Northern Rockies Tree School, Red Lodge, Montana “Cowboy Up In Big Sky Country: Modern Arboriculture In The Old West” For more information contact Fred Bicha (fbicha@mt.gov; 406-247-4403) Thursday September 22nd Time Topic Speaker Affiliation 12:00pm Opening Oly Ellison & Fred Bicha Wyoming State Forestry & MT DNRC 12:10pm Welcome to Red Lodge Mayor of Red Lodge City of Red Lodge 12:15pm What Trees Need: Energy Gary Johnson University of Minnesota 1:15pm Break 1:35pm Diagnosing Tree Problems Gary Johnson University of Minnesota 2:35pm Social Media Marketing for Small Businesses Brenda Segna Blast Creative 3:35pm Break 3:50pm ISA Update Dave Sexton City of Fort Collins Colorado 4:00pm Notable Trees of Montana Mike Garvey Garvey’s Urban Forest 4:45pm Montana Big Tree Program Dan Rogers Montana DNRC 5:00pm GPS Tree Tour 6:00pm Social 6:30pm Dinner 7:45pm Pub Crawl Friday September 23rd 7:00 am Arborist Breakfast Round Tables 8:15am Insect & Disease Incidence in Your Town Ruth O’Neil Montana State University 9:15am Plant Health Care Part Gary Johnson University of Minnesota 10:15am Break 10:30am Plant Health Care Part Gary Johnson University of Minnesota 11:30am The Nitty-Gritty on Tree Irrigation Don Burger South Dakota State 12:30pm Lunch 1:30pm Main Part of Conference Concluded Tree Worker/Aerial Lift 1:30pm-3:00pm Structural Pruning Dave Sexton ISA 3:15pm-5:30pm Aerial Lift Dave Sexton ISA 7:00pm Certified Arborist, Written Tree Worker, and Aerial Lift Test Community Talk Urban Forestry “101” Mike Garvey Saturday September 24th 8:00am Tree Worker & Aerial Lift Practical Dave Sexton ISA Tom Yelvington YVTS