06/18/2022
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Hi Council & Staff,
We got a whopper of a storm last night! Whether your community experienced tree damage or not, please respond to the survey below when you get a chance. I'll keep sending it out over the next couple of weeks to complete for those with a lot of cleaned up.
My fingers are crossed that the many towns that have proactively managed their tree infrastructure experienced little damage. If you have a lot of cleaning up to do from public trees, let's talk about how to turn that around.
Work safely,
Steph
Learn About Bees
Thursday, June 16th
7:00 PM
Whitehouse Village Hall, 6925 Providence Street
Presenter: Roger Myers, Beekeeper
Sponsored by the Whitehouse Tree Commission
Urban Forestry Tours are Back!
We had so much fun last year that we're doing a couple this summer. We're especially excited to have ACRT, Inc as lunch sponsors.
More details coming soon, but mark your calendars and RSVP today!
2022 NW Ohio Urban Forestry Conference
Exciting news!
ACRT, Inc has volunteered to be this year's Keynote Speaker Sponsor. We will be lining up our Keynote Presenter and scheduling a final date soon for the 1st or 2nd week in November.
I'm excited to be back in person and to see you all there. Thank you ACRT for helping us bring world class speakers to our little corner of the world!
Consider this...
Q. What if we train our employees and they leave?
A. What if we don't train our employees and they stay???
Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) Course Springfield, OH - August 16-18
ISA Certified Arborist Preparation Course Grove City, OH - August 29-September 1
ISA Written Exams
September 2, Grove City, OH
September 22, Cincinnati, OH
Watch for more details soon for these... they'll fill fast
Chainsaw Use and Operation Course, Location TBD - September 20
Chainsaw Use and Operation Course, Location TBD - September 21
Municipal Forestry Institute: Leaders Growing Leaders in Urban Forestry
September 25-30, 2022
The Municipal Forestry Institute (MFI) is an intensive high-level professional growth program of the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA). This week-long training provides personal and professional development opportunities for key urban forestry decision makers who want to become effective leaders and managers.
SMA Municipal Forestry Institute Flyer
Urban Forestry Toolbox
Our new, online toolbox is packed with tons of things communities often need like sample contract specs, how-to info, and general tree & care information. We still have things to add like ready-to-use articles, so let me know if you need something that's still missing or if you can't find something
Check out the Toolbox and bookmark our updated website at
www.ohiodnr.gov/urbanforestry
Continue to be on the lookout
BEWARE
Wild Parsnip and Poison Hemlock
PROTECT YOURSELVES, your EMPLOYEES, and your PUBLIC
OSU Buckeye Yard and Garden Line
Deer Ticks
Prevent Lyme Disease
Deer tick life cycles and disease-spreading stages are much different than dog ticks. Be Tick Smart and protect you, your pets, and those around you.
Ohio Department of Health
CDC Lyme Disease Page
Spongy Moth
Formerly known as Gypsy Moth
Time to monitor for larvae.
Let me know if you suspect any or need help searching.
Ohio Dept of Ag Spongy Moth Page
Oak Wilt
Showin' up in unexpected spots
We're working to get more timely and reliable protocols in place for dealing with more widespread oak wilt discoveries. We'll have a panel of experts and community representatives at this November's Urban Forestry Conference to discuss the disease and their experiences with it. Please contact me if you suspect oak wilt in your community.
US Forest Service Oak Wilt
Bagworms
Not a huge urban forestry concern
Some of you may be saying, "WHAT?" Fortunately, most of the public trees you manage are deciduous - they lose their leaves every year. Because bagworms are late season defoliators, leaves have done most of the work by the time adults eat them up. Focus your monitoring and control on and around your high value conifers: pine, spruce, fir, arborvitae, cedar. They do not recover from defoliation. And good information will definitely help your residents.
The best treatment is pulling off and destroying bags before they hatch. If you still have an issue, treat with Malathion or Bt in mid-late June when the feeding adults are small. You might need to treat a couple of times. If you miss that window, then you'll need to use much hotter, stinkier insecticides - Yuck. So have a plan and timetable to stay ahead of bagworms on your conifer population.
Purdue Bagworm Factsheet
Receive weekly updates about insect, disease, and other landscape plant issues. It's a terrific resource to keep us informed about what to look for. It's a weekly read for me so I know what questions to anticipate. Sign up by clicking here.
Online Tree Disease Course
Online self-paced training
Offered by OSU Department of Plant Pathology. Registration $35
Truly,
Steph
Steph Miller
Pronouns: she/her
Regional Urban Forester, NW Ohio
