City of New Orleans

Department of Parks and Parkways

In cooperation with the LSU Ag Center and the

Louisiana Arborist Association

Presents the Inaugural

NEW ORLEANS TREE SEMINAR

Featuring acclaimed tree expert, Dr. John Ball

and other outstanding speakers

Thursday, March 21, 2002

8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

At the Coker Room of the Municipal Auditorium

in beautiful Armstrong Park

Program:

8:00 a.m. Registration

8:45 a.m. Welcome – Cynthia Sylvain-Lear, Director, Department of Parks and Parkways

9:00 a.m. Nurturing the Urban Forest: Proper Selection, Planting and Maintenance of Trees – Dr. John Ball, Assoc. Professor of Forestry, South Dakota State University

10:45 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. For the Birds: Native Trees for the Louisiana Landscape – Charles Fryling, Jr., Assoc. Professor of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University

12:00 noon Lunch

1:00 p.m. The Battle for New Orleans: Winning the War Against Formosan Termites – Ed Freytag, Termite Entomologist, New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board

1:45 p.m. Break

2:00 p.m. Protecting Trees: Preserving the Urban Forest – Dr. John Ball

3:00 p.m. Adjournment

Lunch Will Be Provided

CEU CREDITS AVAILABLE

For more information please call (504) 286-2100

or email to pkwebm@new-orleans.la.us

“One generation plants the seed; another gets the shade.”

Ancient Chinese Proverb