Book Review
A Photographic Guide to the Evaluation of Hazard Trees in Urban Areas, Second Edition by Nelda P. Matheny and James R. Cook provides review of general characteristics of tree growth and arboricultural practice that are important themes in evaluating trees for their failure potential with a systematic approach to rating hazards.
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Hui Tzu said to Chuang Tzu: "I have a big stinktree in my garden. The trunk is so bent and knotty that nobody can get a good straight plank out of it. The branches are so crooked you can't cut them up in any way that makes sense. There it stands beside the road and no carpenter will even look at it. Such is your teaching, Chuang - big and useless."
Chuang Tzu replied: "Have you ever watched the wildcat crouching, watching its prey? This way it leaps, and that way, high and low, and at last - it lands in the trap. Have you ever seen the yak? It is great as a thundercloud, standing in his might. Big? Sure. But, he can't catch mice! So for your big tree. No use? Then plant it in the wasteland - in emptiness. Walk idly around it and rest under it's shadow. No axe or saw prepares its end. No one will ever cut it down. Useless? You should worry!.
- Chuang Tzu, The Useless Tree, circa 200 B.C.
September 13, 20, 27 - October 4, 11, 18
ISA Certified Arborist Exam Training, Springfield, MO 6:00 PM. Contact Cindy Garner (Cindy.Garner@mdc.mo.gov), 417-895-6880 Ext. 237. Registration Required. $30 fee,
check payable to MCFC.
September 18
Japanese Stroll Gardens Tour, Nathanael Greene Park, 2400 S Scenic, Springfield, MO 8:30 AM, One ISA CEU available.
September 25 - 26
Hazard Trees/Tree Planting & Establishment, Springfield, MO. Contact The National Arbor Day Foundation (conferences@arborday.org), 888-448-7337.
October 11
MCFC State Meeting, Runge Nature Center, Jefferson City, MO, 10 AM, Contact Justine gartner (Justine.Gartner@mdc.mo.gov), 573-751-4115 extn. 3116.
October 24 - 25
ISA Certified Arborist Exam Training, Springfield, MO 8:00 AM - 4:45 PM. Contact Cindy Garner (Cindy.Garner@mdc.mo.gov), 417-895-6880 Ext. 237. Registration Required. $10 fee, check payable to MCFC.
October 26
ISA Certified Arborist Exam, Springfield, MO, Registration Deadline October 10, 2007, Register at www.isa-arbor.com/certification/tests.aspx.
November 5
Tree Pruning Workshop, Wildcat Park, Joplin, MO 6:30 PM. Contact Jon skinner (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov), 417-629-3423.
November 6
Tree Pruning Workshop, Thiebaud Auditorium Room A, Lamar, MO 6:30 PM. Contact Jon skinner (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov), 417-629-3423.
November 8
Tree Pruning Workshop, Cedar County Family Clinic, 807 Owens Mill Rd., Stockton, MO 6:30 PM. Contact Jon skinner (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov), 417-629-3423.
November 12
Tree Pruning Workshop, Jasper County Annex, Corner of Central and Lincoln Streets, Carthage, MO 6:30 PM. Contact Jon skinner (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov), 417-629-3423.
November 15
Tree Pruning Workshop, Lampo Bldg., 109 E. Spring St., Neosho, MO 6:30 PM. Contact Jon skinner (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov), 417-629-3423.
November 26
Tree Pruning Workshop, fire and Police Station Conf. Room, 106 south Elliot, Aurora, MO 6:30 PM. Contact Jon skinner (Jon.Skinner@mdc.mo.gov), 417-629-3423.
December 12
MCFC State Meeting, Runge Nature Center, Jefferson City, MO, 10 AM, Contact Justine gartner (Justine.Gartner@mdc.mo.gov), 573-751-4115 extn. 3116.
Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?
- Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road
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