Shady Tree
With many visiting dignitaries in attendance including Robert A. Banlett, Jr., F.A. Bartlett Tree Co., Susan Haupt, President of the National Arborists Association, Ken Meyer, past president of the International Society of Arhoriculture, and his wife Linda, and Klaus Bethge of Gennany, NYSA held its annual banquet to install its new officers and directors. Also in attendance were many past presidents including Fred Donovan, Carl Lundberg, Leo Clark and Jon Hickey.
Under the new NYSA banner, 145 guests dined with old friends and made new ones. Incoming vice president Mark Barry and his wife Kathleen celebrated Mark’s 40th birthday at the gala event.
Milestones noted at the banquet included the retirement of outgoing vice president, Rex Webber, who devoted 10 years of service to the board. Now Mr. Webber plans on spending his time with family. In addition, Richard Almstead’s noted career also marked the occasion as his retirement was announced after 14 years of service to the board. Thank you to Rex and Richie.
One of the highlights of the evening was Dave Hayner passing the gavel to Sal Pezzino. Dave told the packed room, “It has been an honor and a challenge.” Dave received a standing ovation for all his accomplishments and overseeing the association for the past two years. Even though Dave is no longer president, we know he and his wife Betty will be actively involved with the association for many years to come.
Mr. Pezzino thanked Bart Fusco, the 1991 & 1992 NYSA President for getting him involved in the association. Sal noted the many positive changes taking place within the arborists such as the addition of a new governor, an all-tirne high membership, the NYSA mission statement and NYSA banner.
Rex Webber, Tom Draves and Dave Dailey outdid themselves this year with the “hawking” of the raffle tickets. All of the proceeds of the 50/50, Arbor Day poster raffle, and Jon Hickey’s generous donation of stamps go to ISA Research.
After everyone dined on a scrumptious meal, Vincent Simeone, Assistant Director of Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, NY gave a slide presentation on the history and heritage of the Planting Fields. This year’s Jamboree will be taking place in June at the Arboretum. This is a “must see” place and event. Mr. Simeone is correct in that the Arboretum preserves the past and promotes the future.
Greg Frank, ISA Representative, took over as MC to present the prestigious awards and scholarships given by the NYSA. The association has always been a forerunner in promoting education and research in the green industry. Ms. Caroline DeWilde of the School of Professional Horticulture co-shared the scholarship award. Ms. DeWilde announced the monies would go into the scholarship fund at the School of Professional Horticulture.
Previously that day, the Research Award was given to Dr. George Hudler of Cornell University and the publication “Branching Out.” For those individuals in plant health care, “Branching Out” is one of the best publications in the business. (See more about “Branching Out” on page 7 of STN). Mr. Ralph Padilla of the New York Botanical Garden was lured to the banquet under false pretenses only to find Out that he was the recipient of the Professional Field Arborist Award. Ralph was New York State’s Jamboree Champion. Congratulations, Ralph!
The Gold Leaf Award was presented to Mr. Richard Schnall on behalf of The New York Botanical Garden. This award will be officially presented at the Arbor Day ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion. The final and most prestigious award of the evening, the Distinguished Arborist Award, was presented to Mr. Robert A. Bartlett, Jr. of Bartlett Tree Experts, Stamford, CT. Mr. Bartlett has generously donated his time to many chapters of the ISA. Along with having a degree in Business Administration, he has worked for over 25 years with the F.A. Bartlett Tree Co. and has been a member of the Arbor Day Foundation and has credentials too numerous to list. Mr. Bartlett was characterized as a “tree professional who gives something back to the profession and encourages the vast network of his employees from around the world to do the same.”
The evening ended on a high note with our raffles and 50/50 drawings. Believe it or not, the Crandall brothers were not the big winners this year. One of the 50/50 winners totaling 5175.00 “cold cash” was won by Dennis Wright of Tamarack Clearing. He just stopped in to see the trade show. Nice stop! The 1997 Arbor Day poster was won by Mr. Harvey Donaldson of John Brown & Sons. Ms. Margaret Hewitt of the new company and first time exhibitor, Links, Lumber & Landscape, won a portion of the stamps donated by past president and long- time member Jon Hickey. Joe Broyles won the other half of the stamps. Aric DiCruttal of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation also won $175.00 cash in the 50/50 and donated the money right back to the New York Botanical Garden Scholarship Program. What a nice gesture and a pleasant surprise for the “Garden”! The ISA Research Trust Fund netted $700.00 for the evening.
Again, congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who attended to help make the banquet a great success.
Establishing an ISA-Approved CEU Program
Michael F. Galvin
Obtaining C.E.U.s, for some, may be difficult – obtaining them for free may be even more difficult. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service’s Southern Region annually conducts a Series of Continuing Education Seminars. These events provide an opportunity for ISA Certified Arborists to obtain C.E.U.s free of charge.
BACKGROUND
In 1991, the State of Maryland passed the Forest Conservation Act, which requires a Forest Stand Delineation and a Forest Conservation Plan (tree identification, retention and/or mitigation) on site development projects with an excess of 40,000 square feet of disturbed area. Many local jurisdictions, faced with implementing their own Forest Conserva tion Act ~CA) programs, complained due to their lack of expertise on such matters. The legislation mandated training to jurisdictions to assist with program implementation. The Maryland DNR Forest Service assembled an educational action plan in order to assist local jurisdictions with enhancing the technical skills of local agency staff, using the Continuing Education Seminar (CES) series as the vehicle to provide forestry-related technology transfer. The process of conducting the seminars has evolved since its inception to the process described here. The Continuing Education Seminar Series events are conducted in cooperation with local, county, and other state agencies, as well as private professionals in related industries. Covering a wide variety of tree-related topics. they are held at various locations throughout Southern Maryland. Most are half day events, held from 8:30 a.m. to noon. ISA normally grants 3.0 C.E.U.s for attendance at these free events.
PREPARATORY WORK
In 1996, Workshops such as ‘Urban Riparian Restoration’, ‘ANSI A300: Understanding the New Industry Standard’, ‘Innovative Storm Water Management’, ‘Licensed Tree Expert/Roadside Tree Care Expert Class’ (2 day event), ‘Arborist Safety-Bucket Work’, and ‘Selecting Tree and Plant Stock’, and others, were conducted. To hold these events, we enlisted the cooperation and expertise of a number of organizations and agencies, including ALTEC Manufacturing, Bartlett Tree Expert Company, Bethesda Urban Partnership, the Cities of Cheverly, Hyattsville, and Rockville, Landscape Contractor’s Association, Maryland Department of Agriculture, Maryland DNR-Forest Service, Maryland Nurserymen’s Association, Maryland Occupational Health & Safety Administration, Maryland State Highway Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Forest Service. As can be seen, a diversity of topics provides us the opportunity to work with a broad spectrum of public and private entities to put on these events.
Will Williams, the Regional Information and Education Specialist meets with Marian Honeczy, the Regional FCA Coordinator, each fall. Various program needs are discussed and focused on. Different components of the Forest Service are looked at for pertinent topics and potential audiences: silviculture, forest management, fire suppression, arhorist safety riparian buffers, bioretention, low-impact development, etc. Evaluations from previous seminars are looked at for suggested topics. Any requests we have received for seminars on specific topics are also considered. Dates are tentatively assigned for all topics; individuals from the agency are identified as the lead person responsible for framing the topic and acqufring speakers and a location for each specific event. A list of potential workshops is generated by the coordinators, who submit it to Kenneth Jolly the Regional Forester, for approval.
Mter approval of the workshops proposal by the Regional Forester, sites must be selected at which to hold the events. Locations are decided based on a number of criteria. The room or facility must be able to accommodate the number of anticipated attenders. We also attempt to spread locations throughout the Region to make travel time more equitable for various organizations. The rooms are always located in federal, state, county or local public buildings; they are always at facilities that will allow the use of such rooms free of charge.
Once a proposed site is selected, we coordinate with the site contact to see if the proposed site is available on the scheduled date. We then inquire regarding any site limitations or restrictions (room capacity, time of day available, food and drink prohibitions) and on-site supplies available pull down screen, overhead and slide projectors, chairs). When these matters are resolved, we con-firm the reservation for the date and time requested. Pre-registration is required for all events in the case of a location unexpectedly becomes unavailable, requiring an event location change or postponement. Last year’s federal government shutdown caused a room to become unavailable as the federal facility scheduled for use was closed down during that period. A number of people came considerable distances to arrive at a locked facility. They hadn’t registered their name and phone numbers, and thus could not be contacted regarding the change.
The next step is the acquisition of speakers. Often, we have particular groups or individuals in mind when topics are selected. A good deal of our needs in this regard are provided by DNR-Forest Service staff. Other federal, state, and local government agencies such as U.S. Forest Service, Cooperative Extension Service, Maryland Department of Agriculture, Maryland State Highway Administration, local parks, and public works departments are often helpful. Public sector speakers are easier to get as most public agencies have educational or training components or mandates. Private speakers are more difficult to obtain since when they are talking to you they are not making money. We have, however, had some good support from certain areas in the private sector, par ticularly from Bartlett Tree Experts; in my experience, they are without peer in their efforts to educate public and private arborists. Finally, the list is sent to the International Society of Arboriculture and the Society of American Foresters for C.E.U. approval and assignment.
Professional organizations, such as Mid-Atlantic Chapter-International Society of Arboriculture, Maryland Arborist Association, National Arborist Association, Maryland Nurserymen’s Association, Landscape Contractor’s Association can also he contacted. We have worked with groups such as these to some degree in the past, but we’re planning to work more with such professional organizations on our future seminars, as well as in our other urban forestry efforts.
Speakers are interviewed regarding any audio-visual needs for their presentations (screen, slide or overhead projector, etc.) so that we can provide such equipment. Brief biographies are also requested so that we may properly introduce the speakers. Scheduling often changes, particularly for private people who may have a lucrative job come up (remember-they speak to us gratis!). Mways have a plan B a back-up speaker, an informed in-house person, or a slide presentation on the topic in case your intended speaker has a change of plans. Our advertising for the events is done for the most part through fax notices and mailings, though sometimes press releases are sent to local newspapers. Three major trade publications (Arborist News, Arbor Age and Tree Care Industry) receive these fax notices, all have been gracious enough to advertise these events in their respective calendars. We also build our target mailing list from listings of participant in our programs such as the Tree City USA program; the Maryland Plant Community program; and our Roadside Tree Care Expert pro-gram for public agency tree managers. Notices are also sent to MAA, MAC-IS A, LCA, and other trade organizations. Prior attendees are notified. Notices are also sent to public work departments, parks department, planning and zoning departments, or other known forestry contacts in every county and municipal government in the region.
EXECUTION
Now, it’s show time-all preparatory work has been completed. Any needed audio visual equipment is brought to the site and set up early. Any pertinent handouts, including those listing future seminars, are placed on a table by the sign-in sheets. The Forest Service gives a brief introduction, including the seminars name and purpose, and thanks to the site owners. An overview of the training is given, with each topic and speaker listed.. The speakers are introduced as noted on the bios, in turn, and provide their talk, accompanied by any demonstrations or field exercises.
POST-EVENT EVALUATION
At the conclusion of the event, all those in attendance are required to complete an Evaluation Form. This is necessary because these events take a considerable amount of time to put together, and we have to document that we are providing a valuable service to a significant number of our external customers. Our most common comment- “Coffee and doughnuts would be nice!” Because we have no budget for the seminars, no refreshments are served.
After the seminar the FCA Coordinator tallies the evaluations into totals of ‘Excellent’ ‘Good’, and ‘Fair’ responses to each portion of the program. Any cormments made are also compiled into a single listing. This listing, which includes attendance totals, is evaluated as to how we did. Was attendance adequate? Was the topic pertinent? ‘Vere the talks presented in an interesting manner? All of these factors are looked at to determine what adjustments to make at future events.
CONCLUSION
Thai’s how the MD DNR-Forest Service conducts free Continuing Education Seminars. Though the program was not developed as a mechanism to provide free C.E.U.s to Certified Arborists, it certainly performs that function. Your state forest service, working in conjunction with your ISA Chapter and other government agencies and professional organizations, may be able to set up a program which provides the same functions. It has only been since the beginning of this year that l have faxed course listings to MAC-ISA; few members have attended these events for C.E.U.s to date. Is it worth the time and effort? Between C.E.U. articles in Arborist News and Certification Today, and the MD DNR-Forest Service CES series, I have obtained over forty C.E.U.s between March 1995 and August 19%. If you are a manager, public or private, employing Certified Arborists in the MAC-ISA region, I urge you to avail yourself of this cost effective resource. For those in similar situations in other parts of the country, I urge you to contact your local ISA Chapter, State Forestry Office and State Urban and Community Forest Council with the goal of partnering to improve the quality of tree care in your state, enhancing education of public and private arborists, and assisting the tree care industry cost- effective C.E.U. solutions.
Michael F. Galvin is an Urban forester with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Forest Service, P.O. Box 1136, Prince Frederick, MD 206478.
New York State Arborists I.S.A. Chapter, Inc.
Holds Annual Elections
Elected as district governors were: Mr. Thomas Tait, Barilett Tree Experts, E. Syracuse, NY, Central Region: Mr. William E. de Vos, Treeworks, Montpelier, VT, New York City & At Large; Mr Matthew L. Mosher, Northwood Tree Care, Inc., Valhalla, NY, Northeast Region; Mr. Donald H. Gahel, Jr., Alpine Nursery, Blauvelt, NY, Southeast Region.
Other members serving as district governors are: Mr. David Dailey, Birchcrest Tree & Landscape, Webster, NY, Genesee Region; Mr. Michael Didyk, Village of Garden City, Garden City, NY, Long Island Region; Mr. Thomas M. Draves, Draves Tree Service, Darien, NY, Western Region. Mr. Gregory Frank, Ted Collins Associates, Ltd., Victor, NY remains as ISA Representative. Mr. Dave Hayner, Dave Hayner & Associates Ltd. is past president.
The New York State Arborists was formed in 1951 and currently has 453 members. It is an association of professional arborists and educators that promotes public interest, fosters research and education in the care and benefits of trees, shrubs and their environment
ISA Research Trust
By Thomas Draves, ISA Research Trust Committee Chairman
I Mission Statement: The mission of the ISA trust is to identify significant environmental, biological, social and economic needs of arboriculture and urban forestry, including tree genetics, management and care; and provide funding for innovative, basic/applied research and education projects.
The ISA Research Trust was established in 1975 and is overseen by a fifteen member Board of Trustees to provide financial support for six important Research and Technology Transfer Priority Areas in the field of arboriculture. The six research priority areas are: Ecological Benefits of the Tree Care Techniques and Practices; Urban Tree Genetics; Impact of the Urban Forest on Energy Consumption, and Basic Tree Biology. To achieve this mission, the trust has established specific goals and objectives with an overall strategic plan for the next three to five years.
Funding for the trust comes from projects like Tour Des Trees, chapter challenge and silent auctions. Donations also come from our membership and companies which support our industry. The chapter challenge is a contest between the chapters to raise money for the trust from July 1995 through June 1997. Donation goals for the chapters are calculated by multi-plying the number of ISA members in the chapter by $60. Using this formula, the NYSA goal is $18,480. We have already raised $13,10531. If the goal is met, a patch is awarded to attach to the chapter banner.
One of my specitic responsibilities as the chapter liaison to the ISA Research Trust is to assist the Trust Development Committee members and staff in identifying potential funding sources and donors within the chapter.! present information about current trust activities to the chapter and as an agenda item at the Board of Directors meetings. I organize chapter research committees to identify issues of special concern to chapter members. I assist the chapter in reaching its goal in the chapter challenge program and encourage past research trust grant recipients to be part of their chapter’s educational programs.
The trust awards grants to aid, stimulate and encourage scientific studies of trees which fall within one or more of the six research priority areas. The John Z. Duling Grant provides seed money to support research projects that have the potential of benefiting the everyday work of arborists. Funding is not to exceed $5,000. The Hyland R. Johns Grant provides a larger amount of funding, over $5,000, to qualified researchers. The sponsored grant program is funded by a sponsor or donor for a specific project or topic. Many awards have been given to researchers at universities in New York State like Dr. Nina Bassuk, Dr. Donald Rakow and Charles Maynard. Their awards total $18,523.
Research is the vehicle we arborists need to increase our knowledge of equipment safety, trees and tree care. Donations made to the trust and then distributed in grants have developed more productive plant management techniques, produced trees genetically superior in coping with the stress of urban environments, improved insect and disease treatment and developed superior techniques for planting and adapting shade trees to poor soils. Much of the knowledge gained from the research trust is information you and I use everyday in arboriculture.
The future of the trust and research for arboriculture relies on donations from people who care about it the most like you and I
Please make your donation today. Make check payable to ISA Research Trust and mall to New York State Arborists ISA – Chapter, Inc., P.O. Box 58, Latham, New York, 12110.
Membership Corner
At the 1996 annual business meeting in Syracuse, NY, the membership voted to increase its board of directors by an additional person. This created a New York City and At Large Region position. At the 1997 annual business meeting in Suffern, NY, Williain (Bill) E. de Vos was voted in as a new board member and our first New York City and At Large governor. It is the governor’s responsibility w act as a liaison to the membership in his or hers region and promote the NYSA mission statement.
Listed below is a brief biography on Bill:
Organizations: Company Name Treeworks, Ltd: Montpelier, VT 05602
Aborist History: 26 years in Arboriculture New Jersey Certified Tree Expert 1973-1979 – Ramapo Valley Tree Surgeons/Owner 1984 – Present – Treeworks Ltd. President Board member of New York State Arborist President Elect – New England ISA Chairman – Vermont Urban Forestry Council Member of National Arborist Association/ANSI Standards Committee Member of Vermont Association of Professional Horticulturists #001
Mission: To improve the light with which all true arborists are viewed by the public, while staffing the case for conscious tree management
Personal: Single – lives in Montpelier, Vermont with his two sons, Jesse and Rian.
Other: Founding member of American Conifer Society and Vermont Entomological Society
Awards: Treeworks Ltd. was the recipient of the 1996 National Arhorist Association’s Excellence in Arboriculture Award
National Arborist Foundation Establishes
Robert Felix Memorial Fund
I am pleased to announce two steps the Trustees of the National Arborist Foundation have taken. First, we have arranged for a significant tree to he planted in a significant location. A scion of the famous Wye white oak, with a 6 inch diameter trunk, has been planted at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. We will be announcing soon the unveiling date for a memorial marker.
Secondly, it is with gi~at pleasure I can report that the NAP has created a fund:
in honor of Bob, the Robert Felix Mcmorial Fund. – to encourage individuals and companies to contribute so that it will be-come sizeable. – allowing us to spend only the earnings from the fund’s investment on worthwhile projects.
What does this mean? Bob understood the importance of philanthropy, the donating of time and money. He set an example in helping to establish the NAP in 1983, and many of us joined him. In 19%, along with Bob, we gave the NAP a vigorous new life. Trustees and supporters, responded with energy and resources. A number of people contributed for the first time in 1996.
Recently, friends and supporters have been asking us, “When are you going to announce something for Bob?” Well, now it is time to let Bob know we were paying attention. We have a chance to build the type of future he, and all of us, want for our children. We want to advance the future of our profession and of our environment. Bob pointed the way when he helped found the Foundation. Now the NAP is pointing the way with the Robert Felix Memorial Fund.
If you have been thinking about how you could contribute to a permanent fund, named for Bob, here are some choices for you to consider. You could contribute to the fund by:
– making a cash contribution – naming the Foundation in your will
– giving appreciated securities (and receive additional tax benefits)
any of these ideas appeal to you, please contact our NAP staff member, Martin Novom, at 603-673-3311, or write to The National Arborist Foundation, The Meeting Place, Route 101, Amherst, NH 03031 – 1094. He is experienced in helping with any special needs you might have.
Sincerely, Gregory S. Daniels Chairman-elect, Board of Trustees
The Politics of Risk
by Mark Duntemann, President
Natural Path Forestry Consultants, Inc. Email: [email protected]
Website: www.montana.com/natpath
There are two fundamental conflicts that I confront on a regular basis while assisting municipalities develop and imple ment progressive tree-risk management policies. The first arises when municipal vegetation managers identify and initiate the removal of high-risk trees on public property, only to have their professional judgements compromised by political pressures to retain the trees. The second occurs when municipalities or park departments are ill prepared to defend their hazard policies in court because the concept of “reasonable care” has not been well defined. The second conflict will be examined in a future article; here I will address only the first, which I call “the politics of risk.”
In the implementation of a municipal tree-risk reduction program conflict naturally arises between the city foresters, who are trained to identify potentially hazardous trees, and homeowners, who have little or no knowledge about tree risk potential but who may have a strong emotional attachments to trees. The conflict may escalate when homeowners prevail upon elected officials, such as the mayor, board members, or council persons, 10 reverse removal decisions.
Hazard tree risk reduction policies are established to protect not only residents, but all users of the public space where city trees reside. On average, a home in the United States acquires a new owner every seven years: government administrations may change even more frequently. Policy is not written with only the current residents or administrations in mind, but to guarantee a consistency of response spanning such fluctuations in political climate. Veering from an established risk reduction policy to avoid short-term conflicts with homeowners thus destroys the very reason for having a policy in the first place and can place government agencies in a difficult legal position.
One of the greatest difficulties faced by urban foresters in implementing tree-risk management strategies is the reluctance of many communities to take full responsibility for the trees on public property. In fact, however, there are few legal routes for communities to avoid such responsibility. To manage risk effectively, communities must address difficult questions. While fear of liability may ultimately be the force driving the formation of risk management policy, professional assessment and correction of hazardous Situations should be its foundation. As urban foresters, our abilty to defend our mitigation decisions depends heavily on our comfort level in identifying hazards, and this in turn is largely determined by our training and experience.
To make effective management decisions one must understand –and be prepared to confront — all the pertinent issues, both positive and negative. This I regard as the first major step in grappling with the question of what constitutes “reasonable care” for any community.
Strategy to Minimize the Politics of Risk
Toward the end of minimizing political interference in the risk mitigation process, I propose the following strategy:
1. Establish a clear hazard-tree risk management policy. This policy should be developed after carefully assessing not only the vegetation you manage, but your fiscal, equipment, and personnel resources. A clear policy should state its goals, the parameters in which the goals are defined, and who will administer the policy. Here is an example:
The City of Metropolis has an active policy to maintain the safety of public lands from potentially hazardous trees. The City will strive to eliminate, in a timely fashion, any tree deemed hazardous. When available fiscal and human resources limit the ability of the city to remove high risk trees, priority shall be placed on trees deemed to carry the highest risk. The standard for rating the hazardousness of a tree will be the International Society of Arboriculture’s twelve-point hazard evaluation system. The Superintendent of Forestry will administer this program and have final judgment in all matters concerning the mitigation measures taken for any tree deemed hazardous.
2. Have the agency you work for sign off on the policy. If elected officials agree to the policy, they confirm that they will directly support staff’s decisions. If a homeowner wishes to discuss the removal of a tree with an elected official, the forester should feel comfortable that the elected official will support his/her decision.
3. Resolve the conflict with the homeowner. Discuss the issues associated with hazard tree abatement with the homeowner in a professional manner. We have learned from Plant Health Care that clients, in most cases, react more favorably when they feel that they are being treated as a peer and given unbiased information. In addition, the homeowner may have a very personal interest in a particular tree which must be respected by the forester.
Governor Pataki Announces Plan to Eliminate Asian Long Horned Beetle
Governor George Pataki today outlined a four-step program that will control and eradicate the Asian Long Horned Beetle that has infested some of the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn and a portion of Amityville, Long Island.
‘The appearance of this beetle is cause for concern, but not alarm,” Governor Pataki said. “It poses no threat to humans and, due to its inability to migrate great distances quickly, state, local and federal officials will be able to address the situation and remedy the problem.”
The Asian Long Homed Beetle was first discovered in Greenpoint in August. Since that time, state officials from the State Department of Agriculture and Markets, State Department of Environ-mental Conservation, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the United States Forest Service, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Cornell Diagnostic Laboratory have been working closely to find a solution to the recent infestation.
As a result of that effort, the Asian Long Horned Beetle infestation will be addressed through a four-step process.
The first step has already been completed as a consortium of several federal and state agencies collected vital survey data on the trees within the affected areas and have determined that approximately 900 trees are infested with this beetle.
The second step was completed when Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Donald Davidsen signed an emergency quarantine that immediately prohibits the movement of any suspected tree or wood products into or out of the affected areas.
The third step will be the systematic removal of infested trees from the affected areas. These infested trees will be cut, chipped and incinerated. Chipping and burning of infested trees has proven effective in eliminating the beetle, as it lies dormant in the tree during this time of the year.
And finally, the last step will be a replanting effort aimed at the replacement of trees to fill the gap that will be left by the initial stages of this program. Both the Empire State Forest Products Association and the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association will play major roles in this replanting effort.