<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">2014 Urban Tree Conference:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Managing Urban Forests in a Changing Climate</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Learn how you can help your urban forest and your community handle the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">effects of climate change!</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Registration is now open for the 2014 Urban Tree Conference, “Managing</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Urban Forests in a Changing Climate,” November 18–19, 2014, held at The</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Morton Arboretum, just outside of Chicago in Lisle, Illinois.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">This two-day conference for tree professionals will focus on practical</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">concerns for those who manage trees in cities and suburbs, such as how</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">the changes in climate are expected to affect trees’ biology and growing</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">conditions; shifts and increases in pests and diseases; managing for</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">extreme storms and severe drought; and how trees can help communities</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">adapt to conditions such as greater stormwater loads.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Speakers will include:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">• Donald J. Wuebbles, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">University of Illinois, on climate change predictions for urban</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">environments</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">• Peter MacDonagh, landscape architect, Kestrel Design Group, on trees</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">and stormwater management</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">• Mark Rudnicki, forest ecologist, University of Connecticut, on</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">preparing for extreme storms</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">• Bryant Scharenbroch, soil scientist, The Morton Arboretum, on climate</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">effects on soils</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">• Louis Iverson, landscape ecologist, USDA Forest Service, on predicted</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">changes in tree species’ ranges</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">• David Nowak, research forester, USDA Forest Service, on the future</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">climate for urban trees</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">• Gary Johnson, urban forestry researcher, University of Minnesota, on</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">growing and planting strategies</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">• And more!</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">This conference is aimed at municipal foresters and other local</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">officials; arborists; landscape contractors; landscape architects; and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">other professionals who own, care for, or plan for trees. It will take</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">place at the beautiful 1,700-acre grounds of The Morton Arboretum, a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">world-renowned tree museum and center of research on tree science and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">tree care.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Presented in partnership with the Northern Institute of Applied Climate</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Science and the USDA Forest Service.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">For more information or to register:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://mortonarb.org/urbantreeconference" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">mortonarb.org/urbantreeconference</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">OR</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Call: </span><a href="tel:630-719-2468" value="+16307192468" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">630-719-2468</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Email: </span><a href="mailto:registrar-ed@mortonarb.org" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">registrar-ed@mortonarb.org</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Please share with others who might be interested! We hope you'll join us</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">this fall.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Sincerely,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Megan Dunning, PhD</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Manager of Adult Programs</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">The Morton Arboretum</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">4100 Illinois Route 53</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Lisle, Illinois 60532</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="tel:630-725-2101" value="+16307252101" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">630-725-2101</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="mailto:mdunning@mortonarb.org" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">mdunning@mortonarb.org</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://mortonarb.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">mortonarb.org</a><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Megan Dunning, PhD</span><b style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"> </b><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-size:small"> |  </font>Manager of Adult Programs</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)">  </span><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font><font color="#333333" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:small">The Morton Arboretum</font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial;font-size:small">  |  4100 Illinois Route 53</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:small">  |  Lisle, Illinois 60532</span><font style="font-family:arial" color="#222222"></font><br style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"></font></span>T 630-725-2101 | M 773-600-8407 | <a href="mailto:mdunning@mortonarb.org" target="_blank">mdunning@mortonarb.org</a> | <a href="http://mortonarb.org" target="_blank">mortonarb.org</a><div><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Connect with us:</font><font style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><a href="http://fb.com/MortonArboretum" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font color="#38761d">Facebook</font></a><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MortonArboretum" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font color="#38761d">Twitter</font></a><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="http://instagram.com/mortonarb" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font color="#38761d">Instagram</font></a><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/mortonarboretum/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font color="#38761d">Pinterest</font></a><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> | </span><font color="#38761d" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MortonArboretum?feature=chclk" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">YouTube</a></font><br></div><div><img src="http://www.mortonarb.org/files/14MRK_Email-Signature_Fall.jpg"><br></div></div>
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