Web Site Highlight
TreeLink funded primarily through a USDA Forest Service grant and other sponsors. TreeLink was created to provide information, research, and networking for people working in urban and community forestry. For the researcher, the arborist, the community group leader, the volunteer-TreeLinks' purpose is to inform, educate, and inspire. TreeLink provides a rich and flexible set of resources for the urban forestry community. For example, you'll find: educational materials, how-to guides, a research database, discussion forums, a quarterly web-zine, a comprehensive link list of national and local resources, late-breaking news, and interactive tools for tree identification and selection. Visit the TreeLink site at: http://www.treelink.org/
"The trees which children plant, or which they assist in dedicating, will become dearer to them as year after year rolls on. As the trees grow, and their branches expand in beauty,
so will the love for them increase in the hearts of those by whom they were planted or dedicated, and long before the children reach old age they will almost venerate these green living memorials of youthful and happy days; and as those who have loved and cared for pets will ever be the friends of our dumb animals, so will they ever be the friends of our forest trees. From the individual to the general, is the law of our nature. Show us a man who in childhood had a pet, and we'll show you a lover of animals. Show us a person who in youth planted a tree that has lived and flourished, and we'll show you a friend of trees and of forest culture."
-- John B. Peaslee
Stihl Chain Saw Recall
Stihl, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety commission, is voluntarily recalling about 3,000 chain saws. Fuel can leak out of the chain saw’s tank, which could cause a fire or injury.
The recalled Stihl chain saws include model numbers MS 170 and MS 180C with serial numbers 255120848 through 255122797 and 255739074 through 255741150. The model numbers are located on the starter housing and the serial number is printed on the housing near the bumper spikes.
Stop using these saws immediately and return them to the dealer of purchase for a free repair. For more information contact Stihl at 1-800-610-6677 or http://www.stihlusa.com
March 6 - 7
Missouri Community Forestry Conference, Kansas City Crown Centre Contact: Justine Gartner, 573-751-4115 Ext 3116, gartnj@mdc.state.mo.us
March 7
ISA Certification Exam, MDC Discovery Center, Kansas City
March 11 - 13
National Arbor Day Foundation's 10th Annual Trees & Utilities National Conference, Arbor Day Farm, Lied Conference Center, Nebraska City, NE Contact: National Arbor Day Foundation, 402-474-5655, conferences@arborday.org
March 27
Building Better Trails Workshop, Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, 11715 Cragwold Road, Kirkwood, MO Contact: Missouri Park and Recreation Association, 573-636-3828, http://www.mopark.org/education.htm
April 4
Missouri Arbor Day
April 5
ForestKeepers Introductory Workshop (Free), Springfield Conservation Nature Center, 4600 S. Chrisman Contact: 1-888-936-7378, http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/forestkeepers/training.html
April 17
ISA Certification Exam, Runge Nature Center, Jefferson City, MO
April 17
TRIM II Grant Application Workshop, Walter Woods Conservation Area, Joplin Contact: Jon Skinner, 417-629-3423, Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.us
April 25
National Arbor Day
May 5 - 7
Urban Wildlife Management National Conference, Arbor Day Farm, Lied Lodge & Conference Center, Nebraska City, NE Contact: The National Arbor Day Foundation, 888-448-7337, http://www.arborday/uwmconference/
June 14
Midwest ISA Jamboree & Tree Climbers Competition, Springfield, MO Contact: Tim Crews or Charlotte Turnbull, 417-865-1600, charlotteturnbull@ryanlawn.com
An Arbor Day Celebration and Proclamation is a Tree City USA requirement!
Sponsoring and/or participating in an Arbor Day Celebration is a Tree Line USA requirement for utilities!
The groves were God's first temples.
-- William Cullen Bryant
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Jon Skinner
Urban Forester
Forestry Division
MO Dept. of Conservation
705 Illinois Ave., Ste. 6b
Joplin, MO 64801-5065
417-629-3423
Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.us
Use of names of commercial products or organizations does not imply an endorsement or recommendation by the Missouri Department of Conservation