Web Site Review
The National Arbor Day Foundation has created a neat tree pruning teaching tool for their web site. The tool shows proper pruning technique, explains why proper pruning is needed, and gives you the chance to prune a tree. The tool utilizes “flash” to work. See it at www.arborday.org/trees/pruning/, click on the animation link to turn it on.
The Sound of the TreesI wonder about the trees. -- Robert Frost |
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Take It Easy With De-icers
Nearly all ice melters are salts. They work by keeping water from freezing when the temperature is less than 32 degrees Fahrenheit. This is great to keep sidewalks, driveways, and streets safer, but these same chemicals can poison your tree.
These salts can either be splashed onto your tree or enter through the roots via runoff. In both cases the trees health is compromised. Stunted and deformed growth can occur and over time with stronger concentrations death of a tree.
To help your tree, choose from these alternatives: abrasives like sand and cinders, and biodegradable de-icers like MOUNTAIN MELT™ from Grain Processing Corporation, Horizon Products Division.
December 2
Tree Pruning Workshop (Free), 6:30 PM, Cassville City Council Chambers, Cassville, MO Contact: Jon Skinner, (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov) 417-629-3423
December 6
Tree Pruning Workshop (Free), 6:30 PM, New-Mac Electric Meeting Room, Anderson, MO Contact: Jon Skinner, (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov) 417-629-3423
December 8
ISA Certified Arborist Exam, MDC August A. Busch Conservation Area, 2360 Highway D, St. Charles, MO Contact: Mark Grueber, (Mark.Grueber@mdc.mo.gov) 636-300-1953
December 9
Missouri Community Forestry Council, MDC State Office, Jefferson City, MO Contact: Justine Gartner, (Justine.Gartner@mdc.mo.gov) 573-751-4115 Ext. 3116
December 13
Tree Pruning Workshop (Free), 6:30 PM, Community Building in City Park, Greenfield, MO Contact: Jon Skinner, (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov) 417-629-3423
December 13
ISA Certified Arborist Exam, Ozarks Technical Community College, ITTC Bldg 223, Springfield, MO Contact: Ellen McKenzie (mcseipp@aol.com), 417-742-3290
December 17
ISA Certified Arborist Exam, Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 Peoria, Tulsa, OK Contact: Joe Roberts (joeroberts@ci.tulsa.ok.us), 918-596-7871
January 25
Building Effective Partnerships Workshops, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Powder Valley Nature Center; 11715 Cragwold Rd.; Kirkwood, MO, $95 registration Contact: NADF Conferences (conferences@arborday.org), 888-448-7337
February 2 - 4
Midwestern Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture Annual Conference, Bettendorf, IA Contact: Jim Rocca (jr4stree@juno.com), 636-386-8733
February 28
ISA Certified Arborist Exam, Forest Park - Jewel Box, 5600 Clayton Ave, St. Louis, MO Contact: Jamie Frank (jamiec76@hotmail.com), 314-289-5316
Tree City USA applications are due December 31, 2004 to Justine Gartner, Forestry Field Programs Supervisor, MDC, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180.
Every man looks at his woodpile with a kind of affection.
- Henry David Thoreau
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