GAA Summer Conference

GAA Summer Conference

August 22, 2013

* Forester Credit now available!

*Forester Credit -- 5 CEUs

ISA CEUs  - 5

Pesticide Recertification - 3 CEUs

Categories 23, 24 or 27

2 CEUs for Private Applicator

For Arborists, Landscapers, Landscape Architects, Designers, Foresters and anyone in the Green Industry

8:00 Registration and coffee

8:30  Tree Identification – features you can use to identify trees – Rick Barnes, Naturescapes

9:30  Quick ID for the TOP 25 Trees you will see all the time – Gary Peiffer, DeKalb Extension

10:30  BREAK

10:45     How trees fail in storms (biomechanics and storm loads) – Dr. Kim Coder, UGA Warnell

11:45     LUNCH  (box lunch supplied.  To ensure that you have a lunch, please register by August 20th)

12:45   Pesticide Update – Pat Mawhinney, Prestige Shrub Tree & Turf

1:45   Climate Change – Weather Patterns and Effects on Trees - Pam Knox, UGA Climatologist in the Crop & Soil Sciences Division

2:45   Wrap Up, Course CEU’s and Evaluation

3:15   Thank you and see you at upcoming GAA and Industry Programs

$65 GAA Members, Non-members $95

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DeKalb Extension Auditorium.

DeKalb Extension