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Sept. 30 - Oct.
2, 2015
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Waco
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Sept. 30, 2015
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2015 Texas Tree Academy
Waco Convention Center
September 30, 2015
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
(Registration is from 8:00 to 9:00)
This year there will be a morning classroom session by Dr. Chris Luley on how to identify wood decay fungi and their role in tree risk assessment and stability.
The afternoon session will be held outdoors and include hands-on field stations including:
-Soil Texture Determination in the Field
-The Use of Sonic Tomography and Resistance
-Drilling for Advanced Decay Detection
-Urban Wood Utilization—Portable Sawmill Demonstration
-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones)
-Ground Penetrating Radar to Detect Tree Roots
Click here for more information
(The Tree Academy requires a separate registration from the Conference - includes lunch)
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Waco
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Sept. 30, 2015
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Electrical
Hazard Awareness
Program (EHAP)
in Spanish)
September 30,
2015
Waco Convention
Center
8:00 am - 5:00
pm
This training
will be in
conjunction with
the Texas Tree
Conference in
Waco. The
Electrical
Hazards
Awareness
Program, or
EHAP, is a
training program
that employers
can use in
conjunction with
documented
on-the-job skill
training and
assessment to
increase
awareness and
assure the
competency of
their employees
to work safely
and to meet ANSI
and OSHA
requirements.
Click here for
more information
(This workshop
is not part of
the main
conference and
requires
separate
registration)
(Class size
limited
- lunch is
included)
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Waco
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October 2, 2015

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Texas Tree Schools
Friday, October 2, 2015
Waco Convention Center
9:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Track 1 - Basic Tree Care and Safety Workshop - 5.0 CEUs
A great review or introduction to basic tree care for tree workers. A stand-alone one day workshop that will be a combination of classroom and filed demonstrations. Topics covered will include basic tree biology, tree pruning, ascent techniques review, tree hazard assessment, job site safety and chain saw operation and safety. Master instructors are Guy LeBlanc and Brad Hamel.
Pista 2 - Primeras Jornadas para Trabajadores de Arboles - 5.0 CEUs
A Spanish language workshop covering tree benefits, water management, pruning and tree biology. Expert speakers will include Mark Duff of the Texas Forest Service and Rosa Elana of Arboricultura Urbana y Paisaje in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Click here for more information (The Tree School requires a separate registration from the Conference - includes lunch) |
Waco
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Call for
photos:
Texas
Tree Conference
Tree
Geek Slideshow
What’s the
weirdest tree
related thing
you’ve seen this
year? Did you
get a photo of
it?
Submit your
interesting
images and
offbeat pics for
an opportunity
to share the
uncommon with
your fellow tree
geeks at this
year’s Texas
Tree Conference.
A
slideshow will
be put together
for all to enjoy
during the
conference.
Be sure that
your photo:
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Quality: at
least least 300
dpi or better
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Size: 3-4MB
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Include photo
credits
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Has a short
description
How to share:
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Email images
directly to
isatphotos@gmail.com
OR
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Upload to Flickr
here
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2815857@N21/>
Deadlines for
the Texas Tree
Conference’s
Tree Geek
Slideshow is
9/22/15
Photos may be
submitted
anytime for
general sharing
purposes.
Note:
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Photos may be
used and shared
for all sorts of
media purposes,
by submitting
yours, you are
signaling that
you agree to
share.
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ISAT puts safety
FIRST; do not
expect to see
slides utilized
that violate
ANSI standards.
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Nov. 4-7, 2015

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TRAQ
Tree Risk Assessment Qualification Course
Austin - Nov. 4-7, 2015
Registration Closes Oct. 8
The Texas Chapter ISA is offering the new ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) course and assessment. TRAQ provides an opportunity for arborists to expand their knowledge through education and training in the fundamentals of tree risk assessment. This qualification promotes the safety of people and property by providing a standardized and systematic process for assessing tree risk. The results of a tree risk assessment can provide tree owners and risk managers with the information to make informed decisions to enhance tree benefits, health, and longevity.
Skip Kincaid will be your instructor covering Tree Biology and Mechanics, Tree Inspection and Assessment, Data Analysis and Risk Categorization, and Risk Reporting. The Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) Course prepares the participant to take the TRAQ assessment to become ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified.
The qualification consists of a two-day educational course followed by a one-half day assessment that includes both a written and field component. It is required that you attend the course and successfully complete the assessment in order to receive this qualification.
Click here for more information
Click here for TRAQ flyer
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Austin
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Nov. 4-7, 2015

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Urban Forest Steward & Habitat Steward Training
Austin - Sept. 12 - Oct. 17, 2015
Urban Forest Steward is a series of workshops about urban trees organized by TreeFolks and PARD Austin Urban Forestry. Drought, disease and habitat degradation take a constant toll on urban trees. Texas A&M Forest Service estimates that the 2011 drought killed more than 5.6 million urban trees across Texas. We believe that the more you know about trees, the more you’ll want to take care of the trees at your home and in your community. The goal of Urban Forest Steward is to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to do just that!
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Austin
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Nov. 13-14, 2015
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V National Forum
of Arboriculture
and Urban
Danonomía
13-14 and
November 15 of
the year 2015
Monterrey, Nuevo
Leon, Mexico
Please
visit the
website:
www.amanoreste.org
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Monterrey,
Mexico
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April 2-3, 2016
San Antonio
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The World Comes
to Texas!!!
2016
International
Tree Climbing
Competition
Come to Texas in
2016
April 2-3, 2016
Brackenridge
Park, San
Antonio, Texas
You are invited!
In addition to
the competition,
next year’s ITCC
will offer
educational
opportunities
with
demonstrations
of safety and
best practices,
industry
vendors, and
many activities
to engage the
public, creating
an exciting
event for
everyone who
will
participate.
Click here for
highlights from
the 2015 ITTC in
Tampa
Click
here for ITCC
information
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San Antonio
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August 13-17, 2016
Fort Worth
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The World Comes
to Texas!!!

2016
International
Tree Conference
and Trade Show
Come to Texas in
2016
August 13-17, 2016
Fort Worth, Texas
Save the date!
ISA’s Annual
International
Conference and
Trade Show is
the world’s
premier
gathering of
arboricultural
professionals,
where practicing
arborists and
urban foresters
come together
with top
researchers and
educators to
learn the latest
in research,
technology, and
innovations in
arboriculture
and urban
forestry.
Click here for
the announcement
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Fort
Worth
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Call for
Papers: Submit
Your Proposals
for the 2016 ISA
Conference in
Ft. Worth
Presentation proposals will be accepted through Friday, 4 December 2015.
Click here for
more information
and make note of
the 2016 Fort
Worth conference
dates: 13-17
August 2016.
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Sept. 4 to Sept.
25, 2015
San Antonio
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Certified
Arborist Test
Preparation
Course
Fridays,
September 4th to
September 25th,
2015 9:00 am –
4:00 pm
San Antonio
Botanical Garden
Registration
Link
Course
Description:
This course was
designed to help
prepare
professional
arborists to
take the ISA
Certified
Arborist
examination.
The teaching
cadre has over
210 combined
years of
experience in
the tree care
industry. Nonprofessionals
are also welcome
to attend the
entire course or
other sessions
to gain a better
understanding of
the benefits of
trees and
develop their
tree ID and tree
care skills.
Three years of
experience is
required to take
the ISA
Certified
Arborist exam.
For more
information on
the exam, please
visit
www.isa-arbor.com.
Course schedule:
September 4
Tree Biology,
Tree
Identification,
Soil Science,
and Tree Support
September 11
Water
Management, Tree
Nutrition and
Fertilization,
Tree Selection,
Installation and
Establishment
September 18
Pruning and Oak
Wilt, Diagnosis
and Plant
Disorders, Plant
Health Care, and
Tree Assessment
and Risk
Management
September 25
Trees and
Construction,
Urban Forestry,
Tree Worker
Safety, Climbing
and Working in
Trees
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San Antonio
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The
Famous Trees of
Texas
2015 Edition
The long-awaited
Famous Trees of
Texas, TFS
Centennial
Edition, which
tells the
exciting stories
of Texas
frontier history
that trees might
tell if they
could speak is
now available
through TAMU
Press
http://www.tamupress.com/product/Famous-Trees-of-Texas,8201.aspx
or
Amazon.
All royalties
received will go
to the TFS
TreeCovery Fund,
a fund to help
reforest
communities that
have experienced
disasters. |
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What am I?
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ID Those
Texas Trees
The Trees of
Texas has a new
look. This
summer the
website
underwent a
major revision
to give it a new
look and new
life. Check out
the website
here:
texastreeid.tamu.edu
New Trees of
Texas posters
and bookmarks
are available
for giveaways in
the Conservation
Education
office, stop by
and get yours
today. To learn
more about the
different Texas
A&M Forest
Service
conservation
education
programs,
contact Leslie
Kessner at
lkessner@tfs.tamu.edu
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Texas Tree
Trails -
There’s an app
for that!
Tree
Trails, an
educational
application
designed to
collect,
display, and
share
information
about trees, has
a free mobile
application
available on
iTunes. The
Tree Trails
application
allows teachers,
youth leaders,
community parks
personnel,
arborists and
others to create
a custom trail
of trees,
complete with
photos and
ecosystem
services values.
Click here to
see it in action
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Arborist News Quizzes are now available through the ISA web store. Free to members for one year. Learn how to access this easy way to earn CEUs.
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Arboriculture & Urban Forestry quizzes less than one-year old are available online for free to members only. Online quizzes over one-year old may be purchased by members for $9.95 and by non-members for $12.95. If you are certified and successfully pass the quiz with a score of 80% or higher, CEUs will be posted to your account within 48 hours.
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Study
Urban Forestry
On-Line
eLearn
Urban Forestry
is a
state-of-the-art
online,
distance-learning
program geared
specifically
toward beginning
urban foresters
and those allied
professionals
working in and
around urban and
urbanizing
landscapes,
including
service
foresters,
natural resource
planners,
landscape
architects, city
officials and
public works
employees.
To access the
program for free
go to
http://elearn.sref.info
and for ISA and
SAF credit go to
http://cfegroup.org
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Other Events of
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The National Tree Benefit
Calculator
What is that tree worth?
Find out
here on the National Tree Benefit Calculator
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2015 update - Texas
Supplement to the Guide for Tree Appraisal
This Texas Guide is designed to
be used by professionals who need to perform plant
appraisals involving casualties, damages and takings
of plant materials.
You can purchase the Texas Supplement here.
This document
represents the third approximation of the Texas
Supplement to the Guide for Plant Appraisal, developed by the Texas Regional Plant Appraisal
Committee under the auspices of the Texas Chapter -
International Society of Arboriculture. It is
intended to be utilized as a companion or supplement
to the 9th Edition of the Guide for Plant Appraisal,
written by the Council of Tree and Landscape
Appraisers and published by the International
Society of Arboriculture.
If you are a member of the Texas Chapter ISA, you
can contact John Giedraitis at jpg@isatexas.com for
a free copy of the 2015 Texas Supplement. If not, you can purchase it here and as a bonus, you will also receive a free $45 Texas Chapter
International Society of Arboriculture 2015
membership.
You can purchase the Guide for Plant Appraisal, 9th
Edition here.
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ISA Online Learning Center |
ISA Online Learning
Center
The ISA Online Learning Center is
your portal to learning and professional development
in the field of arboriculture. Here, you will find
training courses such as the Introduction to
Arboriculture Interactive Series as well as other
courses on a variety of topics. Now, continuing
education is available online 24 hours a day no
matter where you are located.
As a
special launch offer, take the Tree Worker Safety
module for free
and attain CEUs by successfully completing the
course!
To get started, click the button
below to login using your ISA online account or to
create a free account to enter the ISA Online
Learning Center.
You do not have to be an ISA member to create an online account.
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What are shade trees good
for?
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ISA Launches ArborPod
Podcasts, or Personal On-demand Broadcasts, have become
one of the most direct ways of receiving educational
programming specific to a particular topic of interest
through a series of digital audio or video recordings.
How does a podcast work? Audio or video files can be
automatically transmitted via Internet and downloaded to
a personal computer, smart phone, or MP3 player. A
podcast can be compared to a magazine subscription in
that the user subscribes to a podcast series and new
content is generated and received on a regular basis.
ISA has identified this medium as a highly accessible
and effective means of providing ongoing, arboricultural
information to tree care professionals to address
today’s most current and relevant topics. We are excited
and proud to have launched the first series of ArborPod™—Science
of Arboriculture—which is now available through iTunes.
Detective Dendro
Climbing and Rigging
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Free online training for boards, supporters
Tree Board University is a free online training program
that provides self-paced training modules for both
current tree board members and those interested in
assuming leadership roles. More
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Alliance for Community Trees Archived Webcasts
On the third Thursday of each month, the Alliance for
Community Trees (ACT) hosts a national webcast at 1 p.m.
EST. These webcasts are designed to provide information
and training for urban forestry volunteers, community
planners, and other professionals. All webcasts, from
June 2007 are
archived on the ACT website and are free to view.
Sessions last approximately one hour and highlight
successful programs and practices from across the
nation.
RECENT WEBCASTS
Available for free download
* Storms
Over the Urban Forest- Part I: Natural Hazard Management
Planning
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Tapping Carbon Markets for Urban Forests
* Tree
Technology- Part II: CRMs
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Reaching Bilingual Audiences
To view archived ACT webcasts visit:
http://actrees.org/site/resources/webcasts
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