How can you share your knowledge and experience with others? How can you give something back and leave a legacy to your profession?  How can you develop as a leader?

Serve!

Nominations are being sought from the ISAT membership to fill several positions on the ISAT Board of Directors. You may nominate yourself or another qualified ISAT member interested in serving on the ISAT Board.

The Election Committee will fill the slate from the nominations. Elections will be held in August and the Board members will be installed at the annual membership meeting at the Texas Tree Conference in Waco this September.

ISAT will be holding the election by e-ballot so if you need a paper copy mailed to you call John at ISAT at 979.324.1929.

Click here for the nomination form

Celebrate the accomplishments of those who have dedicated their talents to spreading a leafy green canopy over Texas by nominating them for the 2018 Texas Community Forestry Awards Program. Nominate yourself or another!

 

Winners are announced during the 2018 Texas Tree Conference Awards Luncheon in Waco this September. Each award winner will receive a numbered, remarked and framed, limited-edition print of a famous Texas tree painting especially commissioned for the program.

2018 Award Categories:

• Arborist of the Year
• Gold Leaf Award for Landscape Improvement
• Arboricultural Project of the Year
• Outstanding Arbor Day Activities

Click here for more information or to register

The ISA Annual International Conference and Trade Show provides a forum for the exchange of information and opportunities to network with others in the arboricultural profession. The event provides a lineup of educational sessions led by industry leaders from around the globe, sharing their thoughts and views about the newest trends in equipment, practice, technology and research in arboriculture and urban forestry. It is the world's premier gathering of arboricultural professionals, where practicing arborists and urban foresters come together with top researchers and educators.

Features of the conference include:

Consider attending as a way to build your business network, meet the industry's leaders, and learn from the best in the profession

Are you paying your kid to work for your business? You're not? You should.

No, I'm not saying you should put your four-year-old behind the receptionist desk to take calls. Or ask your middle-schooler to assist you in surgery. But if you have a teenager, you should strongly consider putting him or her to work. The benefits are enormous.

As part of its continuing stewardship of the city's urban trees, the Seattle Department of Transportation replaced 38 metal tree grates along the sidewalks of 3rd Avenue with permeable tree surrounds installed with Porous Pave XL. A green building product is a pour-in-place, permeable paving material, which combines chips of recycled rubber with granite aggregate and a liquid binder.

Click here to learn more about permeable paving for trees 

ISAT members who want to take a two-hour shift to staff the ISAT booth to answer tree questions  at this years EXPO  can sign up at the link below. 

If you haven't been to this event, you are missing out - 32 educational sessions and hundreds of tree and plant vendors. It's quite a show. Work a few hours and check it out for free.

Summer in Texas is hard on trees. Here are some watering tips from the Texas Chapter ISA. If you have a Texas tree tip to include for homeowners or other arborists, email jpg@isatexas.com to get it on the ISAT website.

Click here for some tree watering tips

Shortly after saying "I do," a Wisconsin couple narrowly escaped being injured when a large tree branch fell on the picnic table where they were recording their wedding video.

Cheyenne and Lucas Kopeschka were reflecting on their journey to become man and wife Saturday, when all of a sudden they heard a loud crack overhead. The couple looked up and bolted out of the way as the branch came plummeting down right where they had been sitting.

Melinda is retiring from the City of Fort Worth where she has been the City Forester for 18 years. In addition to winning many awards for her service, she was a leader in the Cross Timbers Urban Forestry Council, started the Fort Worth Heritage Tree Program and was on the Board of the Texas Chapter for many years including as the Texas Tree Conference Chair and as Texas Chapter ISA President.

Congratulations Melinda and have fun glamping!