Description:
Join us for our Annual Meeting of the Western Tree Failure Database at the Fullerton Community Center. Topics include: Bioacoustics Technology in Predicting Tree Failure; Assessment of Tree Conditions; An International View of Tree Risk Assessment and Failure Analysis; Considerations Regarding Hazard Tree Management; and an Update on the Tree Decay Study. Beat traffic! Take the Amtrak from LA or San Diego. The community center is a 5 minute flat walk from the Fullerton Amtrak Station.
Agenda:
8:00am Registration
8:30am Welcome and Introductions
Larry Costello, Oracle Oak LLC, San Francisco, CA (larryoracleoak@me.com)
8:50am Tree Failure Case Study
9:15am The Role of Bioacoustic Technology in Tree Failure Predictions, Bruce Allison, Consulting Arborist, Allison Tree, Verona, WI
10:15am Break
10:30am Tree Failure and Risk Assessment: A Worldly View, Kevin Eckert, Consulting Arborist, Arbor Global USA, Kailua, HI
11:30am Lunch (Provided)
12:30pm Tree Failure Case Studies (2)
1:00pm Conditional Assessment of Tree Condition, Jim Clark, Consulting Arborist, HortScience/Barlett Consulting, Pleasanton, CA
2:00pm The Tree Decay Study: Results and Assessment
Igor Lacan, Environmental Horticulture Adviser, University of California Cooperative Extension, Half Moon Bay, CA
3:00pm Training for New Cooperators, Katherine Jones, WTFD Database Manager (treefail@mac.com)
4:00pm CEU Sign Out
*Please allow up to 6 weeks for processing of CEUs
Early Registration (through 3/18/19):
$120.00 - WCISA Member
$160.00 - Non-WCISA Member
$70.00 - Student/Senior
Regular Registration (on or after 3/19/19):
$145.00 - WCISA Member
$190.00 - Non-WCISA Member
$70.00 - Student/Senior
CEUs:
5.0 - CA/CTW
4.0 - BCMA-M
4.0 - BCMA-S
1.0 - Optional WTFD Training
Registration:
https://wcisa.net/meeting/5758