Tree Associations and Organizations

Page 1 TREE ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS Assignment A. Visit each of these organizations’ websites and identify their primary reason for being. It may be helpful to read their mission statements or by clicking on their “about us” buttons. B. Try and spend a few minutes on each association site to get an idea of what it is they do, and who their clients or members are. C. In a Google doc, once you feel you have a handle on their “purpose”, in your own words, write a few sentences or a short paragraph that best describes the organizations listed below. D. Hand in your assignment in Moodle. Assignment is due November 03, by the start of class. The assignment is worth 4% of your grade. 1. International Society of Arboriculture http://www.isa-arbor.com/home.aspx 2. International Society of Arboriculture Prairie Chapter http://www.isaprairie.com/ 3. Tree Care Industry Association: http://tcia.org/ 4. American Society of Consulting Arborists www.asca-consultants.org/ 5. Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association http://www.landscape-alberta.com/ 6. Canadian Nursery Landscape Association http://www.canadanursery.com/ 7. Professional Vegetation Management Association of Alberta https://www.pvma.ca/ 8. Tree Canada Foundation http://www.treecanada.ca/ 9. Society To Prevent Dutch Elm Disease In Alberta http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/prm4494?opendocument Page 2 10. Canadian Tree Fund: https://canadiantreefund.org/ 11. Arboriculture Canada Training and Education Ltd. http://www.arborcanada.com/ Bonus question: Where is their head office located?