Bruce Levine is a Board
Member and former President
of the Maryland chapter
of The American Chestnut
Foundation. He recently
defended his University of
Maryland master's thesis on
"Identifying highly conserved
pathogenicity genes in chestnut blight and
powdery mildew fungi as targets for novel
forms of host resistance."
Melissa Mayer is a freelance sci-
ence writer based in Portland,
Oregon.
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In This Issue: Contributors
Sitara Gare is an Arboriculture
Coordinator for Brisbane City
Council, Australia's largest
municipal council. Brisbane is
a subtropical city that has an
annual storm season that starts
in October and ends in March.
Sitara's arboriculture passions lie
in educating the public about all the benefits of
trees and the retention of dead trees for habitat
for wildlife, including lizards and insects.
Tom Saielli joined The American
Chestnut Foundation in 2012
and oversees the organiza-
tion's Mid-Atlantic region
which includes the TACF
state chapters of KY, MD,
VA, and WV. He received his
MS in Forest Sciences from the
University of Vermont in Burlington after earning
his BS in Biology and Environmental Science at
the University of Colorado in 2007.
Owen Croy is an Adjunct
Professor of Urban Forestry
at the University of British
Columbia and does urban
forest advisory work for cit-
ies and towns. For twenty-five
years he managed the park
system for the City of Surrey, BC.
He has served SMA on the Board, MFI Teaching
Team, Editorial Review Committee, and in many
other roles.
Peter Vujakovic is Professor of
Geography at Canterbury
Christ Church University,
UK. He is the Chair of the
University's Biodiversity &
Heritage Working Group and
edited the "Heritage A to Z" to
celebrate the 30th anniversary
of the Canterbury UNESCO World Heritage
Site (see entries on trees—baobab, planes,
yew—and wildlife).
