Features
8 SMA Members Tour Portland's Urban Forest by Bob Benjamin
16 Getting Your Word Out Advice for Would-Be Magazine Writers by Michelle Sutton
18 Checking in with Nina Bassuk & Cornell's Urban Horticulture Institute
30 Plant Growth Regulators for Urban Forest Management: The Sacramento
Model by Gordon Mann
38 Tree of Merit – Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) by Cecil C. Konijnendijk
Departments
4 Officers' Messages John McNeil, Nick Kuhn, Jerri LaHaie
5 SMA Membership Information
6 Contributors in This Issue 15 SMA Emerald Ash Borer Position Paper, Toolkit, & Web Links
29 SMA Best Management Practices Partners Updates
14 State Coordinators: Seeing the Urban Forest with New Eyes by Paul D. Ries
28 Utility Arborists Association Snapshot: Mark Frizzell
Cover: Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara) Photo by Gordon Mann
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Nov./Dec. 2012 Volume 48, No. 6
