Please join us for our 95th Annual Meeting. We have a great line-up of speakers (Dr. Michael J. Donoghue, Wayne Dubin, Dr. Jeff Ward and Dr. Brian Kane), our always packed trade show and, of course, an excellent lunch. The following CEU’s are available at the end of the day: CT DEEP 3A/ 1.5 CEU’s, CT DEEP 2,3D/4.25 CEU’s, CT Forest Practitioner/2.0 CEU’s, ISA Certification/4.25 CEU’s, TCIA CTSP/1.5 CEU’s and Advanced Certified Tree Wardens’/4.25 CEU’s.
Nominations for CTPA Awards
The Connecticut Tree Protective Association regularly honors individuals who have made significant contributions to arboriculture and to the care and protection of Connecticut’s trees. These awards are given annually and presented at the Annual Meeting. The CTPA Board of Directors is requesting nominees for awards for the upcoming Annual Meeting on 19 January 2017 and encourages you to nominate someone whom you feel deserves special recognition.
Award Categories:
- Award of Merit– This award is presented to a CTPA member who has shown exemplary professionalism and dedication and made outstanding contributions to the care and protection of Connecticut’s trees.
- Arborist Citation– This award is presented to a non-member who has shown exemplary dedication to the care and protection of Connecticut’s trees.
If you know of someone that is deserving of either of these awards, please print out the nomination form and email (info@ctpa.org) or fax (203)793-7924 to the CTPA office.
The deadline for nominations is Friday, December 2, 2016.
Arboriculture 101 Registration
Registration for the Winter 2017 Session of Arboriculture 101 is now open. This series of classes will begin with the first class on Wednesday, January 6. All attendees must register before the start of this class. Also, please note, this session of Arboriculture 101 tends to fill quickly. There is a limit to the number of students that can be accepted into the course.
Details are available through the and the Arboriculture 101 web page.
If anyone would like further information, they should contact the CTPA office by email or at 203-484-2512.
Invitation to Attend a Demonstration of Stormwise
Arborists and CTPA members are invited to a demonstration of Stormwise, to be held on Tuesday, November 15, from 1 – 4 in the afternoon. The demonstration will be held in Durham.
What is Stormwise? Stormwise is an innovative approach to managing roadside trees and forests involving techniques drawn from arboriculture and forestry, in order to make those trees and forests more windfirm and safe during storm events. The effort is primarily being led by researchers at the CT Agricultural Experiment Station and at UConn. Stormwise has drawn support from participants as diverse as Eversource and the CT Forest and Park Association.
There is no fee to attend the demonstration but pre-registration is required.
For details and to register to attend.
3.0 ceu’s will be offered for arborists and forest pest supervisors, and for tree wardens. Foresters and forest product harvesters will be eligible for 1.0 ceu.
Arborist Scholarship Application
CTPA is seeking applicants for the 2017 Arborist Scholarship. This $2,000 scholarship is being offered to undergraduate students who are residents of Connecticut studying urban forestry or arboriculture. Students do not need to be attending college in Connecticut.
The Association plans to offer two scholarships this year. The due date for applications is November 29, 2016. The name(s) of the 2017 award winner(s) will be announced at the 2017 Annual Meeting.
Please click on the button to print out the application forms
Valerie Caron – 2016 Oscar P. Stone Scholarship Recipient and Past President Rich Mitchell
This is the 17th year in which CTPA has offered this scholarship, with 26 scholarships awarded since 2001.
If anyone has any questions, please contact the CTPA office (203-484-2512 or info@ctpa.org). Ken Bullard is the current Scholarship Chair.
FREE Nursery & Landscape Research Tour
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station is holding a free Nursery & Landscape Tour on September 15, 2016 at the Valley Laboratory, 153 Cook Hill Road in Windsor, CT. Registration begins at 8:30 am. There will be a walking tour followed by indoor talks. The day will adjourn at 1pm with 3.25 Pesticide Re-certification Credits being given.
Please click here to print out the agenda.
Emerald Ash Borer Workshop – Monroe
Is EAB a threat? Are you willing to bet your ash?
On September 22, 2016, The CTPA will hold a full day workshop and field tour on the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). This workshop will take place in Monroe and will run from 8 am to 3 pm.
Arborists, tree wardens foresters, forest practitioners, and all tree and landscape professionals are invited to attend, along with anyone with an interest in the health of our trees and forests. In the course of the day, attendees will learn about the biology of the insect and the means by which it attacks ash trees. They will also first hear about and then see in the field the indicators of an emerald ash borer infestation, and about the options available to protect ask trees from EAB.
Attendees should meet at the Monroe Fire House – Station #1, 18 Shelton Road (Rte 110), Monroe
The speakers include:
Chris Donnelly, CT State Urban Forester, speaking on the regulatory response to EAB
Dr. Claire Rutledge, Entomologist at the CT Agricultural Experiment Station, speaking on the biology of EAB.
Dr. Richard Cowles, Entomologist at the CT Agricultural Experiment Station, speaking on how EAB affects trees and the mechanisms by which pesticides protect ask trees from EAB.
There will be a field tour that will demonstrate the use of pesticides and visits to infested trees, to see directly the effect EAB has on these trees. Peeling stations will be set up so that people have a chance to see an emerald ash borer within a tree.
Attendees should register in advance with CTPA. The cost of attending is $45 for CTPA members and $55 for non-members. Monroe residence are invited to attend and a donation of $20 to cover lunch and refreshments is requested.
CEU’s :CT Arborist Lic. 3D/6, ISA /6, Forest Practicioner/2, TCIA CTSP/3.5, Tree Wardens Advanced Certified/6
If you have any questions, please call the office at (203)484-2512 or cathy@ctpa.org
Record Mortality for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid During This Past Winter
As reported by Dr. Carole Cheah of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, the hemlock woolly adelgid population in Connecticut suffered its highest rate of mortality this past winter in 16 years of record-keeping. Along the shore, average mortality was nearly 95%, while it the northwest corner of the state, mortality approached 100%.
Dr. Cheah presents these observations, along with comparisons with the results of previous years, in a Station fact sheet entitled, “HWA Winter Mortality in Connecticut & Implications for Management and Control“. This fact sheet can be found through the publications page on the Station web site (www.ct.gov/caes), under fact sheets and then under pdf’s.
Dr. Cheah describes two factors as contributing to this record-breaking die-off. Primarily, it was the extreme cold that arrived as part of a mid-February polar vortex and that affected the whole state. Also, because the winter had been mild previous to this cold snap, there was little snow accumulation within the tree canopy, and so the insects had little protection from the cold. She also includes the observation that, again due to the previous mild weather, many of the insects that were killed were at a later stage in their development.
Throughout the fact sheet, Dr. Cheah takes note of the various management implications that arise from these observations.
In a related note, Dr. Kirby Stafford has updated the gypsy moth fact sheet to include information from this current year. This fact sheet is available on the CAES web site as well.
Dr. Cheah will be attending the CTPA Summer Meeting on Thursday, July 21, along with several other Station Scientists – so please, register to attend the meeting and come with your questions, your own observations regarding trees, insects and diseases, and also any samples you might wish to discuss with these researchers.
Fall 2016 Arboriculture 101
Arboriculture 101 is a course given by the CTPA two times a year for those wishing to advance in the field of arboriculture and to prepare for the Connecticut Arborist License exam. It is given one night a week for thirteen weeks. Each class session is 3 hours in length.
The Fall 2016 session of Arboriculture 101 will begin on Wednesday, September 7
Christina Berger instructs students on the proper use of pesticides, including regulations and safety concerns.
and will take place at CTPA HQ in Wallingford. Attendees must have registered in advance of the first class.
The Summer Meeting is July 21, 2016. There will be plenty of food, vendors and educational workshops. Come spend the day!
