Sept. / Oct. 2017
Volume 53, No. 5
F E A T U R E S
10 FORKS AND FAILURES: The Effects of
Natural Bracing in Trees
by Dr. Duncan Slater
22 On Mike DeMarco and MFI
24
Marty Frye Reflects on MFI
26
SMA ROUNDTABLE
Palms in the Urban Forest
Cover: Ginkgo biloba by Michelle Sutton
D E P A R T M E N T S
6 Officers' Messages
Joe Benassini, Jerri LaHaie
8 SMA Membership Information
16 Contributors to This Issue
18 SMA 53rd Annual International
Conference and Tradeshow
20
SMA's Arborist Exchange 2018
38 Tree of Merit: Baldcypress
(Taxodium distichum)
by Marty Frye
