TREE Fund webinars bring you the latest in tree research, directly from the scientists themselves.
TREE Fund’s one-hour webinars are free and offer 1.0 CEU (only for live broadcast) from the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), the Society of American Foresters (SAF), the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) and sometimes the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LACES). See webinar descriptions for specifics. Space is limited and pre-registration is highly recommended; in doing so, you’ll receive a reminder email the day before the broadcast.
Many thanks to our webinar host Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
Future Webinars
Please join us for TREE Fund’s 2024 webinar series. Ongoing Webinars will be updated on this site. Registration for December 17 Webinar will be available here.
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Tree Caused Outages – What we know and what we have learned.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Noon (CST) Dr. Greg Dahle, Associate Professor of Arboriculture at West Virginia University, and Cindy Musick, PhD Candidate at West Virginia University will be presenting their findings and research through Utility Arborist Research Fund Grant Program. CEUs will be available for this free webinar. Over the past several years, Dr. Greg Dahle and PhD student Cindy Devlin Musick have worked with data acquired in Virginia to learn more about the leading cause of power outages – trees. They will share what they have learned by investigating outages and how that information has led to data-based maintenance decisions |
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Biochar for Tree Growth and Water Quality: Exploring Potential in Urban and Disturbed Soils
Tuesday, December 17, 2024, Noon (CST) Dr. Rebecca Abney and Julia Campbell will be presenting their findings and research funded through Tree and Soil Research Fund Grant Program. CEUs will be available for this webinar. Biochar is a soil amendment that is broadly described to improve a number of soil deficiencies, however it is not universally recommended. We present results from a handful of studies investigating methods and rates of application of biochar in urban soils. We will discuss how our study trees responded to different biochar applications and how each of these combinations impacted water quality. We will also discuss best practices for using biochar and which soils would benefit the most. We will also discuss best management practices for using biochar to improve urban stormwater quality. Registration will be open approximately three weeks prior |
| A pumping-test analogue for characterizing root-zone and plant integrated hydraulic systems based on above-ground measurements
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Dr. Huade Guan will present his findings from his project, “A pumping-test analogue for characterizing root-zone and plant integrated hydraulic systems based on above-ground measurements” from his 2022 Jack Kimmel International Grant.
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| Long term effects of electrical right-of-way vegetation management on floral and faunal communities
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Dr. Carolyn Mahan will present her recent updates from her State Games Land project, “Long term effects of electrical right-of-way vegetation management on floral and faunal communities” |
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| Enhancing collaboration amongst urban forest stakeholders – An assessment of natural hazard risk perceptions in relation to the services and disservices of city trees
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Mysha Clarke and Stephanie Cadaval will present their findings from their project, “Enhancing collaboration amongst urban forest stakeholders – An assessment of natural hazard risk perceptions in relation to the services and disservices of city trees” from their 2020 Bob Skiera Memorial Fund Building Bridges Initiative Grant Program. |
TREE Fund 2024 webinars are co-sponsored by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Visit our Webinar Archive page to catch up on any of our previous webinars!