Features
10 Transplanting Saguaro, Cactus Icon of the Southwest by Juan Barba
18 SMA 48th International Conference and Tradeshow SMA in Sacramento 2012
24 Cactus in the Urban Forest: An Introduction
28 Canada's First Urban Forester Remembered
30 Mapping Tree Canopy and Prioritizing
Planting in NYC by Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne and Dexter H. Locke
33 The 2012 Canadian Urban Forest Conference
Book Review
36 The ABCs Field Guide to Young and Small Tree Pruning A User-Friendly Entire Alphabet of Great Information! by Stephanie D. Radin
38 Tree of Merit – Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides by Alan Simson
Departments
4 Officers' Messages John McNeil, Jerri LaHaie
6 Contributors in This Issue 8 SMA Membership Information
16 SMA Arborist Exchange Program 21 SMA Best Management Practices
22 2012 SMA Awards Nominations!
29 SMA Emerald Ash Borer Position Paper, Toolkit, & Web Links
Partners Updates
14 State Coordinators: Tree Inventories for South Dakota's Community Forests
by Tiffany Arp
34 Utility Arborists Association: City Utility Manages Trees for Power Reliability AND Bird Habitat
Cover: Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), while not meeting the botanical criteria of trees, are tree- like and make significant contributions to the urban forest. Photo by Adam Rodriguez, cour- tesy of the Desert Botanical Garden of Phoenix, Arizona.
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July/August 2012 Volume 48, No. 4
