TREE CARE SEMINAR
Presented by:
City of Woodbine
February 18, 2016
TOPICS
(taught by a variety of instructors)
- Soil Health Management for Trees
- Identification of Plant Issues
- Invasive Threats and Control
- Trees as an Asset
- Tree Selection
- City of Augusta Tree Management
- Asian wooly Hackberry Aphid
- Preparing for the Storm
CEUS available
Cost:
$35 per person. Make checks payable to City of Woodbine/Tree Board; Mail check and registration form to P. O. Box 26, Woodbine, GA 31569. Lunch is provided courtesy of Dow AgroScience.
For questions leave message/text for Beth Gowen @ 912.258.3106. Seating is limited so please make reservations ASAP. It is ok to bring payment to seminar, however, please make reservations.
8:00 – 8:30 A.M. – Registration
8:30 – 9:15 A.M. – “Tree Risk Assessment: Before and After the Storm” – Mark McClellan, Specialist Forester/Arborist, Georgia Forestry Commission
9:15 – 10:00 A.M. – “Air Potato Management in Trees for Coastal Georgia” – Jessica Warren, Agricultural and Natural Resources Agent, UGA Extension – Camden County
10:00 – 10:15 A.M. – Break
10:15 – 11:00 A.M. – “Green Infrastructure and the Stormwater Connect” – Keren Giovengo, UGA Public Service Representative, EcoScapes Sustainable Land Use Program, UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant College Program, Brunswick, GA
11:00 – 11:45 A.M. – “Dow Herbicide Registration and Forestry Uses” – Darrell Russell, Senior Sales Specialist, GA, Dow AgroScience
WORDS FROM - Lunch Sponsor Dow AgroScience
11:45 – 12:45 P.M. – Lunch and Sponsorship Program
12:45 – 1:30 P.M. –“Planting Site Management to Support Tree Establishment” – Larry Figart, Urban Forestry Extension Agent, Duval County Extension Service, IFAS
1:30 – 2:15 P.M. – “Pesticide Usage and Safety” – Dr. Don Gardner, Ag and Natural Resources Agent, UGA Extension, Glynn County
2:15 – 2:30 P.M. Break–
2:30 – 3:15 P.M. – “Top Twelve Invasive Plants and Insects and Control Measures” – Chip Bates, Georgia Forestry Commission
3:15 – 4:00 P.M. – “Soil Health as It Relates to Trees” - NRCS Representative, Statesboro, GA
