FALLING, REMOVING, AND CREATING HABITAT IN FIRE DAMAGED TREES

Practical Workshop

Friday 19th March Erica

Note: the workshop is taking place on Friday 19th, not on the Thursday as previously advertised

Following the disastrous fires in recent times in Victoria many arborists volunteered or were called on to assist in the recovery program. Assessing, falling and working on fire damaged trees requires specialist knowledge, skills and ability. This VTIO sponsored workshop with the assistance of The Department of Sustainability and Environment aims to share some of the knowledge and skills that can be utilized in similar situations.

Sessions will be run on the following topics.

• Hazard Assessing Fire Damaged Trees.
• The Basics of Safe Tree Falling.
• Methods of SAFELY removing fire damaged trees.
• Habitat Creation in Fire Damaged Trees.

Further details can be found on the Workshop page, here.  You can now register to take part in the workshop using the link below, but hurry because places are very limited.  We look forward to seeing you on the day!

Dealing with Fire-Damaged Trees

The annual general meeting for the Victorian Tree Industry Organisation will be held at NMIT-Fairfield on Tuesday 1st September, 2009 at 6pm.

The agenda for the night includes a talk from Tom Greenwood on ‘Dealing with fire damaged trees’

Pizza & Beer will be on offer as food and refreshments

Annual General Meeting – including election of office bearers and committee members.

We would like to see all those people at the meeting who are interested in helping the VTIO continue to provide the annual Victorian Tree Climbing Championships and Arbor Camp.

Come and join in and catch up with your colleagues