What People Are Reading
The MAA office recently learned of a new , local book of interest :
What People Are Watching
MCAs , did you know that you can watch previous recordings of the popular Urban Forestry Today webinars for credit ? Check out the vast array of webinars at this page : http :// www . urbanforestrytoday . org / webcast-archives . html . You can just click and view .
A number of MCAs have visited the UFT archives recently to watch webinars such as :
Big Trees of Northern New England
Short hikes , bikes , and paddles to the biggest trees in Maine , NH , Vermont , and Northern Massachusetts .
Author and wooden boat builder Kevin Martin brings you through the woods and into some cities to find these impressive living parts of our landscape . Some of the trips include old growth pine or hemlock forests and a city tour with a horse chestnut in Portsmouth , NH that was planted by a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 . Northern New England has several national champion Big Trees and some of those are also shown .
• Arboreta , Botanic Gardens & Urban Forestry : Managing Tree Risk
• Prominent Diseases of Trees in the Urban Environment
• Pruning : Guiding Urban Compatible Tree Architecture
• The Biology of Tree Pruning
• Trees & Design in the Urban Environment
Each webinar is roughly an hour in length and will grant 0.5 MCA education credits . After you ’ ve watched a webinar , go to the EARN CEUs page at MassArbor . org and fill out a quick Webinar Confirmation Form . It ’ s that simple ! ( While you ’ re there , you may want to bookmark the Webinar Confirmation Form for future viewing !)
Thanks to Rick Harper , UMass Extension Associate Professor of Urban and Community Forestry , for curating this valuable resource for arborists .
Big Trees of Northern NE directs you on 66 trips to find 166 of the largest trees that are on public land or in the cities where the public can see them up close . 4th generation NH native and outdoorsman Kevin Martin shares stories of big trees around the region , along with information about their history , management , and caretaking . Kevin lives in Epping , NH . He can be reached at kevinmartin16 @ comcast . net or 603-679-5153 . http :// www . urbanforestrytoday . org / webcast-archives . html
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