TREE TROOPER REGISTRATION
"CITIZEN FORESTER" TREE TRAINING
TREE TROOPERS is a program to train volunteers to protect our trees and restore our urban canopy. It is
designed to educate neighborhood-based volunteers to properly care for mature and newly planted trees
throughout New Orleans and Jefferson Parish. Part of the ReLeaf New Orleans initiative. 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
SPEAKERS:
Tom Campbell, Urban Forestry Program Director
Dan Gill, Associate Specialist, LSU Agricultural Center
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION:
- Attend ALL 6 hours of classroom instruction and ALL 6 hours of field instruction
- Commit 12 volunteer hours
DATES/TIME/LOCATION
July 15, 17, 22 & 24, 2008
4 pm -7 pm
Lake Vista Community Center
6500 Spanish Fort Rd
New Orleans, LA 70124-4322
Register by mailing a completed form to Parkway Partners, 1137 Baronne Street, New Orleans, LA 70113
By faxing one to 504-620-2231 or by phone between 10 am - 4 pm M - F ask for Burdette or Jo Ann
Name_______________________________________________________________________
Address_______________________________________City_______________Zip__________
Phone____________________EMAIL_______________________________________________
Neighborhood/Civic Association affiliation_____________________________________________
Tree Trooper Training is delivered through a partnership of:
New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways
LA Dept of Agriculture and Forestry
Parkway Partners
Jefferson the Beautiful
| 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 |
