Ash Dieback Seminar (ADB) 18.01.22 (www.ato.org.uk)
Alistair Smith FICFor
Director at Association of Tree Officers & Honorary Executive Committee Member at London Tree Officers Association
Another interesting and informative seminar organised by ATO today, with 180 attendees and presentations from:
- Iben Margrete Thomsen, Senior Advisor, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: ‘Managing urban and landscape ash trees - in the context of ash dieback’.
- Bob Stevenson, Tree Officer, Devon County Council: ‘Managing Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (ADB) in the South West’.
- Richard Barron, Arboricultural Officer and Paul Kane, Assistant Arboricultural Officer, Newport City Council: ‘Newport City Council’s approach to large scale tree felling’
ATO members will be able to view a recording of the seminar on the ATO website.
Thank you to the ATO Supporters: Mapscape, Tree Life, PlanIT Geo, Ezytreev, Barcham tree specialists, GreenBlue Urban for providing invaluable help to support the ATO, enabling the organisation to represent local authority tree officers: https://ato.org.uk/our-supporters.
For further information about the ATO membership please contact Becky Porter, National Co-ordinator, email: [email protected] or visit: https://www.ato.org.uk/.