NOVA RT March 15, 2018

Registration is now CLOSED for this event!

March 15, 2018 NOVa Roundtable

Thanks to Wetlands Studies and Solutions LLC in Gainesville VA

for hosting this event!

3-14-18 UPDATED AGENDA: How Do We Know Trees We've Planted Are Surviving and Thriving?

In addition to local knowledge, experience and connections (i.e., the heart of the Roundtable), this event will also feature a guest who has studied this issue extensively.

Lara Roman, PhD, US Forest Service Research Ecologist will present studies of how other jurisdictions throughout the nation deal with limited staffing and budgets to monitor their trees survival and growth.

Event Properties

Event date	03-15-2018 9:30 am
Event End Date	03-15-2018 2:00 pm
Registration Start Date	01-23-2018
Capacity	56
Available place	4
Cut off date	03-08-2018
Location	Wetland Studies and Solutions

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Did You Know:

Every state has an official State Tree. Virginia adopted the flowering dogwood Cornaceae Cornus floridaas the State Tree on February 24, 1956. The dogwood is well distributed throughout the...
A mature tree removes almost 70 times more pollution than a newly planted tree.
In one day, one large tree can lift up to 100 gallons of water out of the ground and discharge it into the air.
Most trees do not have a tap root.
Well-maintained trees and shrubs can increase property value by up to 14%.
Most tree roots are in the top 12 inches of soil.
One large tree can provide a supply of oxygen for two people.
Trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs by 30 percent and save 20-50 percent in heating energy.
Trees are the largest living organisms on earth: some coastal redwoods are more than 360 feet tall.
A birdhouse hung on a young tree branch, does not move up the tree as the tree grows.
Trees are some of the oldest living organisms on earth: some bristle-cone pines are thought to be more than 5000 years old.