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<p>The Pacific Northwest Chapter of ISA is pleased to host their
next all day webinar on August 18th. It will be live streamed from
08:30 to 4 pm. Details at the link below. <br>
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<p><a
href="https://pnwisa.org/event/live-interactive-webinar-climate-change-impacts-on-pnw-trees/">https://pnwisa.org/event/live-interactive-webinar-climate-change-impacts-on-pnw-trees/</a></p>
<p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height:
1.7; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans",
sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><i>Climate change
introduces a new challenge for municipalities as it has the
potential to affect areas of forest cover in ways we may not yet
completely understand. The recent lack of cold winters,
attributed to climate change, has allowed for the mountain pine
beetle to wipe out enormous areas of forest land in Canada and
the United States. Prolonged drought in California lead to
thousands of acres of dead and dying trees in urban and rural
areas. Dead and dying trees lead to increased chance of forest
fires.</i></p>
<p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height:
1.7; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans",
sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><i>Those who will
benefit from attending this symposium include arborists in the
municipal and private sectors, other professionals who work with
trees and forests, as well as anyone interested in how climate
change is impacting trees. Presenters will propose best
practices for future tree selection, maintenance and management
in light of climate changes.</i></p>
<p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height:
1.7; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans",
sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing:
normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><i>The goal for the
symposium is to lay out a foundation of ideas and experiences,
and use those to develop long term action plans to combat the
effects of climate change. Along the way we hope to see if we
can sort out fact from fiction. By the end of the day we will
have a starting point for further debate, some sense of the
science available, and initial paths to work on. Our hope is
that we can use this material to start focusing on what we have,
what we might lose, and how we can work in urban areas to
increase the resiliency of our urban forests to enhance their
chances of long-term survival.</i></p>
<p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height:
1.7; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans",
sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space:
normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">I will be chairing the
event and giving the opening lecture. We look forward to seeing
you there.</p>
jd
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On Behalf of Dunster and Associates Environmental Consultants Ltd.
Dr. Julian A Dunster R.P.F., R.P.P.., M.C.I.P., ISA Certified Arborist,
ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist # 378,
ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified
Honourary Life Member ISA + PNWISA
North American distributor for Rinntech
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.dunster.ca">www.dunster.ca</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.treelaw.info">www.treelaw.info</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.rinntech.info">www.rinntech.info</a>
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