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AnnuAl Meeting in BlAcksBurg, VA
The Official NewsleTTer Of Mid-aTlaNTic chapTer iNTerNaTiONal sOcieTy Of arbOriculTure VirgiNia, MarylaNd, wesT VirgiNia aNd disTricT Of cOluMbia
The MAC-ISA Annual Meeting at the Inn at Virginia Tech and
Skelton conference Center started on Sunday, Oct. 6th with the TREE Fund fundraisers: The Golf Tournament at the Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech and the Motorcycle Ride. Both events were a lot of fun and raised money for the TREE Fund. Monday had a great lineup of informative speakers at our field day at the Virginia Tech campus,
which always provides a great outdoor classroom. The food was abundant and delicious. Exhibitors displayed current supplies, equipment
and services. Husqvarna donated a chainsaw as part of their sponsorship. We sold 119 tickets and raised $526 for the annual meeting. Alan Jones purchased the first six tickets and was our lucky winner. Tuesday, our indoors sessions featured another great number of speakers and at lunch our annual report presentation, awards ceremony and passing of the gavel. We had lots of great items at our annual silent auction which raised money for the student scholarships. Excellent speakers and networking provided great opportunities for learning. Without the help of generous
cash donations from our sponsors, knowledgeable speakers, and all who attended, this meeting could not have happened. Special thanks to our planning committee and event day volunteers. Also thanks to our many exhibitors this year: ACRT, Aerial Solutions, American Arborist Supply, Arborjet, Bandit Industries, Custom Truck One Source, Davey Tree, Husqvarna Group, MAC-ISA Books, Mauget, Plan it Geo, Rainbow Treecare Scientific Advancements, St. Pierre Woodworking, TrackedLifts, TreeDiaper, Vermeer Mid-Atlantic, Wetlands Studies and Solutions.
With 269 people attending, we had a great turnout and an all around successful event. We hope you enjoy the coverage in this issue of our 41st Annual meeting.
Silent Auction
The Annual Auction was a huge Success. The auction raised
$1055 for our student annual meeting scholarships. An additional $195 was raised for the TREE Fund, thanks to two special items donated by Doug Petersen. Without all the great donations there would not have been an auction. A big thank you to all of the contributors! Lara Johnson, DDOT, Joanne McKee, James Scarlata, John Noelle, Tree Stuff, Nancy Herwig, Elise Polydoroff, Doug Petersen, Ineke Dickman, Suzanne Ryan, TreeDiaper, Casey Trees, Barbara White, Carol Herwig, Custom Truck One Source, and Julia Flanagan. Thank you to everyone who purchased items. This year’s
scholarship recipients were a great help with running the auction.
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Canopy Coverage
Mark your calendarsfor the 2020
MAC-ISA Annual MeetingSolomons, MD
October 4-6
Volunteers are needed, call 703-753-0499 to get involved.
Annual Meeting pictures provided by Patrick Teague
Special Thanks to our 2019 Annual Meeting
Sponsors
Aerial SolutionsAltec
Appalachian PowerArborjet
ArborscapesAsplundh
Bartlett Tree ExpertsDavey Tree
Dominion EnergyElowen Arborist Company
HusqvarnaTech Tree Experts
TreeDiaperVirginia Tech
Wetland Studies and Solutions
Field Day at Virginia Tech
scenes FroM the 2019 MAc-isA AnnuAl Meeting
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Pictures from the MAC-ISA Annual MeetingSpecial Thanks to Patrick Teague for taking photos, which can be viewed at www.patrickteague.smugmug.com
Annual Meeting................................1-2
President’s Message...........................5
Calendar of Events.............................5
Credentials News................................6
International/TREE Fund News.........7-8
Annual Meeting Thanks.......................9
Forest Pest/Chapter News................11
Academic News................................13
Santamour/International..................14
Saluting Branches.............................15
Gold Leaf Awards.....................17 & 19
MAC-ISA Awards..............................18
Table of Contents
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Fall 2019 Advertisers
Canopy CoverageA publication of the
Mid-Atlantic Chapter International Society of ArboriculturePO Box 1200,
Haymarket, VA 20168Phone: 703-753-0499 • Fax: 703-894-4994
E-mail: [email protected] • Website: http://www.mac-isa.org
Newsletter CommitteeIneke Dickman, Donna Marie Foster, Nancy Herwig, Joe Sullivan
SubmissionsWe welcome submissions from our readers. Deadlines for receipt are January 10, April 10, July
10 and October 10. Please send your submissions via e-mail to [email protected] or via regular mail to our main office. All contributions are subject to editing for clarity and length.
We especially encourage you to send:Letters to the editor • Notices of professional achievements of our members
• Educational events for our calendar • Synopsis of research or current practices •Articles on arboriculture, management and other topics of interest to our readers •
Suggestions for regular featuresPlease call Nancy Herwig (703-753-0499) to discuss potential submissions in advance.
Publication ScheduleCanopy Coverage is published 4 times a year.Printed on recycled paper by Piedmont Press
Advertising SalesIneke Dickman, MAC-ISA Communications Phone: 703-753-0499
E-mail: [email protected] contact Ineke Dickman about ad sizes and rates in Canopy Coverage.
Volunteers Wanted!MAC-ISA Needs YOU!
• 2020 Tree Climbing Championship general volunteers
• 2020 Annual Meeting committee members
Volunteer now by calling the office at 703-753-0499 or by email [email protected]
Thanks, we really need your help!Outgoing President Lauren McCallister and incoming President Jason Heizer
Alan and Kristin Jones win the chain saw lottery.
Welcome by Dr. Paul Winistorfer
and general sesion speaker Bettina Ring.
MAC-ISA book sales.
Passing of the gavel!
NetworkingExecutive Committee
Jason Heizer, PresidentChad Peevy, Vice President
Lou Myer, TreasurerKevin Sigmon, Secretary
Steve Genua, Council of Component RepresentativeJay Banks, Professional Development
DirectorsDon Blair, Term 2020 (MD)
Carol Herwig, Term 2021 (DC)Cindy Musick, Term 2020 (VA)Billy Newman, Term 2020 (VA)
Doug Petersen, Tree Fund Liaison (VA)Jessica Sanders, Term 2020 (DC)Joe Sullivan, Term 2021 (MD)
Stephen Traylor, Term 2021 (VA)Jenny Willoughby, Term 2021 (MD)
Other ServicesCertification Liaison: Stan Wageman
Publications Coordinator: Kevin Sigmon
StaffExecutive Director: Nancy Herwig
Events/Office Manager: Andrea RizzoniAdministrative Assistant: Roberta Ainsley
Communications Manager: Ineke DickmanBookkeeping: Candance Kent
Our Mission“To promote a culture of safety while fostering education and research that supports
the care and benefits of trees.”
Banter with the best was very popular this year!
Exhibitor hall next to the general sessions. Plenty of networking opportunities
Payment at the end of the silent auction!
MAC-ISA registration table and food at field day
Field day presentations were held on the VA Tech Campus and were quite varied and the
rain held off!
American Arborist Supplies................6
Arborjet.............................................11
ArborSystems ...................................15
Asplundh..........................................4
Custom Truck One Source................17
Fanno Saw Works..............................6
MAHSC .............................................10
Nelson Tree Service ............................8
Rainbow Treecare.............................16
Trees Matter......................................12
Vermeer Mid-Atlantic............. ...........20
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President’s MessAge
cAlendAr oF eVents
Fall is finally here and I hope that you all have received a little bit of rain
over the past week. This is an exciting time of year as the newly elected board takes office. On behalf of the Board, staff and members, I would like to acknowledge our out-going president and board members, Lauren McCallister, Samantha Wangsgard and Joshua Franz, for their time and dedication to serving. Congratulations to Carol Herwig, Joe Sullivan, and Jenny Willoughby who were re-elected to a second term and to Steven Traylor elected to his first. Chad Peevy was elected to serve as Vice President. I am excited to see what we can all accomplish in the next two years.
The MAC-ISA annual conference at Virginia Tech (October 6-8) was a big success with 269 attendees. The golf tournament and Ride for Research raised a combined total $1175.00 for the TREE Fund. Concurrent sessions covered during the meeting appealed
to a diverse audience. They covered a wide variety of topics such as; gear inspection and compatibility, champion trees of Virginia Tech, various pest and diseases, motor carrier inspections and laws, forest bathing, and recruiting and retention. Thank you to our sponsors, the staff, and all of the volunteers who made it possible.
Mark your calendars for a Day of Arboriculture on November 16th at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, DC. This will be a highly informative program and provide attendees the opportunity to accrue 8 ISA and Maryland CEUs. There is also an Arborist Certification Course scheduled for December 9-11th at the Department of Forestry Headquarters in Charlottesville, VA. The test will be administered on December 12th in the same location.
I am honored to serve as your new president of MAC-ISA. I am challenging you to empower the next
generation of arborists to become involved. Encourage and support them to volunteer and attend meetings. Give them purpose and the realization that they can make a difference outside of their organization. I look forward to seeing what the future holds for MAC-ISA!
Thank you, MAC-ISA PresidentJason Heizer
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November 6, Waynesboro, VA, TRAQ Renewal, 5 CEUs, http://www.mac-isa.org FULL
November 7-9, Pittsburgh, PA, TCIA Expo, http://expo.tcia.org/
November 16, U.S. National Arboretum, Washington DC, A Day of Arboriculture, 8 ISA CEUs and MD LTE CEUs, https://www.mac-isa.org/events/day-arboriculture
November 18-21, Cleveland, Ohio, Society of Municipal Arborists Annual Conference, https://www.urban-forestry.com
December 4, Washington, DC, Trees Matter, (Special discount for MAC-ISA Members)https://caseytrees.org/event/trees-matter-presents-green-cities-summit/
December 9-11, Charlottesville, VA, MAC-ISA Arborist Certification Course, 24 CEUs, http://www.mac-isa.org FULL
December 12 Charlottesville, VA, ISA Exam, (Arborist, Municipal, Utility and written portion Tree Worker) http://www.isa-arbor.com
2020 Save the dates!
January 6–9, College Park, MD, 2020 Advanced Landscape Plant IPM PHC Short Course, 301-405-3911https://landscapeipmphc.weebly.com/
January 14-16, Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA, 2020 Mid-Atlantic Horticulture Short Course, http://www.mahsc.org
January 21-22, Turf Valley Conference Center, Ellicott City, MD - MAA Annual Safety and Pesticide Recertification Seminar http://www.mdarborist.com/calendar_day.asp?date=1/21/2020&event=296
January 27- 28, Richmond, VA, Virginia Association of Forest Health Professionals Conference, http://vafhp.org
February 23-28, Gulf Shore, Alabama, Municipal Forestry Institute, https://www.urban-forestry.com/mfi-2020
February 25-26, Virginia Beach, VA, Virginia Turf Council, Come to the Bay, http://cometothebay.org/
February 26-29, Sacramento, CA, 2020 ASCA Consulting Academyhttps://www.asca-consultants.org/page/CA2020
April 4-5, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, MD, MAC-ISA Tree Climbing Championship
October 4-6, Solomons, MD, MAC-ISA Annual Meeting
To find out about more events or to list an event, visit the Events Calendar at http://www.mac-isa.org
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credentiAls news
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Day of Arboriculture - 8 CEUs!
MAC-ISA and the U.S. National Arboretum present “A Day of Arboriculture - Expanding Your Horizons”
November 16, 2019, 7:30-5:00 pm, U.S. National Arboretum, Washington D.C.
7:30-8:00 Sign in/light refreshments8:00-9:00 Keeping Yourself Safe -First Aid and Personal Protection Equipment, Steve Castrogiovanni, Guardians Tree Service9:00-10:00 Hazard Communication and Chemical Safety, Daniel Sawyer, Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH)10:00-10:15 Break10:15-11:15 Spotted Lantern Fly Research Findings, Dr. Robin Spitko, Mauget11:15-12:15 What to Do After Imidacloprid, Jean Scott12:15-12:45 Lunch12:45-2:45 If weather permits 12:45-2:45 will be outdoors, 2 groups rotate to each 1-hour program. Programs will be held indoors if needed.• Gear Selection and Inspection, Randy Fackler, RSF
Tree Service and Jerry Langham, MNCPPC• Truck and Large Equipment Inspections, Tim Bednar,
Woodies Tree Service2:45-3:00 Break3:00-4:00 Job Recruitment, Sarah Anderson, Tree Equity and Cindy Chestnut4:00-5:00 How Military Training Translates into Arboriculture: “No Arborist Left Behind” Jonathan Ernst, Woodies Tree Service5:00 Sign CEU sheets, evaluations and departFee: $100 MAC-ISA members, $130 non membersCost includes morning refreshments, box lunch and 8 ISA and MD DNR CEUsRegister online or download a registration from at http://www.mac-isa.org. For more info, call 703-753-0499 or email [email protected] space, register soon!
Upcoming Exams:
• December 12, Charlottesville, VA. Certified Arborist, Municipal Specialist or Utility Specialist
Check in at 8:30. Online Testing Available. Visit www.isa-arbor.com for more information. To apply on-line or download an application: http://www.isa-arbor.com/certification/becomeCertified/index.aspx
2020 Calendar of MAC-ISA Courses
Staff is working on developing the 2020 Calendar for the TRAQ, TRAQ renawal, TPAQ and Certification courses.
If you are interested in taking any of these courses please contact the office, [email protected] or 703-753-0499. We will try to set up the classes near the demand.
tree Fund/internAtionAlTREE Fund Update
The TREE Fund Golf Outing
and the Ride for Research events on October 4th were well attended and great fun.
The Golf Outing was held at the Pete Dye River Golf Course at Virginia Tech. With two and one-half miles of frontage on the New River, every hole at the River Course offers memorable views of the New River Valley. The beautiful views provided our 15 players with a memorable afternoon. The golf outing raised $425 for the TREE Fund.
Meanwhile, Gary Mallow, Candi Kent, Alan and Kirsten Jones (our Motorcycle Riders for Research) led by John Lloyd in a blue convertible Triumph were
enjoying the beautiful vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southern Virginia on their 100 mile ride. It turned out to be an excellent day for riding, of which they took full advantage. They raised $750 of donations and sponsorships for the TREE Fund for this year’s ride!
Special thanks to John Lloyd, Tech Tree Experts for coordinating the golf course, mapping out the ride and hosting the Ride for Research lunch.
Golf Tournament, Motorcycle Ride
Congratulations to the Golf Tournament Winners:
• Winning Team: Wayne Noll, Jamey Powel, Don Zimar and Elise Polydorf
Thank you to the Golf Tournament Sponsors:
• Lunch Sponsors: Land and Tree Solutions
• Hole Sponsors: Cindy Stachowski,
Thank you to the Motorcycle Ride Sponsors:
• Columbia Union Conference• Nancy Reed• John Loyd, Tech Tree Experts
Thanks from Tour des Trees Rider
My fellow arborists
I wish to you thank you all greatly
for your support of the Tree Fund this year through my ride of the Tour des Trees. Collectively the tour riders raised over $381,000! Additionally (and just as importantly), we were able to: plant trees along the way, educate local officials and politicians, and provide educational seminars at schools and libraries along the way. I rode as hard as my body would allow with the thought that just as trees fight every day to survive, I too would fight to survive each day of the tour. I wish you all good fortune as you help our urban forest in your own way every single day.With appreciation, Jeremy W. Baker, CTSPISA Certified Arborist #SO-2011Awww.potomactree.com571.354.1153
Pictures of Ride for Research courtesy of Candance Kent (with exception of picture of Candi and Gary, courtesy of Nancy Herwig).Pictures of Tour des Trees provided by Jeremy Baker.
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internAtionAl (cont.)North American Tree Climbing Championship
The 2019 NATCC with Arbor Fair & Expo took place October 11-13 at
Balboa Park in San Diego, CA. MAC-ISA was well represented with last year’s NATCC champion James Earhart and one of our 2019 Master challenge participants Mike Blashford. MAC-ISA rocked!
James is the champion of the NATCC for the second year in a row! Congratulations James! We are proud of all of our climbers, thanks for being great representatives of the chapter.
ISA Gold Leaf AwardWinners
Picture of our NATCC champions downloaded from the NATCC web-page. From left: Krista Strating and our MAC-ISA representative James Earhart!Pictures of ISA Gold Leaf Award win-ners by Patrick Teague. Clockwise:Adam Gibson, Someset County, Byron Carmean & Gary Williamson, Big Tree Hunters, Henry Van Guilder, Trees Roanoke, Shaun McKim, DC
Arbor Day, Ed Mason & Josh Pritts, WVU Campus Tree Advisory
AnnuAl Meeting thAnks!Special Thanks to the Annual Meeting Planning Committees!
Overall Chair: Toni WoodsProgram Committee: Eric Wiseman, Toni Woods, Vinny Rozette, Joe Lehnen, Lara Johnson and Alex Grieve
Field Day Chair: Eric WisemanAV Committee: Patrick Teague (chair), Peter Girardi and Jason HeizerLogistics Chair: Susan FrenchStudent Chairs: Kelly Oklesson and Steve GenuaModerators: Jay Banks, Jim Brown, Carol Herwig, Jeanne Kavinski, Joel Koci, Barbara White, Ineke Dickman, Steve Genua, Alex Grieve, Samantha Wangsgard
TREE Fund ActivitiesMotorcycle Ride – Gary Mallow and John LloydGolf – Doug Petersen, John Lloyd, and Wayne NollStaff – Nancy Herwig, Andrea Rizzoni, Roberta Ainsley and Ineke Dickman
Special Thanks to the Annual Meeting Exhibitors
ACRT Kevin Jones 330-945-7500Aerial Solutions Lynn Grayson 540-761-9900American Arborist Supply Dave Francis 800-441-8381Arborjet Trent Dicks 309-287-0173Bandit Industries Joe Deriscavage 989-561-2270Custom Truck One Source John Dean 816-788-7430Davey/Wolf Tree Tom Wolf 865-621-8806 Husqvarna Group Brent Staul 304-784-6120 MAC-ISA Books Kevin Sigmon 703-753-0499Mauget Jean Scott 626-444-1057Plan it Geo Beth Corrigan 608-214-9129Rainbow Treecare ScientificAdvancements Bob Dolan 215-205-8674St. Pierre Woodworking Bill St. Pierre 540-797-3496 Tracked Lifts Mike Hrycak 866-543-8575TreeDiaper Dr. Wei Zhang 540-239-2902Vermeer Mid-Atlantic Troy Duncan 804-337-1371Wetlands Studies and Solutions Bryce Miller 703-679-5600
From the top: one of our silent auction tables, Andrea Rizzoni our new Events Manager, various exhibitors and Luke McCall leaning against the Alwood Oak. Picture of Andrea courtesy of Nancy Herwig, picture of Luke courtesy of Ineke Dickman. All others courtesy of Patrick Teague.
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Due to time constraints we will not have a forest pest update in this
issue but have used some info from other sources.
Spotted Lanternfly Being Sprayed in Northern Maryland
The Maryland Department of Agri-culture is spraying to kill Spotted
Lanternflies at multiple sites in the northeast corner of Cecil County and along the northern border of Harford County.
Secretary Joseph Bartenfelder said, “due to its potentially devastating ef-fects on the agriculture industry, treat-ing for this invasive insect now is criti-cal to controlling its spread in Maryland and protecting our state’s agriculture commodities.”
The USDA will work to treat Ailan-thus altissima, more commonly known as tree-of-heaven, within a quarter-mile
radius of where the insects were seen. Spotted Lanternflies prefer to feed on this tree and the tree helps them with reproduction.From the October 15 issue of Shady Notes, the MAA Newsletter
For other pest information and updates go to the University of
Maryland Extension website: https://extension.umd.edu/sites/exten-sion.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/ipmnet/19Sep26L.pdf
Vermeer Mid Atlantic An-nounces Acquisition of Vermeer Northeast
Vermeer Mid Atlantic, an All Roads company, continues its expansion
into the industrial equipment industry with the acquisition of Vermeer Northeast, a Pinnacle Award-winning dealer partner of Vermeer Corporation
with locations in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. The addition of the three locations makes the combined entity one of the largest Vermeer dealer partners in the country with 15 locations covering a service area that includes South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, New York, Connecticut,Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. In conjunction with the acquisition and as a reflection of the changing geographic footprint of the organization, Vermeer Mid Atlantic and Vermeer Northeast will adopt a new brand name – Vermeer All Roads. This change aligns the company’s branding to better represent the markets it serves, which now span the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and Ohio Valley.
Forest Pest uPdAte, news FroM our chAPter AreA
3 full days of arboriculture sessions
ISA & SAF CEUs offered
Daily Walk & Talks
Featured Speakers: • Ian Leahy, American Forests • Drew Dunavant, Truetimber Arborists • Johnny Boggs, Eastern Forest Threat
Assessment Center
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AcAdeMic news — under the cAnoPy
News from the University of Maryland
Related Events that the Urban Forestry program and Faculty are
participating in:• November 19, 2019, at 12:00
p.m. Mountain Time, Free Webi-nar: Health Benefits of City Trees: Research Evidence & Economic Values. Dr. Kathleen Wolf, Univer-sity of Washington, https://treefund.org/webinars
• Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 8 AM – 5 PM, Trees Matter Pres-ents: Green Cities Summit. Kellogg Conference Center, 800 Florida Ave NE, Washington D.C. https://casey-trees.org/2019/08/trees-matter-presents-green-cities-summit/
News from Virginia Tech
Four undergraduate students from the Virginia Tech Department of
Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation attended the ISA In-ternational Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee in August. This was the first professional urban forestry meeting that Brittany Christensen, Katie Dunlap, Luke Jordan, and Jonathan Reynolds had ever attended and they had lots of great experiences. Their travel was made possible in part by donations from the MAC-ISA and a grant from the Virginia Department of Forestry. Profes-sor Eric Wiseman gave a presentation at the conference on research being conducted to understand household practices of urban wood waste genera-tion and recycling in Virginia. Former graduate student Peter Stewart gave a presentation on his master’s degree research on the Virginia Emerald Ash Borer Treatment Program.
Virginia Tech has hired its first-ever full-time professional arborist to
coordinate tree management and urban forest planning on the Blacksburg campus. Jamie King will take on the full-time role in October, leaving his most recent position as city arborist for Roanoke City. Jamie is a graduate of Virginia Tech, ISA Certified Arborist-Municipal Specialist, Qualified Tree Risk Assessor, and completed the Municipal
Forestry Institute of the Society of Mu-nicipal Arborists. Jamie will work close-ly with the Office of University Planning and the Buildings and Grounds Division to provide guidance on capital building projects and day-to-day tree planting and maintenance activities.
News from West Virginia University
Molly Sherlock and Ruben Sabella received Grant-in-Kind
Scholarships from the Bartlett Tree Foundation. Molly is a senior and interested in IVM, IPM, & PCH. Ruben is a junior and will be pursing the arboriculture & urban forestry area of emphasis.
Josh Pritts (WVU FRM Alumni) was hired as the WVU Campus arborist.
Josh directly manages all the trees on the various Morgantown campuses. He has already become an integral member of the WVU Tree Committee that is overseeing campus wide urban forest management and planning.
Finally, WVU received Tree Campus USA designation this past spring,
thanks to the dedication of the Tree Campus Committee
Student and mentor lunch at the Annual Meeting.
2019 Annual Meeting Scholarships Recipients
This year MAC-ISA awarded full annual meeting scholarships to
Suzanne Ryan and Michael Hinson of Dabney Lancaster Community College, Leighton Simonton of Virginia Tech, Matthew Walker of West Virginia University and Maraea Harris of Northern Virginia Community College.Jason Sprouls of Virginia Tech received a 1 day scholarship. We also had a new scholarship this year for the local school: Student Mentor Lunch recipient. Two of VIrginia Tech’s students, Frank Reith and Alex Hedstrom were able to attend the lunch. The funds that covered the registration, hotel and lunch were raised at the silent auction last year.
Scholarship Recipient Thanks
Dear Director Herwig,
I am writing today to say thank you for providing me with a scholarship to attend this year’s MAC-ISA conference. The amount of knowledge I was immersed in during this experience honestly altered my plans for my future. Before the conference I was so dead-set on graduating and working for a specific tree care company, but I now know that they are only one part of an industry much greater than I ever imagined. Once again, thank you for the generosity you showed this Virginia Tech student. I hope to see you again.
Best,R. Leighton Simonton
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Dr. Joe Sullivan, U of MD edits “Under the Canopy,” Canopy Coverage’s Academic News column. Please contact him with news about
students, activities, programs, research, or any other items of interest at [email protected]
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Santamour Scholarships
MAC-ISA awarded two Santamour $2,500 scholarships to students
pursuing a career in arboriculture or urban forestry. Our 2019 recipients were: Suzanne Ryan, Dabney LancasterMatthew Marsh, WVU.
Santamour Thanks
I was delighted and honored to receive the Frank Santamour Scholarship
this year. Given that I returned to school to study forestry at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College after teaching elementary and middle grades at Waldorf and New York City public schools for 25 years, the scholarship is a great help to my family, who have had to adjust to my studying instead of working full time. It will help us afford my delving into the discipline of forestry that I am enjoying so much. Thank you all. Suzanne Ryan
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of
Arboriculture,Thank you for awarding me with the Frank Santamour Scholarship. I am honored to have been a recipient this year and I appreciate the assistance it offers me greatly. A career within arboriculture is my ultimate goal and I hope to achieve this as soon as time allows. During my time majoring in forestry at West Virginia University, I have become very passionate about this pursuit and I am glad to receive recognition for it. Thank you,Matthew Marsh
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sAluting BrAnches 2019Saluting Branches was a Huge Success
On September 18th, there were five events in our chapter area sched-
uled.In Virgina• Hampton National Cemetery, Quan-
tico National Cemetery, and Cul-peper National Cemetery
In Maryland• Baltimore National Cemetery, and
Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery,A big thank you to the leaders and everyone that volunteered!
“We developed Saluting Branches as a green industry project to honor veterans and improve the environment through the science of tree care,” said Deb Peterson, Saluting Branches coor-dinator. “This is an important event for the arborist community and allows us to give back to those who have served us.”
Millions of Americans pay their re-spects each year at national and state
veterans’ cemeteries and properties. Saluting Branches brings together arborist experts to improve the beauty and safety of the trees located in these hallowed sites. With support by industry leaders; including Rainbow Treecare, ACRT, Inc., Arborwear, The Davey Tree Expert Company, Harmon Foundation, Jarraff Industries, Petzl®, SavATree, STIHL®, Teufelberger, Teu-pen, and others; Saluting Branches cared for thousands of trees at 67 VA veterans cemeteries, veterans homes and veterans hospitals across the country this year.Excerpted from Saluting Bracnches press release.
Pictures taken from Facebook pages.Baltimore National Cemetery Hampton National Cemetery
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MAC-ISA Board Elections Results
On October 8, at our annual meeting in Blacksburg, the
results of our Board Elections were shared by our out-going President, Lauren McCallister. Our new President will be Jason Heizer. This year we elected Chad Peevy for Vice-President. Reelected for another 2 years were Carol Herwig, Jennifer Willoughby, and Joe Sullivan. Stephen Traylor is our newly elected boad member. Congratulations to everyone. Special recognition goes to Samantha Wangsgard who finished her term on the board. Also a big thank you to Joshua Franz who has been our Secretary for the past 2 years. He will be stepping down and Kevin Sigmon will be filling that position. The first official meeting of the board will be December 6th, at their planning retreat.
Our Executive Director, Nancy Herwig recently had a tour of the new ISA office in Atlanta. The conference table above was made from a hickory tree that was planted at the Bartlett Farm in Stamford Connecticut, the location of the first Shade Tree conference. Nancy also mentioned that there is a wall of past ISA Presidents in the building, including Frank Santamour.
Photos courtesy of Nancy Herwig.
Gold Leaf Awards
2019 ISA Gold Leaf awards present-ed by MAC-ISA.
MarylandOutstanding Landscape Beautifica-tion AwardSalisbury University
Salisbury Univer-
sity recently joined only 25 other arboreta in the world to receive Level III accreditation — the second highest possible — from the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and the Morton Register of Ar-boreta. Just 14 others in the U.S. hold this distinction. Currently, SU is the only Level III arboretum in Maryland, and one of only eight colleges and universi-ties in the world to hold that status.
The 182-acre campus located on Maryland’s eastern shore has been praised as an outdoor laboratory for
students and for maintaining more than 2,000 species of woody and herba-ceous plants for public view. The U was awarded Tree Campus USA recognition for the third consecutive year
Outstanding Arbor Day ActivitiesSomerset County, Maryland JM Tawes Career & Technology School
On April 24, 2019,
Somerset County gov-ernment held their first ever Arbor Day Celebration at the JM Tawes Career & Technology School in Westo-ver, Somerset County. 12 trees were planted by the Somerset Intermediate School Young Environmentalist Club and the JM Tawes Technology & Career Center joined in on the fun with the Culinary Arts Program students provid-ing catering and the Criminal Justice students handling logistics. A great col-laboration between many organizations.
Washington D.COutstanding Arbor Day Activities
DDOT’s Urban Forestry Divi-
sion along with other local organizations hosted the inaugural Arbor Day Festival in Oxon Run Park, with the theme “A Celebration of Trees and People”.
The event focused on engaging the public in activities that promote ap-preciation and utilization of urban forest such as tree planting, tree climbing, na-ture walks, bike rides, music, food, DIY bird house construction using District milled urban wood. The lumber for the bird houses was cut and processed by the IDEA Public Charter School Car-pentry students as part of their course-work in construction and design.
Another popular activity was climb-ing a large Willow Oak 103” circumfer-ence. Tree climbers as young as 6 were helped into helmets and harnesses and afforded 45 foot high views of the park.
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chAPter AwArds Chapter Awards
During the awards ceremony held at the 2019 Annual Meeting in Blacksburg, VA, the following
awards were given, recognizing outstanding dedication and service to the chapter:
President’s Citation: Jessica Sanders
Jessica Sanders was recognized
by our outgoing President Lauren McCallister for being an outstanding member of the MAC-ISA Membership Committee. Since joining the committee during her first term on the Board of Directors, Jess has been a very active and motivated member of the team. “She is always looking for ways to highlight our existing member benefits as well as develop additional ones. Jess frequently goes the extra mile to support our organization. For example, she recently worked to get a MAC-ISA member discount for the upcoming Green Cities Summit in December. Her enthusiasm for and pride in our organization and its members are contagious and I have confidence that she will continue with this same attitude through the end of her second term. For all of this, I am very happy to award Jess with the 2019 MAC-ISA President’s Citation.”
Field Arborist of the Year: Geoffrey Manning
Geoff Manning has led his
company, Man-ning Arboriculture, in the Roanoke Valley since 2014 and has been very active in com-munity forestry in the Roanoke Valley. His leader-ship and craft have promoted proper arboriculture practice in the private sector while supporting various com-munity urban forestry projects. Man-ning Arboriculture was the first private
sector partner with Trees Roanoke, the tree planting non-profit in the City of Roanoke. This year he developed and hosted the first professional tree climb-ing competition in Roanoke’s history, the Appalachian Tree Climbing Com-petition, at the Trees Roanoke Arbor Day Celebration. Beyond helping with education and philanthropic efforts in the City of Roanoke he has supported many conservation projects with City of Roanoke Urban Forestry including a project that was awarded the Conser-vation Award of the Year in 2018 by the Virginia Parks and Recreation Society.
Volunteer of the Year: Eric Wiseman
Eric has been
extremely instrumental in making the 2019 MAC-ISA Annual meeting a success and helped create our new Ar-borist Certifi-cation course. He is a former MAC-ISA board member and an active member of MAC-ISA year-round.
Eric started planning for this meeting over a year ago. He was a member of the program committee and field day chair. All the speakers from the Virginia Tech were recruited by Eric. He also secured a sponsorship for the bus and van rentals and the use permits for sites on campus along with coordinating the needs of all the field day speakers. Without his help our field day would not have been so diverse and well run.
In February Eric worked on creating our new MAC-ISA Arborist Certification Course. He developed the schedule, helped design the layout and wrote over half of the presentation. He is dedicated to making our course sus-tainable and is willing to help train other instructors and develop teaching tools.
Along with these two major projects Eric has contributed to our newslet-ter, and encouraged students to join and participate in MAC-ISA. For all his contributions Eric is being awarded the 2019 MAC-ISA Volunteer of the Year Award.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Barbara White
After 22 years with the Virginia Department of Forestry in various
positions culminat-ing as the Urban and Commu-nity Forestry Program Manager, Barbara White has left her mark. Prior to working with the VDOF she worked as a Horticulturist with the City of Manassas and at the National Tree Trust.
Barbara is an ISA-certified arborist, an urban forestry strike team leader, a graduate of the Virginia Natural Re-sources Leadership Institute and she holds a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University. She was on the Board of Trees of Virginia for numerous years and was a MAC-ISA Board member for four years. During her term on the MAC-ISA board she worked diligently to help raise over $100,000 to endow a scholarship fund in honor of Dr. Bonnie Appleton. She was awarded the MAC-ISA Volunteer of the Year award in 2013
Her detailed oriented management style and strong work ethic and passion for trees has helped her accomplish many things over her career. Barbara started the Virginia Trees for Clean Wa-ter Program, and worked with hundreds of groups on tree related projects.
Recently I asked her what she is most proud of. Her answers: • Planting 100’s of thousands of
trees in Virginia• Working side by side with Paul
Revell and• Mentoring Lara Johnson and pass-
ing the baton onto her after leaving VDOF this spring.
Barbara retired from the VDOF this year so it is quite fitting that she re-ceives the MAC-ISA Lifetime Achieve-ment Award.
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Washington DCOutstanding Landscape Beautifica-tion AwardCapital City Public Charter School
An Urban Food Forest has been installed at the Capital City Public
Charter School garden. Ryoko is the School Garden Coordi-
nator and as such was / is instrumental to the success of the project, including integration with the school curriculum and management of volunteers.
VirginiaOutstanding Landscape Beautifica-tion AwardByron Carmean and Gary WilliamsonThe Virginia Big Tree Program
Byron Carmean and Gary William-son have been hunting big trees
and promoting big tree conservation throughout Virginia for nearly 40 years. In that time, they have nominated or measured over 1,000 trees for the Virginia Big Tree Register.
Remark-ably, over 600 of these trees are still liv-ing today. Their travels to hunt big trees have taken them to every corner of the state of Virginia. They have nominated or measured big trees in 85 Virginia cities and counties. They currently lay claim to 318 Virginia state champion trees and 52 national champion trees that reside in Virginia.
Their efforts to discover and docu-ment big trees have led to Virginia be-ing consistently ranked in the top-five states for most national champions and co-champions.
Byron and Gary have been profiled in numerous local, state, and national news media for their big tree hunt-ing accomplishments and have often shared their stories through written articles, seminars, and field tours.
They have also inspired countless other individuals to take up the hunt for big trees. The 50th anniversary of the Virginia Big Tree Program will occur in 2020. This means that Byron and Gary have been active in the program for nearly its entire existence. I can think of no better time to recognize their contri-butions than now. They are truly amaz-ing and dedicated Big Tree Hunters.
Outstanding Arbor Day ActivitiesTrees Roanoke
Trees Roanoke and City of Roanoke Parks and Recreation partnered to
celebrate Arbor Day at the Mountain
View Recreation Center this year, on April 20th from 8am to 5pm.
Trees Roanoke’s partner, Manning Arboriculture, arranged the first profes-sional tree climbing competition in Roa-noke, VA, the Appalachian Tree Climb-ing Championship. The public watched as professional arborists exhibited their unique skill and athleticism climbing the trees at the historic Fishburn Mansion.St. Pierre woodworking demonstrated their sawmill as they cut former city trees into lumber for beautiful furniture and products.
The Roanoke Tree Stewards planted three trees throughout the event Special thanks to Manning Arboricul-ture, Evergreen Memorial Trust, St. Pierre Woodworking and Sawmill, and Garland Properties for their support of Trees Roanoke and the 2019 Arbor Day Celebration.
Several hundred citizens attended the event despite the cool very windy day and more than $5,000 was raised to support tree planting in Roanoke!
West VirginiaOutstanding Arbor Day ActivitiesWVU Campus Tree Advisory Commit-tee, Farmington
The West Virginia University Cam-pus Tree Advisory Committee was
formed in 2017 to over-see all tree re-lated activities on the WVU Campus. The WVU Campus Tree Advisory Committee
is comprised of a mix of forestry and biology professors, stormwater special-ists, sustainability specialists, directors of facilities management, and forestry students. There are 15 members on the WVUCTAC and they meet monthly when school is in session.
In 2018, the WVU Campus Tree Advisory Committee completed a campus wide tree care plan to outline their goals and create a framework for the future of trees on the campus. They also completed an urban forest inven-tory of 1,900 trees. Using this inventory data to identify planting needs, WVU has received a grant from the WVDOF to begin replacing trees with the goal on increasing species diversity.
WVU has installed 13 raingardens to reduce stormwater runoff and the pollutants associated with stormwa-ter. Additional trees were added to the raingardens this spring through the WV Mountaineer Treeways Program which provided over 200 trees. These raingardens are also be utilized as “tree banks” where smaller seedlings are grown for a few years before being planted in final locations across cam-pus.
In the spring of 2019, WVU celebrat-ed its first annual Tree Campus USA award and annual Arbor Day Proclama-tion.
As part of their TC USA award, members of the WVU Student Chapter of the Society of American Foresters or-ganized and hosted the 1st annual Paw Paw Festival, last fall, in WVU’s Core Arboretum. These Forestry students provided training and hands-on expe-rience for other students with plant-ing and maintaining trees during the festival.
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