Features
12 Hurricane Sandy
NYC Snapshot
14 2012 Urban Tree of the Year
Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)
20 Reflections on the 2012 SMA
Conference in Sacramento CA
12
29 2012 SMA Awards
32 The Gloomy Side of Red Maple
by Bob Polomski, J. C. Chong, and George Dickert
36 Reflections from the 2012 Class of
SMA Interns
32
Departments
4
Officers' Messages
Nick Kuhn, Jerri LaHaie
7
SMA Membership Information
8
Contributors in This Issue
9
Book Review
Urban Tree Health
11 Board Member Profile
Tom Hoerth
Cover: The Majestic Oak in Savannah, Georgia is
one of the city's largest and oldest live oaks
(Quercus virginiana) Photo by Michelle Sutton
20
Jan./Feb. 2013
Volume 49, No. 1