TREE TROOPER REGISTRATION
"CITIZEN FORESTER" TREE TRAINING
TREE TROOPER TRAINING is designed to educate neighborhood-based volunteers to properly
care for mature and newly planted trees throughout the greater New Orleans area, including
Jefferson and St. Bernard Parishes.
The workshop is FREE and open to the public.
TOPICS:
Benefits of Trees, Physiology of Trees, Insects and Tree Disease, Urban Soils, Proper Planting,
Green Laws, Pruning and Caring for Newly Planted and Mature Trees
INSTRUCTORS:
Tom Campbell, Urban Forestry Program Director Ginger Fortson, Consulting Horticulturist
Dan Gill, LSU Agricultural Center Brook Burmaster, Gretna Tree Board
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION:
12 hours of classroom and field instruction
Commit 12 volunteer hours
Attend ALL sessions
2009 DATES/TIME/LOCATION
May 18, 19 May 20
Woldenberg Village Brechtel Park
3701 Behrman Ave, Algiers 4401 Lennox Blvd., Algiers
1-5 pm 1-5 pm
APPLICANTS should register by mail, fax or phone (Registration closes May 13)
Parkway Partners, 1137 Baronne Street, New Orleans, LA 70113
FAX 504-620-2231; PHONE 504-620-2224 (call between 10 and 4; Burdette or Jo Ann)
Name____________________________________________EMAIL_____________________
Address______________________________________________________________________
Phone_________________Neighborhood/Civic Association___________________________
Presented in partnership with:
*LA Dept of Agriculture and Forestry
*Parkway Partners
*Friends of Jefferson the Beautiful
*Gretna Tree Board
*New Orleans Dept. of Parks and Parkways
*Friends of Brechtel Park
| Print this form and return the completed form by mail to Jo Ann Albrecht, Parkway Partners, 1137 Baronne St, N.O. 70113 or by fax to 504-620-2231 |
