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9:15 – 10:00 am Applied Risk Management for Urban Forests Marcus Beverly, Director of Risk Management, York RSG, Sacramento, CA Hear from a risk manager how to apply the tools and techniques of risk management to reduce the frequency and severity of claims due to injuries and property damage resulting from tree ownership and management. 10:00 – 10.30 am Break with Exhibitors 10:30 – 11:15 am The Science of Risk - ANSI A300 Tree Risk Assessment BMP's Jim Clark, Consulting Arborist, HortScience, Inc., Pleasanton, CA Trees provide the public with many benefits, but they also have risks associated with them. Trees cannot be maintained without some level of risk. The ANSI A300 Tree Risk Assessment standards provide the professional arborist with a method to identify and prioritize levels of risk. This presentation will review the ANSI A300 Tree Risk Assessment Best Management Practices to help municipal arborists better understand the terminology and types of inspections used. 11:15 am – 12:00 pm Everyone's Talking About Risk Municipal Arborist Panel Dena Kirtley, Urban Forester, West Sacramento, CA Denice Britton, Urban Forest Manager, Chico, CA Walt Warriner, Urban Forester, Santa Monica, CA Each presenter will briefly talk about their use of and need for public tree risk assessment in their community and their reporting format when receiving a tree risk report from a consultant. The panel will then answer questions regarding risk assessment from the audience. 12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch with Exhibitors 1:00 – 1:45 pm Getting The Word Out: Risk Abatement Outreach Walt Warriner, Urban Forester, Santa Monica, CA Providing the public with information regarding public trees and risk mitiga- tion is important so that citizens can be comfortable with your efforts when hazardous trees need to come down. Acquiring community buy-in is a key element when implementing a tree risk assessment program. How you trans- late the information from a tree risk assessment report could make or break your efforts to keep the public safe. This presentation will walk you through the process of developing the proper message and the importance of com- munity outreach before, during, and after a risk abatement program. 1:45 – 2:30 pm Prevention: Formative Tree Pruning to Reduce Tree Risk Brian Kempf, Executive Director, Urban Tree Foundation, Visalia, CA Structural pruning performed on most tree species that become large at maturity promotes longevity, decreases future maintenance costs, and reduces conditions in the tree that could place people or property at risk. This presentation will demonstrate current pruning techniques to help a municipality reduce tree failure and risk. 16 City Trees