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Davey Bulletin January-February 2020

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15 January/February 2020 | THE DAVEY BULLETIN Managers, sales arborists, sales and service coordinators and technicians from various Residential/Commercial (R/C) offices in Texas gathered in San Antonio for the 2019 Texas Soil Care Workshop. Topics included assessing soil compaction and organic matter content, as well as applying compost and Biochar ® to soils. Hands-on workshops SOIL SEMINARS HELD ACROSS NORTH AMERICA DAVEY SPONSORS UTILITY ARBORISTS SAFETY SUMMIT Attendees of the Texas seminar included Wyatt Bilby, North Houston; Tom Chaky, North Austin; Brian Cox, Dallas; Heath Gober, South Austin; Lewis Heye, West San Antonio; Tim Jackson, West San Antonio; William Johnston, South Austin; Kevin Lamb, Dallas; Dave Madden, South Austin; Kevin Martin, North Austin; Amaury Martinez, South Houston; Matt Petty, South Houston; Mike Presta, East San Antonio; Gerrit Sampson, South Austin; Charles Scibana, North Austin; Chuck Shouse, East San Antonio; Alex Singeltary, South Houston; Curt Smith, North Houston; Ted Sonnier, South Houston; Jerry Weatherred, South Austin. Facilitators included Andy Ferguson, vice president, Western Residential/Commercial operations; A.D. Ali, manager of technical services, Davey Institute; Chris Fields-Johnson, technical advisor, the Davey Institute; and Sarah Ruark, technical advisor, the Davey Institute. Davey sponsored and helped facilitate the 2019 Utility Arborists Association Indianapolis Safety Summit, which brought together utility vegetation management professionals to promote the constructive exchange of ideas with the goal of helping organizations develop a more measurable safety culture by reducing on-site incidents. Topics discussed included job briefings, drop zones, various state and federal transportation department safety issues, ergonomics, emerald ash borer and electrical hazards. Geoff Watson and Jim Neeser, UVM Upper Midwest account, worked with Chad Tinkle and TK Christie from AEP and Duke Energy to organize the event. "The goal of the summit was to develop safety champions within the tree care industry who have the ability to positively impact their companies' safety culture at the crew level and beyond," said Tim Walsh, corporate safety director. Tim Walsh discusses safety at the Indianapolis summit. Other Davey attendees included Rick Bellers, UVM Midwest; Sara Dreiser, UVM Upper Midwest; David Gamble, AEP account; Cody Melega, Duke Indiana account; Jim Neeser, UVM Upper Midwest; Jared Simoneaux, Duke Indiana account; Geoff Watson, UVM Upper Midwest; and Mitch White, AEP account. included using hydraulic soil injections, vertical mulching, soil renovations and topdressing using air tools. The Texas workshop was part of a series of soil care seminars also conducted by the Institute in Detroit, Toronto, Boston, Kent, Atlanta, Greensboro, and Livermore.

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