Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch (On your own):         12:30 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session:             1:30 – 4:30 pm

Benefits of Trees

Functional benefits
– Environmental services
– Wildlife habitat
– Cooling
– Erosion control
– Traffic control
– Vegetation control
– Buffer noise/wind
– Light shield
– Carbon sequestration
– Medical benefits
– Social benefits
– Economic benefits
Aesthetic benefits
– Specimen tree
– Screening
– Frame vista
– Seasonal color/persistence
– Barrier
– Define public space
– Add depth

Tree Biology, Soils and Tree Health

Tree biology and anatomy
Site/soil characteristics
Water management
Tree health and disease

Tree/Site Selection  

Environment
Planting trees
Placement in design
Maintaining trees

Trees and Risk Management

Recognizing tree hazards
Trees and construction
Urban tree policy-cost/benefits
Tree appraisal

Identifying Tree Problems

Diagnostic techniques
Treatment options
Trees and structures

Current Threats  

Emerald ash borer
Southern pine beetle
Crape myrtle scale
Hemlock wooley adelgid
Gypsy moth
Thousand cankers disease
Bacterial leaf scorch
Sudden oak death

Credits

Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs

Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.5 LA/CES HSW PDHs

Certified Arborists
6.5 ISA CEUs (more credits inside)

Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 AIA LU|HSW

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers, 6.5 HSW contact hours to architects, and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to landscape architects in most states, including Illinois. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Illinois.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System for 6.5 LU|HSW (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance is reportable to the AIA/CES and the LA/CES. Visit www.halfmoonseminars.org for complete AIA/CES information under this course listing. Engineers and architects seeking continuing education credit in all other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar in most cases. Landscape architects seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers, architects and landscape architects. The International Society of Arboriculture has approved this event for the following credits: 6.5 CEUs for Certified Arborist and Municipal Specialist, 5.5 CEUs for Utility Special, Aerial Lift and Climber Specialist, 2.25 CEUs for Practice, 2.2 BCMA Science, and 2.0 Management.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.

Speakers

Marty Shaw, RCA BCMA

Author of The Professional Amenity Plant Appraisal Handbook

In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, Mr. Shaw grew up in the sleepy little Appalachian town of Bristol, Tennessee, a small city that rests on the boundary between the two states of Tennessee and Virginia. Upon graduation from Bristol Tennessee High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy where he served as ships baker aboard the USS Shark (a fast attack submarine) for four years. When his enlistment came to an end, he took a job selling lawn care service to residential owners in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and later, moved to Knoxville, Tennessee where he worked as general manager of a landscape contracting company while attending the University of Tennessee for Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design. Eventually, Mr. Shaw took over as president of a wholesale tree care supply business and built the company from $70,000 in sales to over $1.2 million in just seven years. During that time, he married his wife Kristin and they had two children together. With encouragement from Kristin he also developed an interest in arboricultural consulting, and on May 11th, 1999, he became the first American Society of Consulting Arborist (ASCA) member in Middle Tennessee. From 1998 to 2003, he also served on the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council. Mr. Shaw has since consulted with private landowners, insurance companies, attorneys, tree companies, cooperative extension service agents, country clubs, state urban forestry organizations, universities, and colleges. He has worked on some of the most challenging, difficult, and highest profile cases across the United States. Mr. Shaw is a registered consulting arborist, a board-certified master arborist and one of only a handful of arborists worldwide who consult full-time. He is a UAS pilot, a real estate appraiser and he brings a broad range of skills from a variety of scientific and professional disciplines. An autodidact, Mr. Shaw brings a unique perspective and a talent for learning to any project. He has developed authoritative expertise to create a greater understanding in tree related matters.

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