Western Mass. Summer Meeting: register by Thursday, June 6!
The Summer Dinner Meeting of the Western Massachusetts Tree Wardens will feature two great speakers. Ken Gooch from the DCR Forest Health Program will give us updates on the latest forest health conditions to know and watch for, including gypsy moth, emerald ash borer, spotted lanternfly and more. Our second featured speaker will be Russell Holman of Arborway Tree Care, explaining safe work practices for arborists and how safety can save time, money and lives. Register online and don’t miss this one – this will be the last official appearance for Ken before he retires!!
i-Tree Workshop Coming to Acton
Join the group on June 4th at the training classroom in the Acton Public Safety Facility to learn how to use the latest i-Tree tools to quantify tree benefits and help promote your tree program. Instructor Josh Behounek from Davey Resource Group will help attendees explore the various facets of the free i-Tree software and show how the information gained can be useful to support and enhance public and private tree programs. Read more details or go straight to the online registration.
Thanks for a great conference!
As the 2019 Annual Conference fades into memory, we thank all who came and supported the association. If you were there, you know that this conference set yet another record for attendance, great student turnout, and a robust presence of exhibitors! The speaker lineup was a strong one, with varied programs that offered plentiful arborist, landscaper, and safety-specific credits. Another highlight was the awards ceremony. Congratulations to Richard Parasiliti, City of Northampton, who received the Tree Warden of the Year Award, and to Mollie Freilicher, Mass. DCR Urban & Community Forestry, who received the President’s Award for her initiative and major support to make the Qualified Tree Warden program become a reality in 2018. Stay tuned for photos!
Does Your Community Have a Tree Inventory?
Researchers at UMass Amherst are conducting an ongoing study on commonalities between street trees planted in municipalities around the globe. Dr. Brian Kane, Mass. Arborists Association Professor of Arboriculture, and Dr. Bethany Bradley, Associate Professor of Biogeography, are collecting data from around the globe and would like to see Massachusetts represented in this survey. Please help them out by completing this short ~3 minute survey.
2018 Forest Health Aerial Survey Results Now Available
Massachusetts DCR has made available the 2018 results of their annual Forest Health Survey. View 2018 Aerial Survey map, as well as the list of the Aerial Survey Acreage Totals 2018, detailed by county.