<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-1636195184130196581m_3960544059158595474gmail-docs-internal-guid-6a09b766-7fff-f5ba-e2d6-528418e3d661"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please join us on Tuesday, October 5th </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at 12 p.m. EDT for the Canadian TREE Fund webinar featuring Toso Bozic</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for their presentation <i>Small Town Urban Forestry Challenges: Why Should We Care? </i>There is 1</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> CEU available following attendance of the live webinar. To register, please visit: </span><a href="https://canadiantreefund.org/webinar-series/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://canadiantreefund.org/webinar-series/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Description of the presentation: </span>Urban centers have generally seen steady support for trees and forest management: long term tree care, maintenance and tree planting programs with well-defined policies and funding help support their activities and practices. Urban centers also have dedicated employees to carry on tree and forestry activities. In contrast, small rural towns and summer villages have not developed robust tree care, maintenance, or planting programs. In the small rural communities of Alberta we often find unhealthy trees with low tree diversity. Many rural communities do not see trees within their community as an ASSET nor do they include potential benefits in economic and developmental planning. The concept of “Green Infrastructure” is little known in these rural communities and a lack of resources (financial and human) is a major challenge.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Canadian TREE Fund is pleased to continue our webinar series, focusing on topics relevant to Canadian arborists and urban foresters! Join us on the first Tuesday of every month for webinars at 12 p.m. EST (9 a.m. PST). Topics range across the fields of consulting arboriculture, workplace safety, tree climbing, urban forestry, and forest sciences. CEUs will be available at the end of every webinar for ISA Certified Arborists. All webinars are free, however, please consider </span><a href="https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/42142" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">donating</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to the Canadian TREE Fund to support the continuation of our grant and bursary programs. Our donation page can be found here: </span><a href="https://canadiantreefund.org/donate-to-the-tree-fund/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://canadiantreefund.org/donate-to-the-tree-fund/</span></a><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We look forward to seeing you at the webinar!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Outreach and Education Committee, Canadian TREE Fund</span></p></span></div></div></div>