<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Just a final reminder, today at Noon (Eastern) we welcome our <b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'Urban Forestry Today' </b>noonhour webcast speaker, <b>Dr. John Ball </b>from South Dakota State University, for his talk: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#007766">“</font></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><font color="#007766">Tree Diversity & Exotic Threats…The 5% solution</font></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#007766">”</font></span>. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To attend, visit </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Sc3oiYHTpvOEiIk12zVMYngdSRn0BC1LgJs2lp3s5kGwyGw6hKRprsoW21SD6YqV8volk4weld7W7W3yiq6galH5_Xy6QGYk5SdO1Byviwk=" linktype="1" alt="http://www.joinwebinar.com" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: blue;">www.joinwebinar.com</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and enter the ID code </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong>141-234-395</strong></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>**For those who cannot attend live in-person, the webcast will be archived in the ‘videos’ section at www.urbanforestrytoday.org **</i></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>As always, we will offer <b>free ISA (& MCA) CEU’s</b>. </div><div><br></div><div>Please see below for further details.</div><div><br></div><div>Rick </div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>--</div></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div align="center" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; 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Diversification related to urban tree selection is one important component of plant health care. <strong>Dr. John Ball</strong> will outline proper steps to choosing urban trees, with emphasis for diversity being at the genera, not species, level. This presentation will explain why the old "10-20-30 rule" needs to become simply "the 5% solution."</div><div><br>To attend, visit <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Sc3oiYHTpvOEiIk12zVMYngdSRn0BC1LgJs2lp3s5kGwyGw6hKRprsoW21SD6YqV8volk4weld7W7W3yiq6galH5_Xy6QGYk5SdO1Byviwk=" 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>141-234-395.</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; 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 shape="rect" href="mailto:rharper@eco.umass.edu" 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 2016 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> </div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="RightColWidth TemplatePad" valign="top" width="180" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width: 180px; padding: 10px;"><table class="AddressBG AddressBorder BlockMargin" bgcolor="#FFFFAA" border="0" bordercolor="#5A1A18" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK13" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 170); 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