ANNUAL SEMINAR & FIELD DAY

21st Annual
PTCA Seminar & Field Day
"It's a Risky Business"
Technical information you need to know!
August 20th & 21st, 2010
in beautiful & historic Balboa Park in San Diego, CA.

Seminar Day
Friday, August 20th

Relevance of Tree Risk
Assessment and Management
Mark T. Duntemann,
Natural Path Urban Forestry Consultants
Why Trees Get Diesease
Thomas Gordon, Ph.D.
Professor of Plant Pathology, U. C. Davis

Mid Morning Break

New Techniques and Processes for Detecting Internal Trunk Decay
R. Bruce Allison, Ph.D. Allison Tree & University of Wisconsin, Madison

Molecular Identification
of Wood Rotting Fungi in
Standing and Failed Trees
Doug Schmidt, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Ul C. Berkeley

Lunch was included for all attendees!!

SPONSORED BY


Developing a Proactive and Defensible Tree Risk Assessment Program
Mark T. Duntemann, Natural Path Urban Forestry Consultants
Managing Trees as Assets with Inventory Programs
Ms. Dana Karcher,
Project Manager, Davey Tree
Types of Risk Associate with Insect Invasion
John Kabashima, Ph.D. Farm Advisor, UCCE Orange County


Presentation of the 1st annual
The Bob Bichowsky Memorial Service Award to Bob Walton.

Finished by an Outlook for Tree Risk Management Forum: Questions & Scenarios for all Speakers

Field Day
Saturday, August 21st
Morning Refreshments
by

Free PTCA T-shirts sponsored by

Arborists
[This is where we take Friday's seminar into the field for practical application.]

Risk Assessment Practices-
Mr. Mark T. Duntemann

Decay Detection Tools & Techniques-
Dr. R. Bruce Allison
Field Identification of Risky Insects-
Dr. John Kabashima

The Tree Inventory Process-
Ms. Dana Karcher

Preparing Samples for DNA Analysis-
Dr. Doug Schmidt

Why Trees Get Diseases-
Dr. Thomas Gordon

LUNCH TIME

SPONSORED BY

Tree Workers & Ground Crew
[English & Spanish]

An all day workshop to include safety and risk management,
equipment, climbing techniques and best practices by
ArborMaster.

ArborMaster Workshop [english]-Mr. Rip Tompkins, ArborMaster Training
ArborMaster Workshop [spanish]-Mr. Martin Moralesk ArborMaster Training


Special thanks to our sponsors:
Altec
Bishop
Ogilvy-Hill
Vermeer Pacific-RDO

Thanks to our vendors:

Aspen
Altec
Bishop
Direct Edge, Inc.
G & K Services

Anna & Brian Griffin
L & M Power Equipment
Mason's Saw & Lawnmower
Ogilvy-Hill
Pedersen Arborist Supply
Quality Chevrolet
R J Safety Supply
Vaalent USA
Vermeer Pacific-RDO

Finally, the Famous PTCA Raffle

This is a time for arborists and climbers to not only refresh the knowledge they may not use every day but to learn the new techniques, innovations and knowledge that are constantly being discovered and enhanced. The PTCA Seminar & Field Day has had some of the top speakers and minds in the field of arboriculture from across the country! Visit past seminars & field days below.

In arboriculture, you either move forward or fall behind!
What are you or your tree service doing?

VISIT PAST PTCA SEMINARS & FIELD DAYS
Click on the seminar you would like to visit.

PTCA Seminar
4203 Genesee 103-217
San Diego, CA 92117-4950
619-443-6202
fax 619-546-0555


The committee needs volunteers.
To help, contact any of the committees members or just show up at the seminar committee meeting
(see the events page) and the PTCA will buy you dinner!

Committee members:

Brian Bishop
Dave Ephron
Steve Hooker
Michael Palat
Alden Pedersen
Mike Pfoffenberger		Dave Shaw
Bob Squibb
Bob Walton