Features
8 An Italian Arborist in Milwaukee by Dr. Gianmichele Cirulli
16 Partners Updates: UAA Tree Growth Regulators and Municipal-Utility Partnerships by Jim Neeser
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Digging into i-Tree by Scott Maco
22 State Coordinators Wisconsin: Building Bridges in Urban Forestry by Dick Rideout
24 MFI 2011: Building Urban Forestry
Leaders by Walt Warriner
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R O U N D T A B L E Bioswales and Raingardens in the Urban Forest
38 Tree of Merit ‘Sarah’s Favorite’ Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) by Bill Haws
24 Departments
5 Officers’ Messages Doug Still, Jerri LaHaie
6 SMA Membership Information 7 Contributors in This Issue
24 It’s Time to Apply … To the SMA Arborist Exchange Program 2012!
Cover: Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) flowers on the State University of New York - New Paltz campus Photo by Michelle Sutton
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May/June 2011 Volume 47, No. 3