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Take a look at our world of Urban Forestry at MSTC.
We hope that you decide to come see first hand what this program is all about. |
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 Robyn Budik demonstrates how to climb into a tree using a rope and saddle. She is a recent graduate and a full-time Arborist
with the City of Eau Claire.
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 David Boone is a Safety and Training Coordinator for the Bartlett Tree Expert Company in Stamford, Connecticut. He frequently visits MSTC to assist in training. He also recruits for his company which employs over 2,000 people. |
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 Mark Noark is the National Recruiter for the Davey Tree Expert Company in Kent, Ohio. Mark does a great job working with our students and setting up summer and full time employment around the country. His company employs over 6000 people in North America.
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 This is Eduardo Medina from the Davey Tree Expert Company in Kent, Ohio. Eduardo is a corporate trainer and plays a leading role in Hispanic training programs across the United States.
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 Tim Matthews, Becky Diver and Jeremiah Urbans are busy planting one of 60 trees on Arbor Day 2005 here at MSTC. The trees were planted during our high school recruiting day where students plant trees, climb trees and participate in a tree biology unit on root systems.
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 This sample is in the tree biology lab. It shows rams horning which occurs on some hollow trees as the tree tries to support itself in spite of the defect in the trunk. Our program is based on tree biology as taught by Dr. Alex Shigo and many top researchers around the world.
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 Nick Moore cooks brats and hotdogs outside the Urban Forestry lab. Nick graduated in May 2005 and now works full-time for Asplundh in Appleton, WI.
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 Check out our F-550 diesel, 4X4 aerial lift truck. This unit travels to every aerial tree pruning class where climbing rope and saddle is taught along with use of this truck for aerial tree work.
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 Lori Berget brought her students to our Arbor Day program from Tri-County High School in Plainfield, WI. In this photo she shows off her MSTC Arbor Day T-Shirt. |
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 This is Mark Mozuch after he helped dig and pull a tree out of the ground in Tree Biology class to study root systems. We're not kidding when we say we're all about hands-on learning around here! |
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 Somewhere in the top of this tree there is a climber doing aerial tree pruning because we trained them to do this safely and efficiently in our classes. Could this be you someday???? |
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 This pond is just outside the Urban Forestry lab. All of the tree and shrub identification required within this program are planted around this pond for a quick study location between classes. All species are replicated two more times on our 160 acre campus as part of the Wisconsin Urban Forestry Education Center.
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 Travis Derks hangs out with Mark Noark and Eduardo Medina from the Davey Tree Expert Company. Travis went to work for Davey full-time following graduation. He works out of their office in Plymouth, MN. Travis is the past president of our Student Society of Arboriculture club at MSTC.
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