In this issue…
Contributors
Juang-Horng 'JC' Chong joined Clemson
University in 2007 as a Turf & Ornamental
Entomologist. JC received his BS in Ecology
& Evolutionary Biology from the University of
Arizona and worked under the guidance of
Dr. Ron Oetting of the University of Georgia
in his MS and PhD programs on the management of the Madeira mealybug in greenhouse ornamental productions.
George M. Dickert holds a BS in Horticulture
and an MS in Education from Virginia Tech. He
has worked as a greenhouse manager, an estate
gardener, and as a representative for a company
based in the Netherlands that administered plant
patent agreements throughout the southeastern
United States. He is currently employed as an
Extension agent with the Clemson University
Cooperative Extension Service.
Andy Hillman is past SMA Past President
and member of the Municipal Forestry
Institute Teaching Cadre. He is the former
City Forester for Ithaca and Oswego, New
York, and the current President of the New
York State Urban Forestry Council. He currently represents Davey Resource Group as
the Northeast Business Developer.
Bob Polomski is an Extension Associate in
the Clemson University School of Agricultural,
Forestry, and Environmental Science. His
responsibilities in extension, teaching, and
research allow him to explore the nexus
between growers, arborists, and landscape
architects as a means of improving the quality and diversity of nursery stock, enhancing
biodiversity in streetscapes, and increasing
the longevity of street trees.
Matthew Stephens, ISA Certified Arborist, is
Director of Street Tree Planting for the City of
New York Department of Parks & Recreation.
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City Trees