Learning about trees from the
perspective of the municipal arborists who are their stewards once they
leave our nursery helps us grow better
trees for greening our communities.
The annual opportunity to connect
face-to-face and network with the
many friends we've made since our
first conference in San Diego (2008)
is INVALUABLE.
SMA 2012 intern Johanna Arredondo
hails from Norfolk, Virginia and studies
urban forestry at Virginia Tech.
Dorothy Abeyta is the special districts
arborist for the City of San Jose, California
and the President-Elect of the California
Urban Forests Council.
Three of the ten 2012 SMA interns (l to r): Brad Hamel from
Oregon State University, Michael DeMarco from the State
University of New York College of Environmental Science, and
Forestry, and Clayton Handy from Utah State University
Sarah Anderson (left) is program coordinator and Suzanne
Presgrave is development associate for Alliance for
Community Trees.
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—Nancy Buley, Director of
Communications, J. Frank Schmidt &
Son Co.
SMA 2012 interns meet with SMA Executive Director Jerri LaHaie
(standing center) and incoming SMA Board Member David
Lefcourt (standing right). Photo by Steve Cothrel
Michael Sultan, project director, with the Davey Resource Group
exhibit.
City Trees