The 3rd annual Vermont Tree Stewards Conference, Oct. 18, will take a look at how changing climate impacts urban and community forests and what town officials, tree industry professionals and residents can do to protect Vermont's forest resources.

Many of you will remember the ice storm of 1998 and will have experienced more intense wind storms in the last decade. New England is predicted to become warmer and wetter; storms are projected to become more frequent and intense; tree pest pressure and periods of extreme heat are expected to increase; as will the frequency and severity of short- and long-term drought.
Join us for a full day where you will learn about:
• recent trends in Vermont's climate;
• strategies to protect and build resilient, adaptable forests;
• how urban and rural communities in Illinois have managed the Emerald Ash Borer and strategies for control in Vermont;
• management of tree risk at the community level, providing input on how communities can preserve and maintain healthy forests;
• roadside vegetation management;
• surveying for exotic wood-boring and bark beetles
• the cultural and economic importance of large landscape trees.

Instruction will be given by leading experts in the field of climate change and forestry, including Mark Duntemann, founder of Natural Path Urban Forestry Consultants in Chicago, Ill., who has over two decades of experience arboricultural maintenance and management policy development, with an emphasis on tree risk assessments and tree risk management.

When: Saturday, October 18th 8:30am – 4pm
Where: The Red Schoolhouse, Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, VT 05061.
Cost: Tickets: $25 before October 10th, $30 after or for walk-in registration; $10 student rate; scholarships are available: contact elise.schadler@uvm.edu for details. The registration fee covers coffee and lunch.

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