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The Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA formally National Arborist Association - NAA) is testing a certification program for it´s member companies. They intend to fully implement it this summer. This is a way to improve your business and differentiate from competitors, assure clients of your skills, and other benefits.

Learn more about this program by visiting www.treecareindustry.org, then clicking ‘TCIA Accreditation’ on the left menu.

What do we plant? What do we plant when we plant a tree? We plant the ship that will cross the sea, We plant the mast to carry the sails, We plant the planks to withstand the gales - The keel, the keelson, and beam and knee - We plant the ship when we plant the tree. What do we plant when we plant a tree? We plant the houses for you and me. We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors, We plant the studding, the lath, the doors, The beams and siding, all part that be; We plant the house when we plant a tree. What do we plant when we plant the tree? A thousand things that we daily see. We plant the spire that out-towers the crag, We plant the staff for our country's flag, We plant the shade from the hot sun free We plant all these when we plant a tree.

-- Henry Abbey

March 2
The ABC's of Trees, Tree Selection & Planting workshop, Joplin, MO Contact: Jon Skinner, (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov) 417-629-3423, registration limited

March 2-5
Missouri Park & Recreation Association Annual Conference, Columbia, MO Contact: MPRA (info@mopark.org), 573-636-3828, www.mopark.org, Registration deadline - February 2

March 4-5
Missouri Community Forestry Conference Annual Conference, Columbia, MO Contact: Justine Gartner (Justine.Gartner@mdc.mo.gov), 573-751-4115 Ext. 3116, www.mocommunitytrees.com, Registration deadline - February 2

March 5
ISA Certification Exam, Columbia, MO Contact: ISA, 217-355-9411, www.isa-arbor.org, application deadline - February 19

March 9
Tree Selection & Planting workshop, Stockton, MO Contact:, Jon Skinner, (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov) 417-629-3423>

March 11
Insect and Disease workshop, Joplin, MO Contact: Jon Skinner, 417-629-3423, Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov, registration limited, anticipated ISA CEU's and SAF CFE's: 4 Hours each

March 22
Tree Selection & Planting workshop, Carthage, MO Contact: Jon Skinner, (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov) 417-629-3423

March 25
Insect and Disease workshop, Lamar, MO Contact: Jon Skinner, 417-629-3423, Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov

March 29-31
Trees & Utilities National Conference, Omaha, NE Contact: National Arbor Day Foundation, (conferences@arborday.org) 402-474-5655, http://arborday.org/programs/conferences/treesandutilities/, Registration deadline - March 15

March 31
ISA Certification Exam, St. Charles, MO Contact: ISA, 217-355-9411, www.isa-arbor.org, application deadline - March 15

April 2
Missouri Arbor Day

April 8
Missouri Community Forestry Council State Meeting, Jefferson City, MO Contact: Justine Gartner (Justine.Gartner@mdc.mo.gov), 573-751-4115 Ext. 3116

April 17
Arbor Day, Exeter, MO Contact: Kirk Wynns (cptkirk51@hotmail.com), 417-652-3831

April 28
ISA Certification Exam, Jefferson City, MO Contact: ISA, 217-355-9411, www.isa-arbor.org, application deadline - April 12

April 30
National Arbor Day

There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees.

- Washington Irving

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To add or remove your subscription, update your address, change contact information, or convert from the paper to the email - web version of “The Stump”, contact:

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.gov

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