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2010 NEMF Meeting topics and dates

 

Date: March 18th
Speaker: Mark Duntemann and Jim Tresouthick
Location: the Morton Arboretum
Topic: Urban Forestry Initiatives

 

Date: April 13th
Speaker: Fred Miller
Location: the Morton Arboretum
Topic: 2010 Pest update

 

Date: May 20th
Speaker: Richard Babica
Location: The Village of West Dundee
Topic: Infiltration Gallery Project

 

Date: August 19th
Speaker: Jim Semelka
Location: Village of Oak Park
Topic: Tree spacing presentation and tour

 

Date: September 30th
Speaker: Mark Duntemann
Location: Village of Mount Propect Public Works Dept. 1700 West Central Rd --enter through far west of building.
Topic: Tree Appraisals

 

Date: October 21st
Speaker: Sandy Clark and Edith Makra
Location: Village of Mount Prospect Public Works Dept. 1700 West Central Rd
The Wood Utilization Team aims to demonstrate the value of the urban ash wood resource and create market opportunities.  The Team is facilitating connections among the many sectors and industries to help capture more high value wood products from the urban forest.  A new effort in collaboration with other states is promoting branding to help move urban wood into green building initiatives. 
Topic: Wood Utilization Team Update and Mount Prospect Demonstration Project

 

Date: November 18th  
Speaker: Bryant Scharenbroch
Location: The Morton Arboretum
Topic: Soil modification on parkways to promote new tree growth

 

Date: December 16th
Speaker: Dan Price
Location: Village of Lombard
Topic: An in-depth presentation about Lombard’s tree mapping program
 
 
Date: January TBA
Speaker: Merle Turner
Location: Com Ed Office in Oakbrook
Topic: Com Ed is performing community outreach to local towns and will inform our members about their research in Lake County and inform us about some volunteer opportunities that they hosted with communities this year and some possible opportunities for other communities for next year.