<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mv="http://macVmlSchemaUri" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Title" content="">
<meta name="Keywords" content="">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Arial;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Arial Narrow";
panose-1:2 11 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:-webkit-standard;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.apple-converted-space
{mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.msoIns
{mso-style-type:export-only;
mso-style-name:"";
text-decoration:underline;
color:teal;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026"/>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/>
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Thursday Aug 31 at noon (Eastern) <b>David Lefcourt, Cambridge City Forester/Tree Warden,</b> will discuss <b>“Planting for Success: Innovation in the Urban Environment” </b>on
our next <b>'Urban Forestry Today'</b> webcast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To attend and obtain free ISA & MCA CEU’s, visit <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Sc3oiYHTpvOEiIk12zVMYngdSRn0BC1LgJs2lp3s5kGwyGw6hKRprsoW21SD6YqV8volk4weld7W7W3yiq6galH5_Xy6QGYk5SdO1Byviwk=">www.joinwebinar.com</a> and
enter <b>243-058-643</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">**For those who cannot attend live in-person, the webcast will be archived in the ‘videos’ section at <a href="applewebdata://5BADA6F7-C512-493E-9289-DB4B6A93B158/www.urbanforestrytoday.org">www.urbanforestrytoday.org</a>**</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rick <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="338" height="185" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D31CAF.3D861BD0" alt="cid:image001.png@01D311C0.0DB6E780"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
<hr size="2" width="100%" align="center">
</span></div>
</div>
<div id="rootDiv">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#D5C795">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:#333333;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;background:#C95436">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:6.0pt">
<td width="100%" colspan="2" style="width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:6.0pt">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="600" height="222" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/695ba9b9001/19ebcf88-b406-4bbd-a0e1-8a3afeebdb32.jpg" alt="FA banner"></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="display:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:3.0pt">
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.0pt"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="display:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:3.0pt">
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.0pt"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="420" valign="top" style="width:315.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt">
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#007766">Planting for Success: Innovation in the Urban Environment<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">What on-the-ground strategies can professionals design and implement to foster the success of urban trees? Join
David Lefcourt, City Arborist, Cambridge MA, as he highlights advanced techniques that he has incorporated into urban tree planting efforts that can help ensure the longevity and viability of a community's newly-planted (and established) urban trees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">To attend, visit <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=5r946a8ab.0.0.wmnvzncab.0&id=preview&r=3&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joinwebinar.com" target="_blank">www.joinwebinar.com</a> and
enter the ID code<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:red">243-058-643.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">This broadcast is free and will offer the opportunity for arborists to earn 1.0 ISA CEU and 0.5 MCA credit.
For those who are unavailable to attend the live broadcast, sessions will be archived in the "videos" section at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=5r946a8ab.0.0.wmnvzncab.0&id=preview&r=3&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbanforestrytoday.org" target="_blank">www.urbanforestrytoday.org</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">Rick Harper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Environmental Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">University of Massachusetts, Amherst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:rharper@eco.umass.edu" target="_blank">rharper@eco.umass.edu</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">The Urban Forestry Today 2017 Webcast Series is sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Conservation,
in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>University of Massachusetts Extension, and the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black">Massachusetts Tree Wardens' & Foresters' Association.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
<td width="180" valign="top" style="width:135.0pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#FFFFAA;border:solid #5A1A18 1.0pt" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK13">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border:none;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C95436">Thursday</span></strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C95436"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C95436"> August 31 </span></strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C95436"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C95436">12-1 pm EDT</span></strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C95436"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center">
<strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C95436"> </span></u></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C95436"> </span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C95436"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C95436">2017 Series</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C95436"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C95436">Lunchtime Webinars</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C95436"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C95436"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C95436"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#006E6D">** For those who cannot attend live in-person, the webcast will be archived in the 'videos' section at</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C95436"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<b><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=5r946a8ab.0.0.wmnvzncab.0&id=preview&r=3&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbanforestrytoday.org" target="_blank">www.urbanforestrytoday.org</a></span></u></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C95436"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=5r946a8ab.0.0.wmnvzncab.0&id=preview&r=3&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.masstreewardens.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="143" height="143" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/695ba9b9001/787f3367-fac2-4a66-8c43-6268dcda0d2e.png" alt="FA 100th logo"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C95436"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1D6D38"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1D6D38"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:7.5pt">
<td width="100%" style="width:100.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.5pt">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white" id="footerPanelWrap">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white" id="footerContainer">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>