Western Tree Failure Database/California Tree Failure Report Program

2015 Annual Meetings

Presentations

Two presentations on January 8, 2015 from Frank Telewski, Professor, Michigan State University.

Thigmo What? Thigmomorphogenesis! How Trees Respond to Wind.

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Tree Rings, Tree Growth, and Root Damage. What's the Connection?

Frank Telewski-2015

Dana Karcher, Davy Resource Group, presented "Not all Rosy in Pasadena; Lessons Learned from Wind Related Tree failures" See STORIES/BLEAK DECEMBER WIND IN PASADENA for photos of the event and City of Pasadena Windstorm Tree Failure Analysis, July 2012. This was also presented on Feb. 26.

February 26, 2015 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum

Jeremy Barrick, New York City Parks and Recreation, Superstorm Sandy: Impacts, Responses, and Lessons Learned.

CTFRP_LA_Superstrom Sandy

Laura Bauernfeind, Principal Forester, City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, Park Trees: The Good, the Bad, and even the Ugly

Bauernfeind presentation