In This I ue: Contributors
Leslie Berckes is the Executive Director
of the Urban and Community Forestry
Society (UCFS). She has over 10 years
of urban forestry experience. Leslie is
an ISA Certified Arborist and holds a
master's degree in Public Policy from the
University of Northern Iowa in addition
to a bachelor's degree in Marketing.
Michelle Sutton has been editor
of City Trees since 2005. She is a
writer, horticulturist, and urban
forestry subject matter specialist
who earned her master's degree
working with Nina Bassuk in the
Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute.
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For "Enhanced Forecasts of Spotted Lanternfly and Asian Longhorned Beetle
Activity," we thank Erin Posthumus (USA National Phenology Network
Partnerships & Projects Manager), Theresa Crimmins (USA-NPN Director),
Jeff Switzer (USA-NPN Systems Analyst), Brittany Barker (Assistant
Professor-Senior Research, Horticulture Dept., Oregon State University),
Len Coop (Associate Professor of Entomology, Horticulture Dept., Oregon
State University), and Talbot Trotter (USFS Research Ecologist).
Brett O'Brien is a longtime UCFS Member
who retired from the City of Columbia,
Missouri, where his longest position was
as Natural Resources Supervisor. Brett
has served as chair of, and remains active
with, the Editorial Review Committee for
City Trees. He edits the newsletter of the
Missouri Community Forestry Council
(MCFC), Cityscape. Brett is also a Past
President of the Midwestern Chapter-ISA.
Georgios Arseniou is an Assistant
Professor & Extension Specialist of Urban
Forestry at Auburn University & the
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
in Auburn, Alabama. Georgios has a PhD
in Forestry (2021) from Michigan State
University, where his research used novel
terrestrial laser scanning technology to
model urban forest growth, urban forest
biomass, and structural complexity
(specifically: fractal dimension), and
wood properties of urban trees.
Visit our newly designed website
ucfsociety.org to learn about all things
UCFS, including the Municipal Forestry
Institute, Municipal Accreditation,
our Arborist Exchange program,
Annual Conference, and more.
