Working Near Trees
“How to Avoid Injuring Trees Above
and Below Ground”
Friday, May 1, 2009 ~ Fairhope, Alabama ~ Faulkner University
Campus
This conference is designed with the employee in mind. Training is essential
to protect our magnificent trees while protecting municipalities, companies, employees, and managers from lawsuits.
Trees
are valuable, and damage is costly. Construction damage (of all kinds) is responsible for most of the deaths of urban trees.
Construction damage includes many aspects of everyday life: lot clearing, grading, home building, sidewalks, roads, flower
beds, landscaping, utilities (water, power, sewer, gas, cable, phone, fiber optics, etc...), irrigation systems, driveways,
lawn maintenance, and more.
This conference will offer to laborers and managers
real-life solutions for eliminating unnecessary damage to the urban forest.
“How to Avoid Injuring Trees Above and Below Ground”
Friday, May 1, 2009 ~ Fairhope, Alabama ~ Faulkner University Campus
8:00
– 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome
8:45 - 9:30 "Intro to Tree Biology & Structure"
David West, PhD
Forestry and Environmental Studies;
County Extension Coordinator,
Alabama Cooperative Extension System;
Adjunct Associate Professor,School of Forestry &
Wildlife
Sciences, Auburn University
9:30 -10:15 "Planning for a Healthy Urban Forest"
Fred Kapp, Horticulture Instructor, Ret.
State Licensed: Tree Surgeon, Landscape Contractor,
Landscape Designer, Pest Control Supervisor,
Aquatics Applicator & Public Health Applicator;
AUFA Advisor; Alabama Green Industry Training Center
10:15 –10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 "Conflicts Between Mature Trees and Construction"
Beau Brodbeck, Certified Arborist; AUFA Executive Council Member;
Regional Extension Agent, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
11:30 –
12:00 "Questions & Answers"
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (provided
by sponsor)
1:00 – 2:00 "Protecting Trees From Construction"
Jack Rowe, Certified Arborist; Tree Protection Specialist;
Regional Extension Agent, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
2:00 –
3:30 Outdoor Demonstrations
"Fencing & Compaction Protection”
Jack Rowe,
“Air Excavation"
"Critical Root Zones”
Gary Ickes
Board Certified Master Arborist;
Consulting Arborist;
State Licensed:Tree Surgeon;
Ornamental & Turf Pest Control Supervisor;
AUFA President-Elect; Ickes Tree Service
“Practical Trenching Alternatives”
Chris Francis
Certified Arborist;
State Licensed:Tree Surgeon, Landscape Contractor,
Landscape Designer & Pest Control Supervisor;
AUFA Council Member; Chris Francis Landscapes
