It’s grant time again!

  The 2004 Urban and Community
 Forestry Assistance Grant "Request for Proposal" is now available on-line:

http://www.vdof.org/info/index-ifb-rfp.shtml

Deadline for grant submissions:   May 7, 2004 at 4:30pm

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9th Annual  Waynesboro Plant Health Care for Urban Trees:
The Future Looks Bright.....Better Plant Some Shade

 Hosted by the City of Waynesboro, Virginia 
Location: Waynesboro Country Club and Ridgeview Park 

Time:  8:00am - 4:00pm 

National Speakers:

Dr. Michael Raupp, University of Maryland

Dr. Thomas Ranney, North Carolina State University

Dr. Tom Smiley, Bartlett Tree Experts

Mr. Rip Tompkins, ArborMaster® Training

 ISA CEU's Available!!

$45 Student,  $65 Trees VA member, $85 General Registration
                                              Includes breaks, lunch and a technical manual

 Questions: Call Trees VA @ 434-295-6401 or Waynesboro Parks & Recreation @ 540-942-6735 or visit www.treesvirginia.org

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ISA DATES OF NOTE:

Here’s quick rundown of upcoming Mid-Atlantic Chapter International Society of Arboriculture (MAC-ISA) Events, for more information visit www.mac-isa.org or call 703-753-0499.

· April 6-7, Laurel MD, Hazard Trees and Trees People & the Law. Contact The National Arbor Day Foundation, 888-448-7337 or www.arborday.org

· April  17, MAC-ISA Tree Climbing Championship, Annapolis, MD, -contact 703-753-0499. Volunteers needed.

· May 11, Certification Test, Chesapeake, VA - 703-753-0499

·  Sept. 27-Sept.29, MAC-ISA Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA-contact 703-753-0499.