

All flaggers working in Massachusetts must follow mini-mum safety equipment requirements, be at least 18years old, and carry a valid certification card at all timeswhile on the job. MassHighway has identified the nec-essary components of this training and can approvecertification programs to allow private agencies to pre-pare flaggers. Certifications are valid for two years andrequire current first aid authorization upon initial flaggercertification. It is important to pass a refresher coursecovering the principles of work zone safety and flagging

MASSACHUSETTSMASSACHUSETTS

FLAGGERS ARRIVEFLAGGERS ARRIVE

operations within one month prior to the expiration of acertification in order to be recertified for two moreyears.

Flaggers must comply with the following minimumequipment requirements (which must be included asrequirements in the materials submitted for the programcertification approval):

White hard hat with reflectorized tapeLime vest and pants (ANSI Class III visibility)Two-way radiosStop/Slow paddles d Weighted red flags for emer-

gency workAir horn and whistle d Adequate signs/cones for

MUTCD approved work zone site The locationsof road flaggers and/or police details are desig-nated on the plates for Traffic Control Plans,and Work Zone Safety Guidelines, or as di-rected by the Engineer.

It is the responsibility and sole authority of the Engineer

to determine the number of road flaggers and/or policedetails necessary to install these set-ups.

Plans are broken down into the following groups:

Standard Traffic Control Plans

Int= Intersection

TLR= Two Lane Roadway

Div= Divided Highway

Brg= Bridge

R= Ramp

MLR= Multi-Lane Roadway

Ped= Pedestrian Crossing

D= Detour Signing

RR= Railroad Crossing

Work Zone Safety Guidelines

S= Stationary Operations

M= Mobile OperationsE= Emergency Response

TS= Traffic Signal Repair

More details as well as currently approved trainerscan be found at: www.eot.state.ma.us

Reprinted with permission fromMASS INTERCHANGE Vol.23, #1.
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ASIAN LONGHORNED BEEASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLETLE

IN WORCESTERIN WORCESTER -- THE FACTSTHE FACTS

The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) was discovered forthe first time in New England in August of 2008 inWorcester, Massachusetts. It is believed that this inva-

sive insect has the potential to be the most destructivepest ever to attack the Eastern forest of North America.This extremely serious destroyer of landscape and for-est trees may have been in Worcester longer than anyother known find to date in North America. The onlyknown method for curtailing its spread is an all-out ef-fort of eradication, which entails the removal and de-struction of infested trees and neighboring host treescoupled with a strong educational effort to make every-one keenly aware of this insect and to report new findsearly. Otherwise, the establishment of ALB beyond thecurrent regulated area in Worcester will spell disasterfor the New England hardwood forest and landscape.

Within the past 2 months, a small but vocal oppositionhas been aimed at the ALB work being performed inWorcester by the USDA and state and local agencies.Much emotion has been brought to the table along witha misrepresentation of the facts. In the following letter,we wish to address some of these issues now.

From its first discovery in New York City in 1996 theALB has been widely studied both here in North Amer-ica and in its native land of China. Asian longhornedbeetles potential to completely alter the native ecologyof forests in North America and other continents whereit is not native is disturbing to say the least. This iswhy many countries have had this pest high on their list

of unwanted insect invaders for many years.

Asian longhorned beetle fits the classic pattern of anew invasive pest that can survive our climate, hasmore than enough to eat, and has no controlling factorson it from nature, thus allowing it to thrive and spread.Also, our creation of monocultures with tree plantingscreates another significant problem. Main Street Amer-ica was over-planted with the American elm tree and inthe 1930s another exotic and accidentally introducedproblem, Dutch Elm Disease, began taking those spe-cial trees from us. In 1953, northern Worcester experi-enced a tornado, which destroyed thousands of trees.

A very large replanting effort was undertaken but diver-sity of tree species was ignored and that region of thecity now has a preponderance of maples. In fact, ap-proximately 80% of the street trees there are somespecies of maple. The preferred hardwood trees forthe Asian longhorned beetle to colonize first are ma-ples. By planting all of those trees more than fifty yearsago, the city of Worcester inadvertently set out the per-

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TREE CITY USA AWARDS 2009 IN STURBRIDGETREE CITY USA AWARDS 2009 IN STURBRIDGE

Above: Eric Seaborn looks for the tree

to plant at Old Sturbridge Village in

honor of Arbor Day, following the Tree

City USA 2009 Awards at the Village.

Right: National Grid representatives

stand with DCR Commissioner Richard

Sullivan (left) and Eric Seaborn (right)

after accepting the Tree Line USA

award on behalf of the company.

Eric Seaborn, DCR Urban Forestry Program Coordinator, applauds Tom Brady, Brookline Tree Warden and

Conservation Agent, as Tom contemplates the award he just received as DCRs Citizen Forester of the Year.

On May 8, 2009, the Department of Conservation

and Recreation presented Tree City USA awards

to 92 Massachusetts communities. Mass. DCR

Commissioner Richard Sullivan presented the

awards, together with Eric Seaborn, Urban

Forestry Coordinator, and Alan Snow, Community

Action Forester. Congratulations to all!


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TREE WARDEN OF THE YEAR 2009TREE WARDEN OF THE YEAR 2009

TREE PLANTING IN ORLEANSTREE PLANTING IN ORLEANS

Members of the MTWFA Executive Board and Orleans town officials gather with Dan Connolly, 2009 Tree Warden of the Year

(4th from right). Inset photo: closeup of the bronze plaque placed next to the tree planted on Main Street in Orleans.

Left: Using a combi-

nation of volunteers

and consultants, the

Town of Orleans has

inventoried and

mapped their public

trees electronically.

Right: a map of

trees that have

been planted and

GPSd in a forest

restoration pro-

ject near the

Cape Cod Rail

Trail bike path.


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The $4,000 fellowship was awarded in recognition ofMacs outstanding academic achievement and his workon an important research project with Dr. Brian Kane."Macs worked really hard on several projects with me,and hes looking forward to continuing to work on re-search projects this summer," said Dr. Kane. Mac iscurrently investigating the extraction strength of differ-ent size lag screws in sugar maple and paper birchtrees. Arborists typically use lag screws to install sup-port systems in trees with poor branch attachments.Mac will present his findings at the International Societyof Arboricultures annual conference on July 27, 2009

in Providence, RI, as well as at the MassachusettsStatewide Undergraduate Research Conference oncampus on May 1, 2009.

Posted March 24th, 2009 by Roxann Cormier

UMASS STUDENTS IN THUMASS STUDENTS IN THE NEWSE NEWS

Clippings from the E-newsletter of the UMass Department ofNatural Resources Conservation

Mac Cloyes, an Arboriculture & Community

Forestry student, has been awarded a prestig-

ious Garden Club of America Fellowship

The team representing the UMass Student Chapter ofthe Society of American Foresters won the annual QuizBowl competition held March 18, 2009 at the 89th an-nual winter meeting of the New England Society of

American Foresters in Portland, Maine. The UMassteam of (left-to-right) David Clapham, Jeff Hutchins,and Robert Herrick defeated the University of Maineteam before a lively audience. The Quiz Bowl competi-tion was patterned after the famous television gameshow of Jeopardy, and students compete head-to-head with another team by answering questions on avariety of topics related to trees, forests, and forestry.

Posted March 24th, 2009 by Roxann Cormier

UMass forestry students

victorious in New England Quiz Bowl

Urban Forestry seniors

Dan Cohen and Chris Pineau placed first in

national tree climbing competition

Urban Forestry seniors Dan Cohen and Chris Pineau(both STK 07) placed first among 37 teams at the na-tional Student Career Days Tree Climbing Competitionhosted by the Professional Landcare Network(PLANET), surpassing the second place team by 14points. Chris and Dan finished in second place lastyear, so their victory in 2009 was especially sweet.

Brian Kane, Massachusetts Arborists Association Asst.Prof. of Commercial Arboriculture, commented, "Chrisand Dan have repeatedly demonstrated their climbingskills, and Im really glad their hard work and persever-ance paid off."

Posted April 8th, 2009 by Roxann Cormier

ass. Tree Wardens & Foresters Assoc.ass. Tree Wardens & Foresters Assoc.Autumn 2009 Workshopsutumn 2009 Workshops

Watch your mail and the website for detailsatch your mail and the website for details

September 15-16 Strike Team Training for Arborists(with U.S. Forest Service)

September 30 Arboriculture 101

October 28 Chainsaw Safety (southeastern Mass.)

November Roping and Rigging (tentative)


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fect Asian longhorned beetle bait. This over-use of oneparticular tree genus, such as maples, is extremelycommon; once the elms disappeared, many municipali-ties throughout the Northeast replanted with Norwaymaple trees.

In our jobs at the University of Massachusetts in Am-herst, we have both interacted with the USDA APHIS(Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service), US For-est Service, Massachusetts Department of Conserva-tion and Recreation (MDCR:Forest Health), and Mas-sachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources(MDAR) for more than twenty-five years now. For all ofus who work to preserve and protect trees, this pestbrings much sadness and has forced us to look at thebigger picture in order to save as many trees as possi-ble. Should ALB become established over a larger re-gion of the Northeast, it will forever change the forest

ecology and the landscape thus having a multi-billiondollar impact on forest value (timber, fuel, recreation,bio-diversity, maple syrup production, hunting, fishing,hiking, camping, etc.), as well as, affecting propertyvalues and appearances. As more and more trees be-gin dying from this pest they become hazard trees bythreatening to break power lines and cause extensiveproperty damage and perhaps injury to people. Thecost to remove these trees now is substantially lowerthan it will be once these trees are dead and breakingapart. Tree removal now also reduces the reservoir ofthis pest for the upcoming growing season when newadult beetles will emerge and seek new trees to attack.

The USDA APHIS and numerous university scientistshave studied this pest long enough to know very wellwhat options are available to combat this scourge now.The USDA has a very clear and focused strategy forAsian longhorned beetle and has implemented it well:

Detection of the pest,

Delimit its range (discover ALBs full geo-graphic range)and create a regulated areathrough survey work, while continuing toeradicate the infestation,

Educate the public about the importance ofidentifying this pest early, while continuingresearch efforts and

Replant with non-susceptible species of treeswhile utilizing diversity in the choices oftrees replanted.

Years of USDA research have shown that survey workfrom the ground is only about 35% effective at finding

ALB in a tree and tree climbers about 65% effective.The ice storm in December 2008 proved this to be trueby revealing previously unseen ALB activity hiddenwithin branches when those branches were snappedfrom the trees. This is why the USDA knows that it isprudent to remove infested trees as well as neighboringtrees that are susceptible to attack but may not displaysigns of infestation. Lastly, the only accepted insecti-

cide treatment for ALB works just as a prevention andis not curative, which means that it can only protecttrees that do not already have ALB from being at-tacked. If ALB is already within a tree, the insecticidewill not kill them.

By delimiting ALB in the currentRegulated Area of Worcesternow, through intensive surveywork and by educating as manypeople as possible about its im-portance and how to report it,will go a long way to eradicate

this menace from that area. Therest of the towns in Massachu-setts, as well as all of the other New England states,will forever thank the citizens of Worcester for whatthey have done to preserve the majority of hardwoodtrees and the very special native forests that give NewEngland so much of its unique charm and appeal. Theareas of Worcester that have to suffer the most fromlosing their trees can then go on to choose new treeswisely and to create a diverse planting that future gen-erations can enjoy and appreciate. There is an oldsaying from the Greeks that, in part, states When people plant trees under which they may never sit, thenyou know that civilization has truly come to that land.Perhaps this can be an adopted philosophy for thoseaffected the most by this loss of trees; to give athoughtful gift to future generations by their insightfultree selections and replanting designs now.

Lets all work together in a logical fashion to create anew and sustainable landscape for those hard-hit areasof Worcester and to stop the Asian Longhorned Beetle,now, where it is known to exist.

Robert D. Childs is an Extension entomologist at theUniversity of Massachusetts in Amherst and has lec-tured extensively throughout the Northeast about Asian

Longhorned beetle for the past 12 years. He also inter-acts frequently with many state and federal agenciesthat are directly involved in Asian longhorned beetlework.

Professor H. Dennis Ryanis the Director of the UrbanForestry program at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He is recognized internationallyfor his re-search and involvement with the preservation of urbantrees.

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Asian Longhorned Beetle in WorcesterThe Facts


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Arbor Care .............................................. 17

Bartlett Consolidated............................... 15

CUES Equipment .................................... 16

Horticultural Technologies ...................... 12

Mayer Tree Service ................................. 13

Northeast Nursery ................................... 18

OESCO ................................................... 13

Professional Environmental .................... 16

Shelter Tree ............................................ 18

Stockbridge School ................................. 16

The Kenerson Group .............................. 17

Trees New England ................................ 12

Urban Forestry Solutions ........................ 18

Wicklow Wood Recycling ........................ 17

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSNDEX OF ADVERTISERS

In July, New England will host the

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ARBORIST STRIKE TEAM TRAINING TO BE OFFEARBORIST STRIKE TEAM TRAINING TO BE OFFE REDRED

FOR URBAN AND COMMUNITY DISASTER RESPONSEFOR URBAN AND COMMUNITY DISASTER RESPONSE

Storms and other natural disasters in the Northeastcause significant damage every year to communitiesand their urban forests. In many cases, communitieslack the staff to evaluate tree damage in a timely way.To assist with this need, the U.S. Forest Service,Southern Center for Urban Forestry Research & Infor-mation, has developed a process called the Urban For-est Strike Team method.

Qualified urban foresters and arborists who are trainedin the Urban Forest Strike Team method become StrikeTeam members. They are then eligible to volunteer incommunities in their home state and regionally, provid-

ing assistance after disasters that affect urban forests.The Strike Teams focus is to evaluate public trees forremoval or pruning needs, in order to eliminate publicrisk and to reduce the loss of additional trees during theresponse phase of the disaster.

A new pilot project will introduce this Strike Team tech-nique to the Northeast with a training this fall. Trainingsponsors are the U.S. Forest Service, Northeast AreaState and Private Forestry and the Massachusetts TreeWardens and Foresters Association (MTWFA), with

cooperation and assistance from the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, Department of Conservation and Rec-

reation (DCR) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The training program will be held on September 15-16,2009 for arborists interested in becoming a part of thisinitiative. The training will involve two days of class-room lecture, GPS/computer familiarization, trainingresources, and significant time for field exercises in anearby urban forest area.

Qualified participants who complete the training willbecome eligible to volunteer on future Strike Team dis-aster response projects.

Who should attend?Urban foresters, arborists, tree wardens, foresters andothers in related professions in the Northeast Area whomeet the following guidelines are invited to register forthe September training:

Certified Arborist, either International Society ofArboriculture or other similar certification

Some knowledge or experience with risk treeassessment

Interest in participating in Strike Team response,in-state or regionally

Willingness to complete 3 basic, free courseson-line at http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp

IS-100 Introduction to ICS (Incident CommandSystem)

IS-200 Basic ICS for Single Resources & Initial

Action IncidentsIS-700 An Introduction to NIMS (National Incident

Management System)

Some GPS experience is helpful but not necessary

Training details

Location Doyle Conservation Center, Leominster, MA

Dates Tues., September 15, 8:30 5:00

Wed., September 16, 8:00 3:30

Registration Fee $50

Registration Deadline August 31st

For more information, please contact

Karen Doherty

Mass. Tree Wardens' and Foresters' Association(MTWFA)

[email protected]

John E. Parry

USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry

Durham, NH

603-868-7688

[email protected]
http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asphttp://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asphttp://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp


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July 24 Come celebrate! Tree Plantingon the Boston Commonwith Tour des Trees bike riders

www.masstreewardens.org(781) 894-4759

July 2429 ISA International Annual ConferenceProvidence, RI

www.isa-arbor.orgwww.newenglandisa.org

July 28 Stockbridge Alumni Honor Gordon KingProvidence, RI 5:30-7 pm

www.newenglandisa.org

August 31 Registration Deadline:U.S. Forest Service Strike Team Training


September 15 -16 U.S. Forest ServiceStrike Team TrainingDoyle Conservation CenterLeominster, MA


September 17 42nd Annual Field Day andEquipment ShowPlymptonSoutheastern Tree Wardensand Arborists Assn.


Week of

September 28

Michael Dirr - lectures & tree walks4 locations: Massachusetts, Rhode

Island, Vermont and New Hampshire

www.newenglandisa.org

September 30 Arboriculture 101location tba


October 28 Chainsaw SafetySoutheastern Masslocation tba


bark summer 2009

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