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    Summer Symposium: Messing with Mother Nature: Using Amendments, Regulators and Pesticides Responsibly with Trees

    • August 24, 2017
    • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • 620 Lions Club Drive Mableton GA 30126
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    GAA Summer Symposium


    "Messing with Mother Nature:
    Using Amendments, Regulators and
    Pesticides Responsibly with Trees"

    Thursday, August 24, 8am to 3pm

    Neonicotinoids and Pollinators
    Dr. David Held, Auburn University
    Entomology Department

    Using Bio Char as a Soil Amendment 
    Mark Mann, American Bio Char

    Update on the Use of Growth Regulators
    Jim Cortese, Tipco Inc.

    Additional Update on the
    Effective Use of Growth Regulators
    Patrick Anderson
    Rainbow Tree Care Science

    Panel Discussion – The Pros and Cons of
    Using Growth Regulators
    Industry Practitioners:
    Christy Bryant, Gunnison Tree
    Josh Correll, Atlanta Arbor
    Robert Brettshneider, Boutte Tree

    Drone Use in Arboriculture
    Brian Ritter, Willow Creek Forestry

    Cost: GAA Members $60.00, non-members $110:00 (price includes GAA membership).
    CEUs: 5.25 CEUs ISA, 4 Pesticide, and 5 Forestry Credits approved. CTSP Credits Applied for.

    620 Lions Club Drive
    Mableton GA 30126

    Sponsored by the
    GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION


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    Questions? Contact Neil Norton, GAA Executive Director at 404-913-1422 or
    Gary Peiffer, DeKalb Extension, 404-298-4080.

    Georgia Arborist Association


    Email:  info@georgiaarborist.org
    Phone:  (404) 913-1422
    Address:  GAA ~ P.O. Box 2516, Decatur GA 30031

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