Features
6
Presenting Parrotia persica
'Vanessa' – SMA 2014 Urban
Tree of the Year
14 Q&A about the Urban Tree Health
Method with Jerry Bond
6
18 SMA in the City of Bridges: The
Pittsburgh Conference
24 2013 SMA Awards
26 Getting to Know Rachel Barker
27 About The SMA
28 The New ANSI 300 Standard
Root Management
by Gordon Mann, Guy Meilleur, and Dane Buell
32 State Coordinators' Update
Is Education Enough?
by Chris Donnelly
35 Congrats to Homewood, Illinois
SMA Accreditation!
28
36 Meet The Arborators!
by Chad Giblin
38 SMAcks of a Great Day Out!
Departments
by Ian McDermott
4
Officers' Messages
Rachel Barker, Jerri LaHaie
10 Contributors in This Issue
11 SMA Membership Information
Cover:
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Fall foliage is one of the notable features
of the 2014 SMA Urban Tree of the Year,
Parrotia persica 'Vanessa'
Photo by Steve Cothrel
Jan./Feb. 2014
Volume 50, No. 1
