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Date(s): September 13, 2012
Location: Audio/Web Broadcast
Cost: Members: $0.00
Non Members: $175.00
Description:

Trees & Municipal Infrastructure: Creating a Sustainable Alliance


Trees are valuable infrastructure assets that deserve equal consideration during the planning and implementation of public construction projects.  Discover tried-and-true and new methods to protect trees during road, utility, and building improvement projects. 


Corrective measures to minimize tree decline and loss after construction will also be discussed.  In addition, APWA’s newest pocket guide on this subject will be debuted.


 After viewing this program, participants will be better able to:



  1. Describe the methods and tools used to protect trees

  2. Create and follow a tree protection plan as an integral part of public infrastructure construction and improvement projects.

  3. Build and sustain an effective team during the tree protection process

  4. Utilize methods and tools such as APWA’s newest Pocket Guide on tree protection during construction.


This program has been approved for .2 CEUs or 2 PDHs. Please note there is a $5 fee per non-member individual requesting CEUs - there is no fee for members.
Speaker: Skip Kincaid

Senior Consulting Urban Forester
Davey Resource Group – St. Louis, Missouri USA

Skip has a wide range of urban forestry experience and is responsible for assisting municipalities, businesses, utilities, attorneys, architects, and engineers with the performance of tree risk assessments; tree appraisals; storm damage assessment projects; tree preservation plans on construction sites; urban forestry master plans; ordinance writing; and expert witness testimony.

In addition to numerous municipal projects, other recent project sites include National Park Service projects at the Gateway Arch grounds in St. Louis, Missouri and the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York. Other historic site projects include inventories and master plans for three historic urban parks in St. Louis, Missouri, including the 1,300 acre (526 hectare) Forest Park, the 289 acre (117 hectare) Tower Grove Park, and the 40 acre (17 hectare) Lafayette Park, the oldest public urban park west of the Mississippi River.

He has also developed Emerald Ash Borer strategies for Elgin, Illinois and London, Ontario and prepared tree protection plans for several residential, commercial, institutional, and recreational sites.
Skip guided the creation of a non-profit nursery and urban forestry advocacy group in Missouri, and served terms as Chairman of the Missouri Community Forestry Council. He was appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council and also serves on several committees with the USDA Forest Service and the International Society of Arboriculture including current terms on the ISA Certification Board and the ISA Tree Risk Panel of Experts.

He is an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist and a Municipal Specialist (MW-0155BM) and a Certified Forester (#1516) through the Society of American Foresters.
Speaker: Jennifer L. Gulick, M.A.,

Davey Resource Group

Jennifer L. Gulick, M.A., is a business developer and project manager responsible for assisting governments, businesses, utilities, and non-profit organizations with various project development and implementation plans specializing in urban forestry, park management, and land development programs.

Ms. Gulick has over 25 years of experience and joined Davey Resource Group in 1999 after a successful career in municipal government. She is an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist (OH-0069) and Municipal Specialist, and is a Certified Forester as recognized by the Society of American Foresters.

Ms. Gulick is also a Past-President of the Ohio Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture, President of the Greater Cincinnati Branch of the Professional Grounds Management Society, and is a member of the American Public Works Facilities and Grounds Committee, Kentucky Division of Forestry’s Urban Forestry Advisory Council, the Northern Kentucky Urban and Community Forestry Council, and the Boone County Urban Forestry Commission.

Ms. Gulick received a Bachelor of Science degree in forest resource management from West Virginia University and a Master of Arts degree in public administration from the University of Cincinnati.
Speaker: Gene Hyde

City Forester
City of Chattanooga

Gene Hyde has been the City Forester for the City of Chattanooga, TN since 1990 and has been the Chair of the Chattanooga Green Committee since 2007.

He is an ISA Certified Arborist with the Municipal Specialist Certification. Gene has contributed many articles to City Trees Magazine and assisted with the creation and development of the Arborists Exchange Program based on his professional experiences in Russia. He is an active in many professional organizations and has received numerous awards for his work in forestry.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE : Past President, Tennessee Urban Forestry Council – 1991; Past Board Member, Tennessee Urban Forestry Council 1991 – 2002; Served as Chairman for various committees of the Society of Municipal Arborists; Arbor Day Committee; Nomination Committee; Arborist Exchange Committee, co-founder 2002 – present; Bylaws Committee, chair – 2003; SMA/APWA Committee; Host, SMA Annual Conference and Trade Show – 1995; Board Member of Society of Municipal Arborists 2006 – 2009. President, SMA 2009-2010.

EDUCATION: B.S. Forest Management, LSU. 1970. Master of Forestry, LSU. 1973.

AWARDS: Council Member Award - Tennessee Urban Forestry Council – 2000. Award of Merit recipient from the Society of Municipal Arboriculture, 2005. Urban Forestry Award - Individual/Group Partnership - Southern Group of State Foresters – 2005. Gold Leaf Award - ISA - 2007.
Speaker: Moderator:Stephen C. Abbott, ASLA

Park Planner
Parks and Recreation Department

Steve Abbott has over 30 years of experience as an Urban Planner and Landscape Architect. Mr. Abbott has worked for private sector multi-disciplinary engineering and planning firms in Texas, Arizona and South Carolina. In 1991, Mr. Abbott moved to Kansas City and worked for 10 years as the 1st and 2nd Councilmanic District Planner for the City Planning and Development Department.

In 2000, Mr. Abbott started working for the Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department as a Park Planner. Projects include the expansion of the parkway and boulevard system, development and construction of community centers, aquatics facilities and implementation of park master plans.

Mr. Abbott earned a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree from Kansas State University in Manhattan Kansas.
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