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Andrew, Stanley, Pete, & Warren
Rich Herfurth walking off into the sunset.
Acorns
Plant trees for Arbor Day, April 29th!
Mark Chisholm, climbing demo, Manchester NH
Student Scholarship Winner, Ben Holden
Michael Dirr, author of Manual of Woody Landscape Plants
44th Annual Conference - Thank you!
October 24-26, 2010
Information about KEVIN T. SMITH & his publications
Archives:
Conference Brochure
Location:  Radisson Hotel, Plymouth, MA


Highlights:
  • Sunday - Master's Challenge Invitational
  • Sunday - Exhibitor Check-in
  • Monday & Tuesday - Outstanding speakers & educational CEUs from New England
    and beyond
  • Sunday - Tuesday - Networking
  • Monday Awards Banquet
  • Celebrating recipients of Educational Scholarship, Arbor Day Grant, Gold Leaf
    Awards, President's Award, Tree Climbing Champions, Spirit of the Competition
    Award & more

Featured Speakers:
  • Mike Furgal - “Tree Roots, Where they grow and what we do to them”
  • Matt Foti - “Revisions to Current Planting Methods and Bare Root Transplanting”
  • Clint McFarland & Ken Gooch - A Worcester Asian Longhorned Beetle Overview &
    Update
  • Jen Kettell - "Our Harnesses Ourselves, The Beginnings of the Women's Tree Climbing
    Workshop" - Arnold Arboretum
  • Ellis N. Allen - Author of Tree Escapades; Purchase your copy now and have it signed
    at conference.
  • Amanda & Ed Carpenter - Ergonomic Health & Stretching for the 'Industrial Athlete'
  • Peter Del Tredici - Author of Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast
  • Kevin T. Smith - USFS Plant Physiologist, “Mushrooms Drive the Living Landscape”
  • Melissa LeVangie - ArborTwins - "PowerPoint for Beginners +1"
  • Tom Hoerth - An Arbortecture Primer – Foundations of Classic Design Pruning
ISA Providence
Tom, Jen, Julie, & Melissa celebrating the Tree House Sycamore at the Morton Arboretum
Plymouth Harbor
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
10:00 am
Judges/Tech Meeting
10:30 am
Set-up
3:30 pm  SHARP
Mandatory Gear Check &
Event Walk Through
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24
8:00 am
Competitor Check-in
8:30 - 2:30 pm
 Master Challenge Event
3:00 - 5:00 pm
 Offsite - Awards & Food
2010 TCC Qualifiers-Plymouth, MA
Men's
1.    Justin Donahue
2.    Kyle McCabe
3.    Moris Duarte
4.    Jonathan Royce
5.    Dan Weise
6.    Brandon Cranton
7.    Shane Lumbra
8.    Brian Carpenter
9.    Bruce Duffy
10.  Mike Jerome
Women's
11.  Marcy Gladdys
12.  Bear Scovil
13.  Melissa LeVangie
14.  Alex Julius
15.  Vicki Pavao
16.  Melissa Duffy
*Amanda Weise-withdrew

Male Alternates
1. Ted Robinson
2. Gary Frain
2011
North American Tree Climbing Competition - Forsythe Park,
Savannah,  Georgia (Agenda)
February 17-20, 2011

Our top climbers (list of invitees) from the past June 2010
TCC are eligible to compete in the Master's Challenge
Invitational on Sunday, October 23, 2010.  The Invitational
will be held in Plymouth, MA.  

The NEC-ISA is excited to offer this invitational to the top
New England 2010 climbers for a chance to represent the
Chapter in Savannah at the North American Tree Climbing
Competition in February 2011.   

This exciting new ISA event is to aid Chapters who may not
be able to financially support their Champion Climbers to
attend the ISA Conference held in Australia in 2011.
SPONSORS - Thank You!
Click here to visit The Care of Trees website.
Masters Challenge Invitational - Pilgrim Memorial State Park
The Master's Challenge Pin Oak
Visit Stanley Tree Service Inc.
DIRECTIONS to Pilgrim Memorial State Park
Water Street, Plymouth (508-747-5360)
2012 - Newport, RI
2011 - Bath, ME
2010 - Plymouth, MA
2010 - Taunton, MA
2008 - Portland, ME
2007 - North Conway, NH
2006 - Providence, RI
2005 - Burlington, VT
2004 - Manchester, NH
2003 - Portland, ME
2002 - Mystic, CT
2001 - Newport, RI
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New England Chapter
International Society of Arboriculture
NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER
ISA (NEC-ISA)
P.O. Box 435
Norwell, MA 02061
Phone: 978-844-0441
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