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Volunteer opportunities for Texas Tree Climbing Competition Arbor Fair are now open!
Volunteer opportunities for Texas Tree Climbing Competition Arbor Fair are now open! Sign up today to help at the ISAT table here.
Support Team Texas and Mino in the Tour de Trees
Help Mino ride for trees! Support Mino and Team Texas ISA in the Tour de Trees 2020! The Tour Des Trees is a community engagement event. In the past cyclists have participated in the annual long distance cycling adventure serving the community by planting trees, educating children and shining light on work done by aboriculture professionals and the importance of
Arborist Exchange Program
2019ExchangeProgram Final The Arborist Exchange Program offers municipal foresters, utility arborists, and tree non-profit managers around the world the opportunity to engage with colleagues and experience urban forestry challenges and successes in varying political and cultural settings. Participants will spend one week together in each other’s community learning about their jobs and how challenges are met under differing circumstances and with
Arborists Needed: Help Replant Native Trees Nov. 16th on the Texas Coast After Hurricane Harvey!
Help Replant Native Trees on the Texas Coast After Hurricane Harvey! Arborists Needed in Aransas County on November 16th On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast with sustained winds of 130mph. Leaving behind $125 billion in damage and 104 casualties in the US alone, Hurricane Harvey is tied with Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical
2019 Texas Tree Conference – Thanks!
Thank you to all the attendees, speakers, volunteers and others who helped to make the 2019 Texas Tree Conference a big success. If you want to see the award winners, event pictures and speaker presentations, click here. See you next year in Waco!!!
Have you seen European elm scale?
Dr. Mike Merchant, a researcher in College Station is looking for wild populations of European elm scale https://bugguide.net/node/view/122456 (part of research on crape myrtle bark scale biocontrol). Specific host preference among the elms is uncertain at this time, but there is a National Elm Trials where they are looking for resistance in elms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Elm_Trial American elm populations have been hit
2019 September Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) Renewal
The TRAQ re-qualification is a one-day refresher with five hours of instruction and three hours to take the exam. Registration Deadline is August 26, 2019. The TRAQ credential is valid for five years from the date it is earned. Current TRAQ holders can complete the course as early as 3 1/2 years into their qualification. Click here for more information
It’s Time to Register!!! 2019 Texas Tree Climbing Championship and Arbor Fair
2019 Texas Tree Climbing Championship and Arbor Fair May 16-18, 2019 San Gabriel Park, Georgetown, Texas We need you! Sign up today! This year, in addition to the exciting competition, there will also be a bilingual pre-climb trauma and aerial rescue workshop, equipment and services vendors on display and a family-friendly Arbor Fair. Click here for more information
Cranes and Trees – A Workshop With Mark Chisholm
A workshop focusing on practical and advanced rigging, estimation of weight, and proper cuts associated with crane use. It will include class time and an outdoor demonstration. Mark Chisholm, working arborist, instructor and ISA world champion climber will lead the workshop.
From Field to Lab – A Hands-On Tree Diagnosis Workshop
What is killing my tree? Bug? Disease? Join Dr. David Appel and Sheila McBride for a hands-on tree diagnosis workshop at the Texas A&M Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab. This two-day workshop includes the fine points of field diagnosis and sample collecting and expert instruction in the lab on using diagnostic tools and techniques. Class size is limited for this hands-on
