6th Annual Rochester Arborist Workshop

6th Annual Rochester Arborist Workshop

Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Sat, 2007-12-15 11:56.

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Friday, February 15
Rochester’s International Event Center
7333 Airport Drive SW
Rochester, MN 55902

 

Featuring
Kim Coder and John Ball

Speakers

Dr. Kim Coder

  • Professor of Community Forestry & Tree Health. School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia
  • Past President of the International Society of Arboriculture
  • Technical Trainer for the Smithsonian Institute and National Park Service
  • Author of over 400 publications and articles pertaining
    to arboriculture and urban forestry.
  • He has a degree in Forest Management, Master’s degree in
    Tree Physiology and Doctorate in Forest Ecology.
  • He is a seasoned and inspiring lecturer of a wide
    array of topics in arboriculture.

Dr. John Ball

  • Professor of Forestry at South Dakota State University.
  • Dr. Ball is a perennial Minnesota arboricultural favorite. He has authored over 120 articles concerning arborist safety, pruning, plant health care and diagnostics to name only a few.
  • Dr. Ball has been around the world speaking about a huge variety of arboricultural related topics.

This is his second time speaking at one of our workshops and we guarantee you will not be disappointed!

Schedule
7:20 am
Registration opens, continental breakfast with
vendors.

8:00 am
Welcome and Announcements
Jay Maier, Maier Forest & Tree.

8:15 am – 11:45 am
Kim Coder
Moderator: Jacob Ryg, City Forester, Rochester, MN.
Trees & Storms: “Knowing When to Run” Tree Risk Assessments, Wind Leads, and Lightening.

9:45 am – 10:15 am
Morning Break with Vendors.

11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Buffet Lunch followed by door prizes with vendors.

12:45 pm – 4:00 pm
John Ball
Moderator: Ed Hayes,
DNR Forest Health Specialist Emergency Response For Tree Worker Accidents (both ground and aerial), Plant Health Care & diagnostics.

2:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Afternoon Break with Vendors.

4:00 pm – 4:20 pm
Panel with Kim Coder and John Ball for final questions and wrap-up.

4:20 pm
Adjourn

Registration
Standard pre-registration by Friday February 1; $90.00.

After February 1 and walk in’s on day of workshop, $125.00.

Master Gardeners and Students are $50.00 and $30.00. Contact Sarah Stegen at (507)-285-7428 for pre-approval.

Registration includes full program, continental breakfast, buffet lunch, afternoon refreshment and hat or t-shirt of your choice.

Fill out the attached registration form, make checks payable to “Rochester Arborist Workshop”, and mail to; Rochester Arborist Workshop, c/o DNR, 2300 Silver Creek Road NE, Rochester, MN 55906.

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