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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=133 height=144 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CE480D.4F8257C0"><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>PNW ISA Training Conference Coming To Surrey, BC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>SAVE THE DATES – Saturday, September 21 to Wednesday, September 25, 2013!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>A Committee of experienced and dedicated Arborists from the Metro Vancouver area have come together under Conference Chair Steve Whitton (City of Surrey Trees and Landscape Manager) to plan an exciting, active program for the 2013 Annual Training Conference. The <b>Sheraton Guildford Hotel</b>, located near Highway 1 and 152 Street, will be the host hotel, providing accommodation and the conference facility. At the hotel there is a fitness centre and swimming pool, as well as nearby Guildford Recreation Centre, and many nature trails in parks nearby.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The City of Surrey provides a successful mix of natural and urban landscapes, has a spectacular pace of new development, as well as extensive natural and developed parks and Urban Forests. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Green Timbers Urban Forest</b> is close to the Sheraton Guildford and will be the site of the PNW Tree Climbing Competition, hosted by BC Plant Health Care, to be held on September 21 and 22, 2013. The Surrey Nature Centre, at Green Timbers, will be featured at the Tree Climbing Competition and will also be open Sunday for families and guests to explore. The Nature Centre welcomes more than 10,000 visitors annually. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>On Sunday, September 22 a <b>Tree Academy</b> focussing on “Business of the Business of Trees” will be held at the Sheraton Guildford Hotel, along with early registration and a Welcome Reception. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The <b>Field Day </b>on Monday, September 23, with buses leaving from the Guildford Sheraton Centre to Bear Creek Park<b> </b>will include tours of Surrey’s great natural and horticultural Urban Forests and estate-sized developed gardens, co-ordinated and led by Surrey’s Urban Forestry Arborists. Buses will depart to Urban Forest and botanical-garden areas in Surrey, with delegates able to pre-select the tour that best represents their interests from their Program Registration. There are approximately 3500 acres of natural park areas, large urban forests within the City of Surrey, over 65,000 street trees and 18,000 shade trees in parks throughout the City, with an additional 5,000 trees planted each year along streets and in City parks. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Training Days</b> will be held at the Sheraton Guildford all day Tuesday, September 24 and the morning of Wednesday, September 25. George Kourounis, Host of Outdoor Life Network’s <i>Angry Planet</i>, and a world-renowned Storm-Chaser and global adventurer, will begin the Sessions as Keynote Speaker. You can read more about George on <a href="http://www.stormchaser.ca/">www.stormchaser.ca</a> – he is sure to inspire you to turn challenge into action!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>This promises to be an exciting conference that will sell out quickly. Plan to attend!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Save the dates in your calendar. This conference is in the Lower Mainland for the first time! For arborists from West Vancouver to Chilliwack, from Bellingham to Squamish, there will be a no headache commute. There are also three nearby airports in Abbotsford, Richmond and Bellingham. Plus the conference site is only a 30 minute drive from the USA Border! Remember to bring your current <b>Passport </b>to cross the border.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>In Surrey, The Future Lives Here. Please come and join in our exciting Arboricultural future together.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>