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Extension Report
Baldwin County Extension Office
302A Byrne Street
Bay Minette, AL 36507
Beau Brodbeck
Regional Extension Agent
Forestry, Wildlife & Natural Resources
August 12, 2008
Conference Targets Creating a Storm-Resilient Community Forest
Thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes can do significant damage to trees across Alabama. Trees in towns and cities are often especially vulnerable because of the stresses of an urban environment.
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the United States Forest Service are sponsoring a three-day conference, “Weathering Future Storms: Steps to a Storm-Resilient Community Forest,” September 8 through 10 at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Mobile.
Landscape professionals and arborists with municipalities as well as those working in the private sector will find the conference beneficial.
"The conference is packed with nationally known speakers and industry professionals who will share the latest research as well as providing insight into new management techniques,” say Neil Letson, Urban & Community Forestry Coordinator for Alabama.
The preconference workshop on September 8 will be hands-on, focusing on visual tree analysis and evaluation of tree defects above and below ground.
Presentations September 9 and 10 will address how professionals can prepare their urban forests for future storms and how to address the aftermath of storms.
"One step in preparing for storms is to select and plant the right trees,” says Letson. “But there is much more to designing and maintaining storm-resilient community forests than just tree selection, and speakers will be addressing many of those topics.”
Conference registration is $85 and the preconference workshop is $25. Continuing education credit will be given for both the preconference workshop and the conference.
The registration deadline is September 1. Register online at https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/conference/ucfstorm2008/.
For more information, contact Beau Brodbeck at brodbam@aces.edu or
at (251) 937-7176.
Email address: brodbam@auburn.edu
Phone: 937-7176 or 943-5611, ext. 2222
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work in agriculture and home economics, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, and other related acts, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University) offers educational programs, materials, and equal opportunity employment to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, or disability.
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