<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div>Thursday’s <b>'Urban Forestry Today' Noonhour Webcast</b> will feature Dr. Gary Johnson, Univ. of Minnesota, who will return for the final session of 2015 to wrap up his lecture regarding 'Tree Protection During Construction’. </div><div><div><br></div><div>As always, we will offer <b>free ISA (& MCA) CEU’s</b>. </div><div><br></div><div>Please see below for details.</div><div><br></div><div>Rick</div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>--</div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div align="center" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, verdana;"><img src="cid:85C2E1CC-E4E0-4166-8226-C99B779D19C2" type="image/png"></div><div><img src="http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=4aa5c284-d5aa-465a-8cfa-8f3d67ffc1ea&a=1102122235286&d=1122820163552&r=3&o=http://ui.constantcontact.com/images/p1x1.gif&c=89acaf70-1da2-11e3-8d12-d4ae528ed502&ch=8a17cd50-1da2-11e3-8d24-d4ae528ed502" height="1" width="1"><div align="center"><table class="body" bgcolor="#D5C795" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: rgb(213, 199, 149);"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><table class="TemplateWidth" border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" style="width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td class="OuterBorder" bgcolor="#333333" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 1px;"><table border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10"><tbody><tr><td class="InnerBorder" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 10px;"><table class="MainBG TemplateWidth" bgcolor="#C95436" border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: rgb(201, 84, 54); width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td class="HeaderBG" height="8" bgcolor="#C95436" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="2"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.60" hspace="0" width="600" alt="MTWFA banner" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/695ba9b9001/19ebcf88-b406-4bbd-a0e1-8a3afeebdb32.jpg"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="Divider" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody><tr><td height="4" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="Divider" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody><tr><td height="4" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="LeftColWidth" valign="top" width="420" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" style="width: 420px;"><table class="BlockMargin" height="362" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4" style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody><tr><td class="MessageText" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div class="MessageTitle" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 102); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">Tree Protection During Construction<br>Part 2<br><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> What You Don't Know Can Hurt You</span> </div></div></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><div> </div>Urban tree injury related to construction can degrade the performance of our urban trees, limiting their lifespan and even causing tree failure! Back by popular demand for Part II, Dr. Gary Johnson, University of Minnesota, will inform arborists, urban foresters and tree enthusiasts about the latest research and proper practices related to protecting trees during construction, in this follow-up presentation. </div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br>To attend, visit <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019SRItVStVeqHt6hrRk0sbSOvCKVl6lugkFKL3KOFMPnCi5jmW9ZsXGg7sjWHpysGTfGX__uJwv7y9P83YuouXfjTcOQrtSGW6KcThy9Kj4KAat7S3OHGe5IUmRcFgQHCNxABPrMUEaMQr-kQoAJkS62L4Xxt8kpvfrET5jGdqlc=&c=PIxHG3GeNHR5N-ibH9i1HInot3ugY2KjI51Y4p8-qmKWQWN1Rg4UnA==&ch=EVREJi3gtHOw_c5i4Td_ZWbKm1yajdBBtX4kHHVrnm2TJ9MjxiW3yA==" linktype="1" alt="http://www.joinwebinar.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue;">www.joinwebinar.com</a> and enter the ID code <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong>110-714-827.</strong></span><br><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">This broadcast is free and will offer the opportunity for arborists to earn 1.0 ISA CEU and 0.5 MCA credit.</div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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