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Written by John Campanini, Technical Director
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To Subordinate or Not To.....
 Two pruning workshops held this past fall attracted a total of 26 tree stewards. The first was held on Saturday, October 15 at the RI Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Exeter, RI. The second session took place at the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary at 399 Fruit Hill Avenue in North Providence, RI. Both work sessions focused on training plants for good structure and health. I must say that I was extremely impressed with the quality of the work done by 'citizen pruners' at each work site. Those at RIVC were nothing short of brilliant in the way they meticulously eliminated co-dominate and white pine weevil damaged leaders from white pines near the cemetery's main entrance.
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 The fall and early winter period has been quite a busy one for the Champion Tree Program. A surge of recent tree nominations meant we needed to ramp up our inspection schedule. Our goal was to complete all the necessary field inspections of each and every nominated tree before the arrival of bad weather. There were 53 trees to examine and not a moment to waste. So we assembled our band of erstwhile tree hunters and got moving. I am pleased to report that as of this writing all but 5 of the tree inspections have been done. We hope to get to them soon as long as the good weather stays with us!
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USDA Volunteer Forest Pest Survey |
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 An important message from the USDA
An important message from The Rhode Island Tree Council
USDA Volunteer Forest Pest Survey
America’s trees are under attack. Help us track down the killer beetles.
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) beetle and Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) have destroyed millions of trees throughout the United States. The USDA and The Rhode Island Tree Council are partnering to ask members of The Rhode Island Tree Council to participate in the Volunteer EAB/ALB Forest Pest Survey. We need your help to determine if these damaging forest pests are in your community.
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The first 5 individuals to email RITree at
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with the correct answers to the following five questions will win a free copy of the 46 page publication 2011 Champion Tree of Rhode Island.
The quiz will actually test your knowledge of conifers. All of the questions are part and parcel of the "themes" discussed at the "Knowing Your Trees" series of plant identification workshops hosted by RITree during the year. The last Conifer Workshop was held in October 2011 at the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in North Providence, RI. The 2012 series of three plant id workshops will start again in February 2012. The first workshop will provide instruction on Plant Ornamentals (i.e. Cherry, Dogwood, Magnolia, Viburnum, Hydrangea, etc.,).
Here are the 5 questions, good luck.
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Spring 2012 Tree Stewards Education Course |
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 Become a Rhode Island Tree Steward.
Learn more about:
Tree biology, Tree identification, Tree planting & pruning, Tree health, Urban forestry, Soils, and the untold benefits of trees.
Tree Stewardship combines learning about and caring for trees, as well as understanding how people and trees can best grow together!
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