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"It was a pleasure working on CUFC10 with the City of London and all our partners. We were particularly happy with the wonderful feedback we got on the excellent venue, the lineup of speakers, and the excitement of our 20th anniversary gala. Kudos to ment of i-Tree and its adaptation for Canada as well as the ongoing support the USFS has provided municipalities outside the USA, like London, with initiatives such as UFORE (now i-Tree Eco) analyses. USFS Chief Tom Tidwell accepted the award and gave a very heartfelt and inspiring talk about the importance of urban forestry. planner with the City of London, organized a bike and guided bus tour for him, i-Tree professionals, and representatives from reTREEt America and the Goderich Trees Project. The City donated a tree in Chief Tidwell's honour but made him and the other cyclists actually plant the tree. Can you picture men in tights with shovels? Knowing that Chief Tidwell was an avid cyclist, SMA President John McNeil and Bruce Page, a The other focus themes of the conference included the relationships between human health and Ivan Listar and his team for such a successful and wellattended conference, and for doing the urban forest proud! — Mike Rosen, President of Tree Canada The second EAB session, "Canopy Conservation at the Provincial Level," was a half-day roundtable panel discussion about urban forest policy. Perspectives from federal, provincial, and municipal governments were presented as well as lessons learned from the Dutch elm disease outbreak of the 1960s. London Councillor Joni Bryant provided a no-holdsbarred account of the serious issues facing municipalities and the need for international, coordinated, cross-governmental and jurisdictional support and funding. That afternoon, a field trip to witness the EAB devastation in severely infested neighbourhoods and woodlands brought out a lot of emotions from the delegates. The gala banquet provided the opportunity to highlight the many accomplishments of Tree Canada over the last twenty years in support of urban forestry from coast to coast. Tree Canada honored the U.S. Forest Service with an award for its contribution to the develop- 12 Prior to the conference, some of London's city trees got mysteriously knitbombed! Even the conference podium was knitted up. City Trees