State Coordinators: Illinois Department of Natural Resources Jim Tresouthick Urban Conservation Program Admin People You Should Know Illinois Arborist Association Executive Director: April Toney 877-617-8887 [email protected] Illinois Urban and Community Forestry Committee Chairperson: Robert Sproule [email protected] Illinois Arborist Association Board of Directors: http://illinoisarborist.org/about-us/board-of-directors/ Coming Events in State June 29, 2019 SRT Climbing Workshop the Mulch Center Deerfield, IL July 16 & 17, 2019 IAA Summer Conference Champaign, IL http://illinoisarborist.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Summer-Conf-FLYER.pdf July 18 & 19, 2019 Urban Forest Strike Team Training Urbana, IL http://illinoisarborist.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/UFST-Task-Specialist-Training-Announcement-IL-2019.pdf August 23, 2019 2019 Golf Outing St. Andrews Golf & Country Club West Chicago, IL September 4 – November 6, 2019 Certified Arborist Workshops and Exam, Homewood, IL September 28, 2019 Illinois Tree Climbing Championship Shiloh Park Zion, IL November 5 & 6, 2019 IAA Annual Conference and Trade Show Tinley Park, ILNational Events of Interest August 11-14, 2019 ISA Annual International Conference and Trade Show, Knoxville, TN https://www.isa-arbor.com/events/conference/index.aspx November 20 – 21, 2019 Partners in Community Forestry Conference, Cleveland, OH https://www.arborday.org/programs/pcf/ Links of Interest Illinois Arborist Association: http://illinoisarborist.org/ http://illinoisarborist.org/services-we-provide/resources-for-municipal-arborists/ International Society of Arboriculture: http://www.isa-arbor.com/home.aspx Il Dept. of Natural Resources – Urban and Community Forestry: https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/conservation/Forestry/UrbanForestry/Pages/default.aspx Trees are Good: http://www.treesaregood.org/ Morton Arboretum: http://www.mortonarb.org/ Chicago Botanic Garden: https://www.chicagobotanic.org/ Tree Fund: https://www.treefund.org/ Arbor Day Foundation – IL: https://www.arborday.org/states/state.cfm?state=il U of I Pesticide Safety Education Program: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/psep/ University of Illinois Extension: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/dkk/ College of Dupage Horticulture Department: http://www.cod.edu/programs/horticulture/ Joilet Junior College Urban Forestry/Arboriculture: http://www.jjc.edu/academics/horticulture/environmental-horticulture Illinois Dept. of Ag EAB: https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/agr/Insects/Pests/EmeraldAshBorer/Pages/default.aspx Illinois Urban Wood: http://illinoisurbanwood.org/ Wisconsin Arborist Association: http://www.waa-isa.org/ USDA APHIS: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/home/ Tree Care Industry Association: https://tcia.org/ Il Dept. of Labor Prevailing Wage – Landscaping FAQ: https://www.illinois.gov/idol/FAQs/Pages/Landscaping.aspx American Forests: http://www.americanforests.org/ Chicago Regional Trees Initiative: http://chicagorti.org/ SMA New Member Incentive: Get one year of the SMA magazine City Trees FREE on a trial basis. Please join your peers in this international community of practice. Sign up here! Biography I have been involved urban forestry since discovering the field as a summer seasonal for the University of Michigan’s Forestry Department in 1991. After a brief stint at Hendricksen, the Care of Trees , I moved to the Village of Glen Ellyn - Forestry in late 1992, working up to the crew leader/supervisor position. In 2013, I became the Forestry Supervisor for the Village of Lombard.
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