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Stephen Harris, City-County Arborist, Syracuse Dept. of Parks – Onondaga County Dept. of Water Environment Protection, Syracuse, NY This presentation will demonstrate the social, political, and programmatic barriers to implementing green infrastructure even when mandated by law, the broad-based approach to implementing green infrastructure, and how tree planting was evaluated then valued for stormwater capture and goal setting in Syracuse, New York. 1:40 – 2:20 pm Trees: The Original Green Infrastructure Bmp Patrick Kelsey, Consultant, Wills Burke Kelsey Associates, Ltd, St. Charles, IL Participants will learn how to quantify the role of the urban tree canopy in stormwater management, learn stormwater Best Management Practices for trees, and understand the impacts of trees on stormwater management. 2:20 – 3:00 pm The Urban Forest Benefits Model: Furthering a City’s Goals toward Sustainability through GIS Decision-sup- ported Greening Bradley Doff, Graduate Student, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario This presentation will describe how GIS and UF benefit research can be combined into a development tool to grow urban sustainability and thus foster stronger community buy-in. 3:00 – 3:30 pm 3:30 – 4:15 pm Break with Exhibitors Tech Talk: Get Prepared for 2015 Now in 2011 Ian Hanou, Senior GIS Project Manager, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Denver, CO Learn about new tools and technologies for urban forestry, trends expected over the coming years, and cost efficiencies that can be gained for municipal forestry programs. 4:15 – 4:45 pm Mapping Urban Forest Productivity and Growth Rates by LIDAR and Hyperspectral Imagery Huan Gu, Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI This presentation will demonstrate the use of LIDAR and hyperspectral imagery to quantify urban forest coverage, nutrient status, biomass, and carbon stock. The use of a time series of images can be used to map forest productivity in the urban ecosystem. 4:45 –5:15 pm What the SMA Website Can Do for You Roe Estand, Web Manager, Society of Municipal Arborists, Celebration, FL This presentation will show SMA members the features of the SMA web- site and the benefits of its use. 5:00 – 8:30 pm Certified Arborist & Municipal Specialist Exams Pre-registration to sit for exam required. Contact ISA to pre-register. Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:30 am – 4:00 pm Registration Open 7:30 – 8:30 am 8:00 – 8:45 am Continental Breakfast Municipal Arborist Summer Interns Summer interns with various municipalities share their experiences with municipal forestry. 30 8:45 – 9:30 am Strengthening Diversity in Urban Forestry Service Delivery Kimberly Kujoth, Environmental Policy Analyst, City of Milwaukee, WI This presentation will help strengthen the relevancy of urban forestry to non-traditional audiences, demonstrate a model for new partnership building, and build support for urban forestry. 9:30 – 10:15 am Here Today, Gone Today: Mechanized Removal and Processing of Urban Trees Don Peterson, Executive Director, Sustainable Resources Institute Inc., Crystal Falls, MI This presentation will demonstrate a unique collaboration between tradition- al forestry operations and urban communities that will allow for cost effective and efficient means for removing and utilizing a large volume of trees. 10:15 – 10:30 am Break with Exhibitors 10:30 – 11:15 am The Role of Urban Forestry in Sustainability and Climate Change Planning Justin Freedman, Senior Environmental Scientist, Metric Engineering, Miami, FL This presentation will prepare municipal foresters for initiating their com- munity’s sustainability and/or climate change planning by demonstrating the importance of the urban forest and landscape in mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change. 11:15 – Noon Getting Value from Urban Wood Jessica Simons, Natural Resources Specialist, Southeast Michigan Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Council, Ann Arbor, MI This presentation will provide municipal arborists with the ability to rec- ognize opportunities for higher-value wood utilization in their own com- munities and identify the steps required to make it happen; discuss the successes and challenges of past efforts to utilize urban wood; identify potential products and markets for wood from the urban forest; identify potential government, industry, and non-profit partners that can support urban wood use planning and implementation; identify the challenges in utilizing urban trees; and access online resources and research to help build more effective and efficient wood utilization plans. Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch with Table Topics 1:00 – 3:00 pm Milwaukee Urban Forestry Operations Tour David Sivyer, Forestry Services Manager, City of Milwaukee, WI The tour will feature three of Milwaukee’s progressive urban forestry programs: Municipal Nursery Operations, Arborist Training, and Tree Protection Practices. We will begin with a visit to Milwaukee’s 160-acre nursery which supports over 20,000 trees in various stages of produc- tion and 30,000 square feet of greenhouse space where 300,000 annu- als and perennials are produced each year. Participants will observe climbing and pruning skills learned by arborist trainees, who just 6 months prior never stood above the 5th step of a ladder and now have a bright new future in arboriculture. The tour will conclude with a stop at a street construction site to learn valuable insights from a 38-year Urban Forestry Technician who has mastered engineering solutions to protect Milwaukee’s street and boulevard trees during construction, including design of a zero-clearance paving machine to preserve roots of street and boulevard trees. 3:15 – 4:00 pm Conservation Arboriculture: Retaining Old Trees in the Human Landscape City Trees