TREE PROTECTION & REPLACEMENT ORDINANCES WORKSHOP

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL GARDENERS CONCERNING TREE ORDINANCES IN THE REGION—FREE WORKSHOP FRIDAY!

TREE PROTECTION & REPLACEMENT ORDINANCES

When: Friday, Dec. 14, 2012   8:30-11:30 a.m.

Where: MARC Conference Center,  600 Broadway, Suite 200,  Kansas City, MO 64105

Fee: No cost to attend.

Registration: Call: 816/701-8234 or E-mail: gti@marc.org

SESSION DESCRIPTION:

The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) recently completed a regional forestry assessment that estimates the region’s 250 million trees produce over $233 million in air quality, energy conservation and carbon sequestration benefits. One key strategy for protecting vital forestry assets is the development of municipal tree-protection ordinances. This workshop will begin with an overview of local and national tree-protection ordinances, with an analysis of the key elements that lead to more sustainable urban forest management practices. Presentations will be followed by discussion among workshop participants to evaluate what local policy measures most effectively support community forestry goals.

SPEAKERS:

Josh Behounek is a regional business developer and consulting urban forester with the Davey Resource Group based in Columbia, Mo. He has worked for Davey for more than 11 years and currently focuses on assisting communities, nonprofits, commercial clients and state agencies in the Midwest in proactively and sustainably managing their trees and other natural resources. Josh graduated from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a bachelor’s degree in forestry resource management. He is a certified arborist municipal specialist and a graduate of the Society of Municipal Arborist’s Municipal Forester Institute.

Skip Kincaid is a senior consulting urban forester with Davey Resource Group in St. Louis, Mo. His responsibilities include: assisting governments, businesses, utilities, attorneys, architects and engineers with hazard and risk tree assessments; tree appraisals/forensics; storm damage assessment projects; tree preservation plans on construction sites; urban forestry master plans; ordinance writing; and expert witness testimony. He is an International Society of Arboriculture board-certified master arborist and municipal specialist and a Society of American Foresters certified forester. Mr. Kincaid received a bachelor’s of science degree in forest management and a master’s of science degree in forest economics and silviculture, both from the University of Missouri in Columbia.