<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>Our next <b>'Urban Forestry Today' Noonhour Webcast</b> will feature Dr. Rich Cowles from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) who will discuss <span style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#007766">“</font></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 102); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Neonicotinoids, Bees and Urban Trees: The Controversy Defined</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 102); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#007766">”</font></span>. It will take place on Thursday March 03, 12:PM EST. </div><div><br></div><div>**For those who cannot attend live in-person, the webcast will be archived in the ‘videos’ section at www.urbanforestrytoday.org **</div><div><br></div><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="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>--</div></div></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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"><img src="http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=4e3bd186-a401-4c28-8ed2-119a4c4b56ba&a=1102122235286&d=1123531581594&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" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><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;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Neonicotinoids, Bees and Urban Trees:<br>The Controversy Defined</span> </div></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><div> </div>Widespread media coverage of high profile bee poisonings related to the application of neonicotinoids on urban trees has caused intense scrutiny of the use of these insecticides. 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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; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">For more information, contact:</div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Rick Harper</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Department of Environmental Conservation</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">University of Massachusetts, Amherst</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="mailto:rharper@eco.umass.edu" shape="rect" linktype="2" target="_blank" style="color: blue;">rharper@eco.umass.edu</a> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt;">The Urban Forestry Today 2015 Webcast Series is sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Conservation, in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation,University of Massachusetts Extension, and Massachusetts Tree Wardens' & Foresters' Association. </div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="RightColWidth TemplatePad" valign="top" width="180" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width: 180px; 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