Our
mission is to improve our community's quality of life by making our urban
forest safer and more beautiful through education and proper tree care.
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Robert
Walton, Registered Consulting Arborist, talks about Heart Rot Decay on
the field day portion of the PTCA's Annual Seminar
held in late August.
Dr
Ed Gilman, University of Florida, nationally recognized pruning expert, teaches
pruning techniques at the PTCA's
14th Annual Seminar.
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the company you choose stay abreast of changes in the care of trees? Ask them!
HOW
THE PTCA BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY
Educates
the general membership and public with articles, talks and display booths dealing
with proper tree care.
Conducts
hands-on workshops to teach local arborists proper tree care procedures and to
train arborists and tree workers for certification by the International Society
of Arboriculture.
Sponsors
speakers from all areas of the Green Industry to educate the membership and local
arborists on such topics as worker's compensation law, contractors law, business
management, recycling tree waste, disease and pest control, tree care in other
regions of the country, safe equipment operation, electrical hazard safety.
Sponsors
CPR/First Aid training for members.
Above
is part of the PTCA field day displays
A
demonstration of a portable wood mill (below)at the PTCA field day.
Assists
in new tree plantings and many Arbor Day projects (see Member
News) throughout San Diego county.
Co-ordinates
and interacts with other organizations such as People for Trees, The
California
Oak Foundation, California ReLeaf, San Diego County Agriculture
Department, University of California Extension, Western Chapter International
Society of Arboriculture (WCISA),
American Society of Consulting Arborists (ASCA),
the International Society of Arboriculture
(ISA) , Quail
Botanical Society and Project
Wildlife.
Assists
in identifying and preserving trees of historical significance in San Diego county.
For
rescue, rehabiliatation and release of native wildlife.
Above,
Dr. Bruce Fraedrich, vice-president of research with Bartlett Tree, teaches decay
detection techniques at the PTCA's
13th Annual Field Day. This 2-day event allows arborists to take the previous
day's lecture and see it applied in real situations.
More questions
about tree needs, tree buying, planting, tree care
techniques, pruning, hazards, health?
