!" ## $$ % & $ ! ’( ) ** # + , (- . /+01+( 0 2 3445 67 ! !& # ( !( $ + +$ 82 6# 6 #$ # +% +# 9 + ( ( % + ( + # ( : $; %2< # 6 + $! ! ! +, $ %7+$ 6 +$# +# % * $ ! 3# + 8 ( !$ # 344=, $! +, %6 * * ! ( $! #$ ! >8 6 # ## ? - @ !.( ( !! ’( ) % # ! !! + ! A ## $ % ) 6 # * * # + % A year ago, I offered up a list of small and medium sized trees to consider for planting in Minnesota. This past fall, Gary and I compiled and presented a sec- ond list to Minnesota’s Tree Inspectors at fall workshops. I will state again, these are just lists to consider - not the answer to all situa- tions. When you look at the lists, you will see that there are a couple of species present that people despise. When a tree is completely out of favor, you have to stop and ask, “why?” Typically, it is because the tree or shrub is growing in the wrong place, but keep in mind that there is a right place. So, look these lists over. The lists this year include not only smaller and larger trees but some shrubs and a few woody vines. ! 04 7+! 2, * ’ B +$ % 2 67 % ) $ + $ %
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A year ago, I offered up a list of small and medium sized trees to consider for planting in Minnesota. This past fall, Gary and I compiled and presented a sec-ond list to Minnesota’s Tree Inspectors at fall workshops.
I will state again, these are just lists to consider - not the answer to all situa-tions. When you look at the lists, you will see that there are a couple of species present that people despise. When a tree is completely out of favor, you have to stop and ask, “why?” Typically, it is because the tree or shrub is growing in the
wrong place, but keep in mind that there is a right place.
So, look these lists over. The lists this year include not only smaller and larger trees but some shrubs and a few woody vines.
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Christian Science Monitor | Aaron Clark | December 21, 2005
Donald "Stubby" Warmbold remembers the day he saw a 100-year-old oak tree cut
into 12-inch lengths of firewood. A new homeowner in suburban Mercer County,
N.J., wanted to expand a driveway, so the tree had to go.
"It was a beautiful, beautiful red oak," says Mr. Warmbold, who had recently lost a
lucrative telephone polemaking business because new environmental laws had re-
duced his lumber supply.
"That's a waste," he recalls thinking. "That's when the little light bulb went on."
Warmbold realized the tree could have been put to better use. Such high-quality
wood could be turned into furniture or flooring or, at the very least, park benches.
Traditionally, urban trees chopped down because of disease, age, or development
have been sent to the dump. But increasingly, entrepreneurs and small businesses are
identifying ways to more constructively use the estimated 3.8 billion board feet of
timber - about 25 percent of the annual hardwood lumber production in the United
States every year - that is removed from cities and suburbs annually. That's roughly
enough wood to build about 275,000 new homes, and only a small fraction is now
recycled.
More arborists and city officials are using the timber from these trees for firewood
or wood chips. Warmbold and a handful of others are trying to take that a step fur-
ther, turning unwanted oaks, pines, and ash trees into flooring, cabinetry, custom
molding, and high-end furniture.
"We're about repairing things and not throwing them away," Warmbold says.
Warmbold and his wife, Maria, started Citilogs, six years ago in Pittstown, N.J.
They salvage trees from urban parks and suburban homes and have clients all along
the East Coast and in Chicago.
Warmbold typically hauls away trees that have fallen down due to weather or dis-
ease for clients who want them made into customized tables, desks, cabinetry, or
other woodworks. After removing them, he usually ships the wood to Amish crafts-
men in Pennsylvania, who create custom pieces made with nontoxic glues and fin-
ishes. Sometimes he turns the trees into lumber his clients will use in construction
projects. He charges for overseeing the removal of trees, the ������������$�!���0G�
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Please read this story carefully…money depends on it.
Once again, Tree Care Advisors have a chance to be part of the larger urban for-
estry community in Minnesota. The 2006 MN Shade Tree Short Course (STSC) will be held on March 21 and 22, 2006, at Bethel College in Arden Hills, Minnesota. You are invited to participate as a full registrant, at a reduced rate or as a volunteer with a complimentary registration.
Registration brochures for the STSC have been mailed out.
This year, we will have a separate area for TCAs to dine (for lunches) on both days. This allows an opportunity for you to reconnect with old friends and make some new ones.
Reduced Rates for Active Members (such a deal!) (see page 9 for your level)
Platinum Level (>500 documented hours as of 12-31-04) : Free Registration!
1. Determine your TCA Activity Level (e.g., Silver). If you are uncertain, contact Dave Hanson…he keeps the records.
2. When you receive your registration brochure, fill out all information and include a
check payable to "University of Minnesota" for the appropriate registration amount (e.g., for Silver Level, it would be $58.00).
3. Mail the registration form and check to: Dave Hanson, TCA/STSC 2006, 115 Green Hall,
1530 Cleveland Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55108. DO NOT MAIL THE REGISTRATION AND MONEY TO ANYONE BUT DAVE HANSON. DO NOT WRITE THE CHECK TO ANYTHING BUT "UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA!" We have had problems in the past when
TCAs have sent their registration to the registrar at the College of Continuing Edu-cation. They don't know what's going on. In the past, we've taken care of problems and straightened everything out. No
longer. The registrar has instructions to ignore any registration that is not for the full amount unless Dave and I submit it.
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The same goes for checks in payment for registration. Do not write them to "Shade
Tree Short Course," or "Tree Care Advisor Program," or "Dave Hanson." They will be returned to you because we cannot cash or deposit them. (Sorry, Dave)
4. Dave and I will submit your registrations to the Registrar for the STSC and you will have a registration packet and badge waiting for you at the registration desk.
Please help us by following these steps. It gets way too confusing when people just do what they want to do, and we can't take the time to straighten things out any-more.
Volunteer at the STSC There will be a limited number of openings for TCA volunteers at the STSC in 2006. If you are interested in volunteering and receiving a free registration, please follow these directions:
1. Be willing to contribute up to four hours a day at the STSC as a volunteer.
2. Be willing to do what the volunteer coordinator asks you to do, not just what you want to do.
3. Contact the STSC Volunteer Coordinator, Barb Harlan, and sign up as a volunteer.
Barb’s email address is (9������P��+����%���. Please email Barb whenever possible. If necessary, her phone number is 763-784-0251.
4. Barb has complete authority over the volunteer aspect of the STSC; Dave and I as well as the STSC Registrar and CCE will always defer to Barb.
5. Barb will work with you on your duties. She will also send me a list of volunteers. Please fill out a registration form after you have been assigned a volunteer task, send it to Dave Hanson, but include no registration fee. Simply write "TCA Volunteer" at the top of the registration form and "N/A" in the amount column. Dave and I will submit
your registration to the Registrar. Do Not Send the Registration to the Registrar. She will not know what to do with it.
Every year, our volunteers receive nothing but accolades from the participants at the STSC. For many people, you are the main reason that they enjoy the conference and get so much out of it. You should feel very proud and honored if you are a volunteer there and/or have been one in the past.
STSC Reduced Registration Rates for Active Members
Platinum Level : Free! Gold Level: 80% off = $29.00.
Silver Level: 60% off = $58.00. Bronze Level: 40% off = $87.00.
Bronze Club (100-199 hours)
Ballentine, Diane
Barker, Anna
Batzer, Harold
Carroll, Doris
Couture, Paul
Drolson, Laurie
Erdman, Janet
Fisk, Sharon
Gilligan, Lee
Goehring, Cindy
Goodfellow-Hayer, Terri
Griffin, Gail
Hardy, Roxanne
Hjellming, Jean
Johnson, Holly
Kari, Claire
Karsell, Kay M.
Keleher, Lou Ann
Klessig, Lynn A.
Kuechle, Deb
Matiski, Cindy
McKay, Marilyn
O'Reilly, John
Overom, Jackie
Pieper, Herbert A.
Reeves, Ronald
Schmidtke, Lu
Schneider, Gary
Stendahl, Barbara
Urberg, Kathy
Zastera, James W.
Silver Club (200-299 Hours)
Bolander, Diana
Dolby, Audrey
Eberlein, Frances
Friederichs, Pat
Hanson, Gordon
Hueser, Charles
Koetter, Rebecca
Ludwig, Heide
Nellis, Joyce
Pedersen, Dorothy
Peterson, Leah
Pollock, Kathy
Saltvold, Jane
Williams, Winnie
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Gold Club (300-499)
Augustson, Polly
Bonnet, Kathleen
Crea, Diane
Denman, Paula
Hambleton, Glen
Harlan, Barbara
Keyport, Georgiann
Kirchner, Ken
Kirchner, Margaret
Klein, Jane
Leschisin, Barbara
McDonough, Betsy
Paulson, David
Vernon, Lynn
Wagner, Vera
Wedekind, Tim
Wright, Robert
Platinum Club (Greater than 500 hours)
Akins, Sherry
Banks, Warren
Bjerke, Nancy
Condon, Robert **
Dingfelder, Carolyn **
Filson, Esther **
Gates, Patti Lee
Granos, Bruce
Herbst, Gordon H.
Hottinger, Mimi *
Johnson, Cliff
Kirkpatrick, Barb
Larson, Janet
Lundgren, Maureen
Nelson, Jim **
Nystrom, Rita **
Rither, Skip **
Stromme, Lorrie
** 1000+ Club
* Close to the 1000 hr. mark
Bolded names are new to the respective clubs.
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Lets start with a definition - Tolerance of: the plant can live with “it,” or puts up with “it,” most of the time and survives in spite of “it.” Does better than most other plants – does not mean it thrives or that this is the best condition for the plant.
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Acer spicatum (Mountain maple) MN Acidic Not Very
Needs good drain-
age
Poor to Moderate
Poor to Moder-ate
Tsuga Canadensis (Hemlock) Eastern MN Acidic Poor
Tolerates Poor
Drainage Very Poor Poor
Cladrastis Kentuckea (American Yellowwood)
South 1/3 to Central
Acidic to Alkaline
Unknown Tolerates
Poor Sensitive Sensitive
Cotinus obovatus (American smoketree)
South 1/3 to Central MN
Neutral to Alkaline
Unknown Tolerates
Poor Very Sensitive
Maackia amurensis (Amur maackia or maackia)
MN Acidic to Alkaline
Not at all
Some Reported Tolerance
to Poor Drainage
Very Good
Magnolia X loebneri (‘Merrill’ magnolia)
South 1/3 to Central MN
Acidic to Moderate Alkalinity
Doubtful Tolerates
Poor Drainage
Moderate Moderate
Acer triflorum (3-flowered maple) South 1/3 to
Central MN Acidic Doubtful
Prefers Well
Drained Soil
Poor – especially
when young
Poor
Chamaecyparis spp. (Falsecypress)
South 1/3 to Central MN
Acidic to mildly Alka-
line Unknown
Tolerates Poor
Drainage Poor Unknown
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