October 15 – 17, 2012

We are pleased to offer you a special group rate of

$135.00/Night for Queen Bed Guest Room

The above group rates are extended 3 days before and 3 days after event.

Book online at the following link

http://www.radisson.com/reservation/itineraryEntrance.do?pacLink=Y&promoCode=ISAPRA&hotelCode=ABCANMOR

OR

Call 1-800-333-3333 or 403-678-3625 and ask for

ISA Prairie Chapter
when making reservation!

Complimentary parking and wireless Internet available!

We look forward to welcoming you!

Radisson Hotel Calgary Airport
511 Bow Valley Trail | Canmore, Alberta | T1W 1N7

Trees Winnipeg is pleased to invite you and your family to join us for our annual Arbor Day celebration!

There’s a lot more to tree care than meets the eye — but our local certified arborists can show you all the ins and outs, and ups and downs (safely of course)! Adventurers young and young-at-heart can be hoisted up to the canopy or try ascending to the tree tops on a bucket truck. The children’s zip-line ride is one of the hottest rides on site, so be sure to get in line early! But there’s still lots of fun to be had for those who prefer to keep their feet on the ground! Get the answers to all your tree-related questions at our Ask The Arborist booth, and exhibitors will have prizes to hand out all day. The kids will enjoy the new Children’s Nature Playground and the craft projects that they can bring home.

Our theme for Arbor Day is “All Trees Tell a Story”. There are hundreds of trees in Winnipeg with fascinating stories that are older than Winnipeg itself! Some of these amazing trees have been featured in previous issues of the Urban Forester. To celebrate these stories we have been working on a special project… a beautiful piece of artwork that captures one of these stories, and we hope it will inspire many more! But it’s a secret for now…. join us for the big reveal!

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Course Date(s): April 29 – May 1, 2012

Location: Owls Nest Campground, 20 Ave & 8 Street, Coaldale, Alberta

Available As a 2-Day or 3-Day Course.

2-Day Course Includes:

Day 1 – Awareness: cut timbers, pvc &poly pipe, repair fencing used by equipment operators,
construction workers and maintenance personnel that may have to use a chainsaw.

Day 2 – Basic: buck limb trees, remove blow down and hung up
trees. used by highway workers, parks employees, arborists, utility
grounds workers, wild land fire fighters.

Download Registration Form

3-Day Course Includes:

Day 1 – Awareness: cut timbers, pvc &poly pipe, repair fencing used by equipment operators,
construction workers and maintenance personnel that may have to use a chainsaw.

Day 2 – Basic: buck limb trees, remove blow down and hung up
trees. used by highway workers, parks employees, arborists, utility
grounds workers, wild land fire fighters.

Day 3 – Intermediate: Introductory to felling trees, use of wedges, ropes, felling
tools. Used by all who need to fell trees safely.

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For more information download the Registered Chainsaw Proficiency Outline

The workshop will include a variety of speakers discussing topics related to Pesticide Technology, Regulation and Identification.
6 CEC’s and 7 CEU’s Maps Provided on page 3

* Refreshments are sponsored by Agricultural Technology Centre*
*Lunch is sponsored by the City of Lethbridge for full day registrants only*

Please see the full Pesticide Workshop March 12th.

Hear from the experts about the efforts of CFIA, Olds College and StopDED in surveillance and education, as well as what you can do.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Receive status updates and learn about management options for invasive forest pests (Dutch elm disease, Emerald Ash Borer, Asian Longhorned Beetle and others)
• Participate in workshops on early detection and identification
• Learn about the National Forest Pest Strategy
• CEU’s pending

Thursday March 1, 2012 – Tuition: $99

For More Information and to register call 1-800-661-6537, ext. 4677

Sponsored by Tree Canada, the conference brings together five leading soil experts for two days of lectures and field studies to present the latest concepts relating to ideal soil structure and biology. Attendees will learn how a new breed of arborists are growing healthy trees and preserving mature trees by literally looking at the roots of tree care.

Who should attend?

• Arborists
• Landscape architects
• Urban foresters
• Parks and public works personnelLandscapers
• Tree nursery personnel
• Anyone interested in improving urban soils and tree health!

To download the complete brochure visit: http://www.ufis.ca/pdf/Soils-and-Urban-Trees-2012.pdf

Speakers:

William Bryant Logan is an award-winning natural history writer and environmental columnist. He wrote the Cuttings column for the New York Times and helped launch Garden Design magazine. Bill has been a contributor to numerous magazines. His book on gardening tools won the Best Book of the Year award from the Garden Writers Association of America. In 1992, he founded Urban Arborists to care for trees in New York City. Three years later he published Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth.

Paul Stamets has been a dedicated mycologist for over thirty years. Over this time, he has discovered and co-authored four new species of mushrooms and pioneered numerous techniques in the field of edible and medicinal mushroom cultivation. He has been named one of Utne Reader’s “50 Visionairies Who Are Changing the World” for his pioneering research and applied mycology. See Paul’s TED Talk at www.ted.com/speakers/paul_stamets.html

Olaf Ribeiro, B.S. (Agr.), M.S. (Plant Pathology), Ph.D. (Plant Pathology & Genetics). Olaf has over 30 years experience in diagnosing plant health problems in both the U.S and overseas. He has published over 50 scientific papers in refereed international journals as well as many popular articles on plant diseases and tree preservation. He is internationally recognized for saving historic and ancient trees by improving their health.

Peter Wild is the founder and CEO of Arborjet Inc., a manufacturer of tree injection systems and medicaments. Wild is also the president and owner of Boston Tree Preservation, an organic-based, proactive tree-care business founded in 1977. He was one of the first people to develop and use vermicomposting for fertilization and disease and insect pest management.

James Urban, FASLA, specializes in the design of tree plantings and soils in urban spaces. He has written and lectured extensively on the subject of urban tree planting and has been responsible for the introduction of numerous innovations, including many leading-edge standards relating to urban tree plantings across North America. His 2008 book Up By Roots: Healthy Trees and Soils in the Built Environment, has become one of the principal tree and soil references, and won the ASLA Honor Award in 2009.

Congratulations to Dave Lutes who won the Spirit of the Competition award at the North American Tree Climbing Championship. If you would like to see Dave accept his award, click on the link below.

http://www.treewise.ca/overview.htm

To View the 2011 NATCC Highlights, click on the link below

http://www.northamericantcc.com/

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