MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018
| 7:00 |
11th Annual Britton Fund Ride |
| 7:00 |
Pre-Conference Field Day & Tree Planting at Galvin Park |
| 10:00 |
TREE Fund Golf Outing at Bennett Valley Golf Club |
| 3:00 |
Registration Opens |
| 5:30 |
Opening Ceremony & Reception with Exhibitors |
TUESDAY APRIL 24, 2018
| 7:00 |
Registration Open, Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 8:00 |
Welcome
President Rick Gessner |
| 8:30 |
Keynote – Witness Tree: Seasons of change with a century –old oak
Lynda Mapes, The Seattle Times |
| 9:35 |
The Catastrophic Fires of 2017: Overview and lessons learned
James Scheid, CalFIRE |
| 10:05 |
Morning Stretch with Exhibitors |
| 10:30 |
Overview and status of California’s forest resources.
Dr. Rick Standiford, UC Berkeley (Emeritus) |
| 11:30 |
Awards Luncheon |
| 1:00 |
Five most important developments in urban forest research in past 20 years
Dr. Greg McPherson, USDA Forest Service |
| 1:50 |
Trees in a changing climate
Dr. Drew Zwart, Bartlett Tree Research Lab |
| 2:35 |
Afternoon Stretch with Exhibitors |
| 3:00 |
Ecology of California’s 21 native oak species
Dr. Matt Ritter, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo |
| 3:45 |
The most important lessons I have learned about mature tree management
Dr. Jim Clark, HortScience Inc. |
| 4:10 |
“Re-Oaking” the Silicon Valley
Dr. Erica Spotswood, SF Estuary Institute |
| 5:00 |
Happy Hour with Outdoor Exhibits |
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2018
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Soil & Water Management |
Urban Forestry |
Utility Forestry |
| 8:00 |
David Kelley, Consultant, Effect of intense fire on soil and the geomorphology of Bay Area soils |
Michael-Gerold Neumann, City of Roseville – Planting of young oak trees: mitigation and restoration practices |
Dr. Chris Halle and Dr. Claudia Luke, Sonoma State – The Nature!Tech Collaborative: The tale of an industry and academic partnership, and the establishment of the Western United States Vegetation Management Monitoring Network |
| 8:50 |
Dr. Igor Lacan, UCCE – Identifying and mitigating common soil problems |
Tina McKeand, Davey Resource Group – Tree-friendly streetscape innovations |
John Daubenspeck, Davey Resource Group – Rethinking safety within utility vegetation management |
| 9:45 |
Morning Stretch with Exhibitors |
| 10:15 |
Dr. Larry Costello, Oracle Oak, LLC – Estimating irrigation water needs of trees |
Dr. Tom Smiley, Bartlett Tree Research Lab – Soil under pavement: How to get the most tree with a limited soil area |
Lance Dye, Salt River Project – Utility appropriate tree plantings and City of Phoenix partnership |
| 11:05 |
Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, Washington State University Woody mulch? Or wouldn’t he? |
Walter Passmore, City of Palo Alto and Elise Willis, Canopy – Trees and Infrastructure: minimizing conflicts |
Dr. James Zwack, Davey Resource Group – EAB and pest management strategies |
| 12:00 |
Lunch with Exhibitors |
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Pest Management |
Consulting |
| 1:15 |
Dr. Mark Hoddle, UC Riverside – Invasive species in the Western US |
James MacNair, Consulting Arborist- Appraising fire damaged trees |
| 2:05 |
Dr. Ted Swiecki, Phytosphere Consulting – What arborists need to know about Phytophthora and why |
Denice Britton, CalTLC, Inc. – Assessing fire damage and managing fire damaged trees |
| 2:50 |
Afternoon Stretch |
| 3:10 |
Dr. Steve Seybold, US Forest Service – Bark beetle ecology and management |
Dr. Tom Smiley, Bartlett Tree Research – Testing TRAQ |
| 4:10 |
Dr. Jim Downer, UCCE – Cell phone diagnostics |
Dan Staley, ArborDrone – Using drones in arboriculture |
| 6:00 |
Annual Banquet & Silent Auction |
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018
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Commercial |
Arboriculture |
| 7:00 |
Women in Arboriculture Breakfast (Ticketed event) |
| 8:30 |
Cyrus DeVere, APlus Tree – Fostering Tree Care Leadership |
Chris Buck, City of San Francisco – The 5 biggest arboriculture challenges in San Francisco |
| 9:20 |
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Nick Araya, TreeCareLA, Modern and traditional tree support techniques to retain old urban growth |
| 10:05 |
Morning Stretch |
| 10:20 |
Chad Dykstra, Foothill Tree – What Customer Services means to your business |
Jeff Reimer, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo – Status and trends in municipal urban forestry programs in California |
| 11:10 |
Gary McIver, CalOSHA – Why CalOSHA is important to our industry |
Dave Rizzo, UC Davis – Management of oak root fungus in urban settings |
| 12:00 |
ALOHA! – SEE YOU IN THE ISLANDS |
| 1:00 |
OPTIONAL FIELD WORKSHOP at Santa Rosa Community College (ticketed event)
Denice Britton, CalTLC, Inc. – An Arborist’s retrospective on native oaks in a landscape setting
David Kelley, Consultant – Assessment and correction of problematic soils
Dan Staley, ArborDrone – Demonstration on use of drone technology in a field setting
Torrey Young, Dryad, LLC – Managing heritage oaks through pruning, cabling/bracing/propping
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CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS APPLIED TO THIS PROGRAM:
CEUs Available Monday (Optional):
CEUs Available Tuesday:
- 6.75 - CTM
- 5.0 - BCMA-M
- 1.0 - BCMA-P
- 0.75 - BCMA-S
CEUs Available Wednesday:
CEUs Available Wednesday Soil and Water:
- 2.75 BCMA-S
- 0.75 - BCMA-P
CEUs Available Wednesday Urban Forestry:
CEUs Available Wednesday Utility Forestry:
- 2.75 - BCMA-P
- 0.75 - BCMA-M
CEUs Available Wednesday Pest Management*:
CEUs Available Wednesday Consulting:
CEUs Available Thursday:
CEUs Available Thursday Commercial:
- 2.25 - BCMA-M
- 0.75 - BCMA-P
CEUs Available Thursday Arboriculture:
CEUs Available Thursday Optional WIA Breakfast:
CEUs Available Thursday Optional Tour/Field Workshope:
- 3.00 - CTM
- 1.50 - BCMA-S
- 0.75 - BCMA-M
- 0.75 - BCMA-P
*DPR hours have been applied for