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19 November/December 2023 | THE DAVEY BULLETIN Twelve Commercial Landscape Services (CLS) employees from the Cleveland East, Cleveland North, Cleveland West, Columbus East-Westerville, Davey SEED (Science, Employee Education and Development) Campus, Detroit Southwest, Evergreens Cemetery, Richmond, and San Francisco territories took part in the Turfgrass Summit at the Davey Institute. Led by Zane Raudenbush, turfgrass and herbicide specialist, Davey Institute, the training is a three-day event focused on learning about turfgrass identification, soil health, weed con- trol, irrigation and fertilizing strategies, and best practices for installing turfgrass in both hands-on and classroom settings. Peyton Flasco, production manager, Cleveland West territory, said he really liked getting to see the plots of turf that have been planted at the developing Davey SEED Campus. "One of the main reasons I joined Davey is because continu- ous education is available," Flasco said. Josh Wilson, project manager, Evergreens Cemetery territo- ry, felt the training was motivating and educational. "It was really nice to see that we're actively doing research and creating products in the area of turf to better benefit our clients," Wilson said. CLS MEETS FOR TURFGRASS SUMMIT Zane Raudenbush is pictured showing attendees how to identify the different characteristics of the soil by seeing how hydrophobic, or repellant, they are to water. Summit attendees included Christopher Feliciano, Peyton Flasco, Alexandria Foltz, Ethan Garber, Jason Kalbaugh, William Kirby, Julie Kline, Micheal March, Skylar Mason, Brad Thompson, Josh Wilson and Jeff Wingrove (not all pictured). Scott Eikenbary, project developer, Davey Resource Group, Utility Vegetation Management services, and Adam Baker, research entomologist, Davey Institute, spoke on the topic of assessing botanical and pollinator communities in ROW habitats. Paul Hurysz, manager, human performance safety consulting services, Davey Resource Group, speaks at the Trees & Utilities conference. Held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the 2023 Trees & Utilities conference brought utility vegetation management and urban forestry professionals together to learn about utility arboricul- ture research, environmental topics, and more. Trees & Utilities formed as a partnership between the Utility Arborist Association and the Arbor Day Foundation. Six Davey employees presented on timely industry topics: • Adam Baker, research entomologist, Davey Institute; and Scott Eikenbary, project developer, Davey Resource Group, Utility Vegetation Management services, spoke on the topic of assessing botanical and pollinator communities in ROW habitats. • Christopher Fields-Johnson, tree conservation specialist, Davey Institute, presented on the topic of sonic tomography for tree risk assessments. • Paul Hurysz, manager, human performance safety consulting services, Davey Resource Group, presented on the topic of "Measuring a Culture of Safety 'How do you know?'" • Tim Walsh, vice president, health and safety department, spoke at the Trees & Utilities conference opening ceremony. Walsh serves as the Utility Arborist Association past president. • Laura Wimer, director of client experience and contract management, Eastern Utility services, gave the conference welcome message and spoke about solutions to challenges vegetation management professionals are facing today. TREES & UTILITIES CONFERENCE

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