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    2018 Winter Workshop and Awards Luncheon

    • December 13, 2018
    • 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
    • Gwinnett Tech, 5150 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Building 700/Rooms 1309 and 1311
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    GAA WINTER WORKSHOP and AWARDS LUNCHEON
    December 13, 2018

    Sponsored by

    GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION

    This year the GAA has two featured speakers. Jerry Bond, an ISA Certified Arborist with Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (NY 1109-AQ), has twenty years of experience as a consultant in urban forestry. He was instrumental in developing the TRAQ manual and has been a regular speaker at both ISA and TCIA conferences. Eric Kuehler is a Science Delivery and Technology Specialist with the US Forest Service, Southern Research Station. Eric has worked extensively with iTree in addition collaborating on a resource manual on trees as stormwater mitigation.

    We are also excited to announce some new awards and a streamlined process to designate finalists in each category. Applications and categories will be announced soon.

    8:30am: Coffee & Registration

    9:00: President's Welcome

    9:15: Jerry Bond, Tree Load and Risk Assessment

    10:15: Break

    10:30: Eric Kuehler: "The role that trees and urban forest systems play in stormwater runoff mitigation"

    12pm Lunch

    12:30 Awards

    1:30: Jerry Bond: Fertilization: Profit and Professionalism, Research Developments

    2:45: Closing, Evaluations

    4 Forester, ISA CEUs Applied for

    Members: $55
    Non Members: $75



    Georgia Arborist Association


    Email:  info@georgiaarborist.org
    Phone:  (404) 913-1422
    Address:  GAA ~ P.O. Box 2516, Decatur GA 30031

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