Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:15 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:15 – 1:15 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:15 – 4:30 pm

The Scientific, Economic, and Aesthetic Benefits of Trees

    Physical benefits
   Environmental benefits
   Social benefits
   Health benefits
   Economic benefits

If Trees Could Talk – The Secrets of Healthy, Mature Trees

   Biology and anatomy
   Soil
   Roots
   Oxygen
   Stress
   Native vs. non-native

Trees Are Infrastructure: Design Elements That Appreciate

   Placement and value
   Benefits
   Deforestation By Design™
   Structural cells
   Planning vs. design
   After the job

Trees And Site Requirements: Always At Odds?

   Compaction and proctor density
   The brown infrastructure
   Screened soils: The silent killer
   Root myths
   Avoidable conflicts

Trees That Outlive Designs: After The Project Is Finished

   Trees in teacups
   Lifespan
   Soil volume
   Increasing value
   Proper structure

Threats To Trees

   Biotic and abiotic
   Neglect
   An ounce of prevention
   Computer modeling risks

Credits

Professional Engineers
     6.5 Continuing Ed. Hours

Architects &
Landscape Architects
     6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours*
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
     6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs

Certified Arborists &
Municipal Specialists
     6.5 ISA CEUs

New Jersey Tree Experts
     Applied/Pending

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states, including New York.

HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for architects and landscape architects via its affiliation with the American Institute of Architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New York engineers (NYSED Sponsor No. 35).

This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs.

*The New Jersey State Board of Architects has approved this course for 6.0 continuing education hours.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects.

The International Society of Arboriculture /New York State Arborists has approved this course for 6.5 CEUs for certified arborists and municipal specialists.

HalfMoon Education has applied to the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts for course approval. The application is under review.

This event offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors, but it has not been approved by any state with a continuing education requirement for contractors.

Speakers

John Palmer, BCMA

ISA Board Certified Master Arborist (#OH 6319B); ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ); Consultant, Lecturer, Author and Trainer.

Mr. Palmer is a Board Certified Master Arborist® and Tree Risk Assessment Qualified by the International Society of Arboriculture, and a Consulting Arborist. He was the owner of a premium services landscaping company for 20 years. Mr. Palmer’s focus is on trees in urban and construction environments, soil deficiencies and the importance of soils for sustainable mature trees, increasing urban tree canopies by ensuring trees live to maturity, and unsustainable landscape designs. He does tree assessments for individuals, commercial clients, law firms, insurance companies, municipalities, landscape architecture firms, parks and woodland management agencies, and has assessed and evaluated thousands of individual trees in the past decade.

Here’s what past attendees had to say about the program and presenter John Palmer:

“Very good. Very useful. I will change some of what I have been doing based on what I have learned from this webinar.” – Civil Engineer

“John is one of two presenters in the last 30 years who has held my interest throughout an entire all day program.” – Architect

“Excellent presentation and content. I especially appreciated all of the references in the material.” – Civil Engineer