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Monday, November 4, 2013 Tuesday, November 5, 2013 1:00 – 4:00 pm Pre-Conference Workshops (Choose from three offerings) 7:00 am – 4:00 pm Registration Open 12:00 – 7:00 pm Registration Open 7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast with Exhibitors 4:30 – 5:30 pm Society of Municipal Arborists Business Meeting 7:00 – 8:00 am First-Time Attendees Breakfast with Organization Leaders 6:00 – 7:30 pm MFI reception 8:00 – 8:30 am Welcome/Opening Comments Nick Kuhn, President, Society of Municipal Arborists Local Elected Official, TBD 8:30 – 9:00 am Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities Bill Toomey, Director of Forest Health Protection, The Nature Conservancy The Healthy Urban Tree Initiative is a comprehensive approach designed to help maintain the health of urban forest resources and more effectively address the major threat that non-native tree pests pose to our trees and forests. The main goals of this Initiative are to enable the earlier detection of new pest introductions to the United States as well as established invasive pests migrating to new locations within the United States. There are five major strategies to this initiative: 1) Establish national and local coordinating partnerships; 2) Assess urban forest health; 3) Develop information management, trainings, and tools; 4) Engage youth and the public in tree stewardship; and 5) Perform outreach and communications to raise public awareness. This session will acquaint SMA members with the Healthy Urban Tree Initiative and provide opportunities for SMA input and participation. 9:00 – 10:00 am How Tracking Tree Phenology Can Help You Theresa Crimmins, USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN), USDA Forest Service Dudley Hartel, Centers for Urban & Interface Forestry, USDA Forest Service "Phenology refers to key seasonal changes in plants and animals from year to year such as flowering, emergence of insects, and migration of birds—especially their timing and relationship with weather and climate (usanpn.org)." Regularly tracking tree phenology, or the timing of events such as leaf-out, flowering, fruiting, and leaf drop can provide a wealth of information that can inform the types of decisions and activities that arborists and urban foresters undertake. Instructors will also provide details and examples of how to observe tree and plant phenology using Nature' s Notebook, the national online program through which professionals, scientists, and non-scientists regularly record the phenological status of plants and animals. The USA-NPN provides standardized observation protocols, long-term data management, and data visualization and download through the Nature's Notebook program. USA-NPN training resources, promotional materials, and smartphone apps for data collection will be introduced, and participants will be given clear instructions for obtaining further information. 10:00 – 10:20 am Break with Exhibitors 10:20 – 11:05 am Oh Nuts! Developing a Heritage Orchard Management Plan Mark Brown, Consulting Forester, B. A. Blackwell & Associates PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) building 28 In 2012 a heritage orchard management plan was developed for the Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park in Kelowna, BC which was jointly funded through Tree Canada TD Green Streets program. This presentation will demonstrate the importance of conserving valuable genetic germplasm resources in cities, arboreta, and natural areas for present and future City Trees