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one of our best-ever conferences!” —Outgoing SMA President Gene Hyde
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“Nick hosted a top-notch confer- ence with meaty content and flaw- less logistics. Great job, Nick!” —Incoming SMA President Doug Still
It was great to connect at the conference with tree-minded friends old and new. I say a big THANK YOU to host Nick Kuhn and the planning committee and staff who did such a great job organizing a very memorable and excellent event.
Witnessing the balloons rising at dawn at the Balloon Fiesta was of course the most amazing experience. Monday’s tree walk at the beautiful University of New Mexico campus, guided by campus arborist Brian Suhr, was delightful. Sunday’s excellent field workshop hosted by Trees of Corrales taught us that tree quality and plant- ing issues are shared across the continent, and our dis- cussions helped to solve some of them. The panel com- posed of a landscape architect, a landscape contractor, a city arborist, and a nursery grower was excellent. It was a
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