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s 634.9 N7CF COMMUNITY 97-98 \A.>|.H .E FORESTER 1 Volume I, Issue I, The CommunityForesterisapublication ofMontana DNRC's Urban andCommunityForestryprogram Winter 1997-98 his has been a busy year for l the Montana Community Forestry Program. I stepped into the role of state coordinator in January with a full plate of work to be done. We were busily working on Tree City Welcome lo our new USA applications, looking ahead to look! We've made Arbor Month, and planning the work the newsletter more informative, with objectives for the new fiscal year sections for beginning in July. The Montana YOUR COMMUNITY FORESTRY TEAM arborists, new Community Forestry Council was in a Perry Brzezinski, Jeff Roe, Mark Lennon, Paula websites, regional stage of rebuilding, and the program’s Rosenthal, Glenn Roloff & Chris Tootell updates, and a five year plan needed revision. This, calendar of events. among the other key program activities, We will also like assisting communities with their The Council met three times this past year, continue to feature community forestry programs. with the main focus on our five year plan. articles from guest writers. If you have Council members took a look at the last five a submission for the In the Spring, amidst Arbor Day and years, reviewed our old plan, and drafted a > Spring issue, mail to spring tree plantings, we co-hosted an strategic direction that truly serves the needs us at the address on ArborMaster Training session with the of the program - and ultimately the needs of the hack. Thanks! City ofMissoula. This intense training ourcommunities. Theplan is now in it’s final workshop provided CEU’s for our editing, layout, and printing phases, and will IN THIS ISSUE: certified arborists and facilitated be signed by State Forester Don Artley by valuable networking among industry New Year’s Day. The Council is slated to t) State U&CI Report professionals. Montana was also meet again March 26th at the NRCS Plant 2) 5yr Plan Revision represented at an International Society Materials Center in Bridger. This is one day free City USA of Arboriculture Tree Climbing after another exciting event we have planned ISA Update 3) Winter Tree Injury Jamboree in Wyoming. Jon Paul in March: the first ever “Trees, People, and 4) Regional Updates Paulsen went on to represent Montana the Law” conference through the National New U&U at the regional competition. Arbor Day Foundation. 5) Weltsites During the Summer, the Community When I look back on this year, it’s hard to "The Wilderness of Forestry Program teamed up with the believe we accomplished so much! The staff Nature teaches us Montana Conservation Corps to and all of our partners worked diligently to the wonder, the conduct street tree inventories in eight bring the best possible programming to fearlessness and the Montana communities. A BIG thanks Montana, and by all accounts, we’ve enjoyed fr-aLgiAlVi.tyGoiflbleirfet." to the local volunteers, city officials, a healthy measure of success. The program and businesses who supported the crew really stretched and grew this year, and we’re The CoimminitN and helped make thisprogram a HUGE planning on more ofthe same in 1998. Enjoy fmoardesetrpvosPsribolgeram is success! Plans areunderway forgetting the holiday season and look for more exciting through grant from all of this data into usable programs events on the horizon with the DNRC ,i the l.iSDA forest for these towns - thanks for your Community Forestry Program! Service. patience as we work on this phase of the project. As autumn turns to winter it is inevitable Large trees may become a hazard to personal property that the trees and shrubs in our landscape if injured. The injured trees should be assessed by a may be host to avariety ofwinter related professional for falling branch potential, splits in forks, problems. Winter damage can occur if or the eventual falling ofthe entire tree. Care must be snow and ice have covered our plants taken in assessing not only the risk of tree failure but long enough to cause branches and whole plants to bend, also what targets are in reach. Consult a certified droop, split or break. arborist, forest consultant, or plant professional to determine whether tree damage is repairable. Solutions Snow cover may also provide a home for rodents. may include pruning, guying or even removal. Ifyou have decided to prune the tree yourself, there are self Rodents injure bark and water-nutrient conducting help guides available from thethree regional community tissues by feeding on them. Winter injury also can forestry offices. Remember to adhere to the 3-cut occur as a result of temperature extremes and method (see figure below) for any pruning, no matter fluctuations, and/or by drying winds while the ground what size is cut. is frozen and the roots cannot provide the plant with its needed moisture. Remember that winter injury to woody plants is When inevitable in Montana. With the diversity of climate the days become longer and spring is right and the ever changing weather patterns it will be a around the comer, it is time to assess your plants for challenge for any homeowner and green industry damage. professional alike. As the industry evolves so to shall the species selection for landscapes, and the techniques Winter injury may come in the form of: and strategies for their maintenance. c^> dried and brown bads Written by Dan Rogers, City Forester, MissoulaMontana Taken inpartfrom the Missoula County Integrated Plant dried and brown stems Committeefactsheet tt6 bark splitting and tearing ez$> limb and branch breakage Injured plants can become targets for disease infections and insect infestations. Bark beetlescan be atremendous problem in conifers, especially in broken tops and branches. In deciduous trees large wounds can be more susceptible to stem-boring insects. If left untreated it may eventually kill the tree. Tree wounds such as split bark, may become ports of entry for stem and heart decays in both shade trees and conifers. Wounds can Whenremovingheavylimbs,firstmakeanundercut also enhance the spread of disease. Some plants such several inches outside of the collar, then remove limb by a second cut an inch or so outside ofthe as rose, mountain ash, apple, pear, crabbapple, juniper, firstcut. Removestubwith athird cutjustoutside and arborvitae, can be very susceptible to disease such ofthe collar, (Feucht, 1985) asfireblight. meenamA WESTERN EASTERN CENTRAL A salute to In the past Congratula- several the Arlee tions to months Terry Historical Museum for many things Jordahl of a very suc- have been Great Falls cessful fund going on in and Don raising cam- eastern Hannen of paign. They Montana: Kalispell, Mark Lennon raised over Jeff Roe Hardin was Perry Brzezinski new certified $8,000 to- nominated arborists! NADF ward land purchases and an ambi- for an award for city im- The Community Forestry program tious landscape plan that includes provements and plantings, Baker participated in Montana Educators rock and rose gardens, trees, shrubs held a Tree Care Workshop on prun- Association training conference in and with an engraved memorial ing, planting and maintenanace, and Billings. Over 4,000 teachers from stone. Glendive has a Dutch Elm Disease across the state attended, many A devastating micro burst wind program for homeowners. projects were discussed. storm hit Libby last summer caus- Eight communities (Ashland, Bill- Harlowton's USFS grant is doing ing millions of dollars of damage ings, Huntley, Jordan, Opheim, well! The irrigation is running on and clean-up costs. The commu- Savage, Sidney and Warden) con- 45 trees and 300 caragana, planted nity and the tree board responded ducted School Community Forestry to shelterthe playgroung at Hillcrest by seeking funding and planning for programs with 9 schools and over Elementary. Losses are low and | tree replacement. The local chap- 700 students participating. These morejunipers were planted this year. ter of the Society ofAmerican For programs provide excellentoutreach A special pat on the back for Dean : esters have volunteered to help up- for community questions on urban Blomquist and the Harlowton tree date Libby’s tree inventory as well. forestry and also function to create board! Whitehall is busy implementing a new community forestry projects. I will be conducting a tree care ses- Vision 2010 project that will revi- Miles City has an ongoing Park sion later this fall in Great Falls. talize the community, and address project which the Washington I also plan on helping extension social, economic and physical needs Middle School children havenamed agent Bob Brastrup conduct awind- for the next 25 years. Milwaukee Park after the historical break planting session in Havre this The communities of Corvallis, Co- owner, Milwaukee RR. Trinity Rail winter. lumbia Falls, Three Forks, Manhat- Service has made several donations Additionally Havre, along with Ft. tan and Hamilton completed street and we are exploring a Walmart Benton, participated in and com tree inventories last summer. grant for irrigation help. pleted tree inventories of their A Corvallis received a Forest Service Tree Care Workshop program is communities. grantto complete their inventory and being implemented in Glendive for Lastly, I am working on a develop a management plan. The January through March 1998. Dutch Elm Disease inventory was completed by dedi- Tenetative dates have been set. If project with Cas- cated volunteers and Mr, Phil you are interested in attending, cade. Leonardos high school class. please contact my office. Also, congratulations to the Missoula Little League Program and ) the community of Townsend who received Forest Service grants to implement tree planting projects. ! % Scotch Pine COUNCIL REORGANIZES AND WITH ASSISTS STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM Pirns sylvestris: The Montana Community Forestry Coun- ThenativepineoftiijeScot-; cil metseveral times thisyear. Their main Council working group members (L-R) Dan tish Highlands, this is the purpose was to assist with the revision of Rogers, Perry Brzezinski, GeoffBogie, Peter most widely distributed the 5-Year Plan, Montana’s Strategic Di- Kolb, Ryan Stover, Mark Hughes,JeffRoe, pine in the world and one Mark Lennon, Marvin Brush, and Bob Logar rection for Community Forestry. Coun- ofthemost important Eu- ropean.timbertrees. Inthe cil members discussed the successes ofthe program since its inception and performed U.S., nativepinesare bet- a needs assessment for the future. The result is a new plan which will be signed by ter adapted for forestry the State Forester and put into effect on January 1, 1998. plantations, but Scotch! Pine is commonly grown forShelterbelts, ornament With the plan completed, the Council will turn its attention to its own development. andChristmastrees. Issues such as funding, nonprofit status, membership, and scope will keep the Coun- TheScotchPineisa beau- cil members busy into the Spring. Our next meeting is scheduled for March 26, tiful, large (up to70’), in- 1998 in Bridger. Bob Logar and Joe Scianna from NRCS have graciously agreed to troducedtreewith acrown NRCS host the meeting and include a tour ofthe Plant Materials Center (where we’ll ofspreading branchesthat become rounded and ir- be meeting) in Bridger. If you would like to learn more about the Council, or if regular with rich blue- you’re a former member, you'll want to come to Bridger to see what we're up to! If greenfoliage. Ithasa habi you're planning on coming to the meeting, please RSVP early, so that we can plan tat of various soils from accordingly. Thanks again to NRCS for hosting the meeting. loamsto sand anda native rangethatspansacross Eu- ropeand N. Asia southto The Montana Community Forestry Council is an integral component of the DNRC , Turkey andhasbeennatu- Community Forestry Program, For more information about the Council, call Paula , ralized throughout N. Rosenthal at 542-4284. America/: % or MONTANA'S TREE Little, E.L., The Audubon Soci CITIES... etyFieldGuide (oNorthAhiefi-. cdh.:Trees, Knopf, New %1980, p29i-2- W Anaconda, Billings, Bozeman, Butte-Silverbow *, Ennis, Great Falls, Hardin, Harlowton, Havre, Helena, Judith Gap, Kalispell *, Libby, Malstrom AFB *, Missoula *, The Community Forestry Moore, Poison, Roundup, Saco, Whitehall *, Winnet. Program welcomes program Participating in Tree City USA represents astrong community commitment assistant GeoffBogie. Geoffis a UM forestry student and he to management of your trees and other resources. joined our stafflast September. Twenty-one Montana communities continued their commitment to He provides support to the comprehensive community forestry programs be being recognized as Tree Regional Community Foresters. Cities for the 1996 calendar year. Applications for certification or wwaa.ss..:v-iinnssttrruummeennttaall", ii.nn tthhee recertification for 1997 are due December 31st. development and layout ofthis Contact your Regional Community Forester for newsletter, and has worked details. extensivelywith our 5-yearplan (*) Additionally these communities received Growth revision. Geoff's office is in Awards for extra efforts and improvements in their Missoula, andhis phone number is 542-4239. Welcome Geoff! %tree programs. TREECITYUSH '"-r TREES, PEOPLE & THE LAW COMEEREWCE COMES TO BILLIMGS The National Arbor Day Founda- & tion will present Trees, People the Law in Billings on March 25, Interested in finding a copy ofa brochure on pruning that you had last 1998. This one-day seminar is ex- spring? Want some advise on planting those new trees you just pur- tremely popular, and we’re fortu- chased? That and just about anything else concerning community for- nate to be bring it to Montana. Vic- estry is on the INTERNET. Community Forestry sites are multiply- tor Merullo leads the course, and ing rapidly on the WEB. The following are just a few addresses that topics include: liability issues, prop- you may want to check out: erty and personal damage caused by (1) “http://www.odf.state.or.us/urban.htirr Oregon Department trees, damages recoverable for of Forestry - Urban Forestry with links other sites. damace to trees, negligance and "http://www.lstresource.eom/t/treedoc/topping.htm” Tree (2) nuisance concepts, and current le- Topping Hurts factsheet gal trends. The fee for the seminar (3) "http://www.forestry.uga.edu/links.html” Extension Forest Re- is $125 and includes a copy of the sources - University of Georgia, links to other states. book Arboriculture and the Law. \4) “http://www.reeusda.gov/new/statepartners/usa.htm” Links Check your mailbox for a flyer and to State Partners of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and registration information directly Extension Service. from the National Arbor Day Foun- (5) “http://willow.ncfes.umn.edu” Northeast Region US Forest Ser- dation, and mark your calendar to vice Home page, on-line publications on pruning, insect and disease be in Billings on March 25th! factsheets, tree care, Hazard Trees web page, natural resource management and other forestry related topics plus many links. . % /T vfi Look for us at MAN There are many opportunities to earn CEU’s the Congratulations to the City this winter and spring. Check out the Asso- Trade Show in ciation of Montana Turf & Ornamental Pro- of Missoula! They were Missoula in fessionals (AMTOP) Convention in February. nominated for a "Gold Leaf January There are also credit-bearing courses at the Award" from the Rocky & Montana Association of Nurseryman Mountain Chapter of ISA Tradeshow in January - and there will be a At the for "Best Arbor Day Cel- AMTOP special utility training workshop in conjunc- Con- ebration" for their annual tion with this event. This line clearance work- vention in "Run for the Trees" which shop will fulfill the training requirements of , Bozeman in OSHA 1910.269 and parts of the ANSI is a premier racing event in February Z133. 1-1994 safety standards. Contact Paula Missoula each spring Rosenthal, Community Forestry Coordinator % m ^2= \for registration information at 542-4284. j v-C-. Montana Community Forestry Program Bulk Rate Department of Natural Resources and Conservation 2705 Spurgin Road MT Missoula, 59804 U.S. Postage PAID MT Helena, Permit No. 345 Roe Jeff DNRC P.O.Box 1794 MT 59301 Miles City , December 31, 1997 Tree City USA Deadline. Ifyou are recertifying, materials will be sent to you from the National Arbor Day Foundation. If you are certifying for the first time, call your Regional Community Forester.. TT-T..; - * . January 7-9, 1998 M.A.N. Conference, Missoula. Workshops, seminars, and a huge tradeshow. CEU opportunities for arborists. Call 721-7334 to register. January 7, 1998 Utility Training Workshop, Missoula. Meets some OSHA training requirements. Call Paula Rosenthal, Community Forestry Specialist for details. AMTOP & February 9-11, 1998 Convention, Bozeman. Association of Montana Turf Ornamental Profesionals. Pesticide Applicators and ISA Arborist Certification exams are planned. March 1-3, 1998 Tree City USA Conference, Nebraska City, Nebraska March 25, 1998 Trees, People and the Law, Billings. A one-day seminar which addresses legal issues surrounding trees, property, damages, etc. Fee is $125 and CEU's are available. March 26, 1998 Montana Community Forestry Council meeting hosted by NRCS. Meeting and tour at the Plant Materials Center in Bridger. March 29-31, 1998 Building with Trees Conference, Nebraska April 1998 ARBOR MONTH!! Montana's ArborDay is officially on April 24, 1998.