Urban residents are known to feel passionately about community trees and green spaces. Urban foresters & arborists often find themselves attempting to plant trees in difficult-to-grow areas fraught with stressful elements that include road salt, pest pressures, pollution and lack of available space. Join Dave Lefcourt, Arborist for the City of Cambridge, as he discusses strategies and tips to enable the successful greening of a community – one tree at a time.
To attend, visit www.joinwebinar.com and enter the ID code: #777-787-551. This broadcast is free and will offer the opportunity for arborists to earn 1.0 ISA CEU and 0.5 MCA credit.
For more information, contact:
Rick Harper
Department of Environmental Conservation
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
rharper@eco.umass.edu
Sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Conservation, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Tree Wardens’ & Foresters’ Association, University of Massachusetts Extension, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.