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9 May/June 2026 | THE DAVEY BULLETIN For the tenth year, retiree Charlie Keppel ran a celebration with students from Barrington High School in Illinois, where they planted 600 milkweeds, sedges and cardinal flowers, along with four swamp white oaks at Pederson Nature Preserve. Keppel, a board member of Barrington Area Conservation Trust, teaches eight environmental sciences classes at the high school, helping students plant native herbaceous plants and trees. Below is Charlie Keppel (third from right) at the event with state Senator Darby Hills (center) and other local officials. RETIREES 2: As she does every year for Arbor Day, Bianca Ploss, software developer, read The Lorax and The Tree We Planted to her sister's first grade class to teach the students about the importance of our trees. 2 DAVEY INSTITUTE 1: Doug Tallamy, a best-selling author, conservationist, entomologist and professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, discussed sustainable gardening, invasive species and more at the SEED (Science, Employee Education and Development) Campus. This talk, which brought members of the Portage County Master Gardeners group, was an accompaniment to his most recent book How Can I Help? which provides a guide for ecological landscaping. 1 1 2 CORPORATE 2: As part of Davey's "Score for the Trees" partnership with the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins, Matt Erb, senior associate consultant, Environmental Consulting, Davey Resource Group, and Eric Rosko, sales arborist, North Pittsburgh office, planted trees at Mechanic's Retreat Park in Pittsburgh. Luke Werner district manager, North Pittsburgh office; Steve Fellure, district manager, South Pittsburgh; Eric Countryman, district manager, East Pittsburgh; Matt Erb; Craig Stone, assistant district manager, South Pittsburgh; and Kris Ward, assistant district manager, East Pittsburgh, also planted trees at a newly built park in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood. 1: Davey hosted plantings for two of its sports partnerships the week before Arbor Day. For the "Triples for Trees" program with the MLB Detroit Tigers, 21 Davey volunteers helped plant 32 trees at Perrien Park in Detroit. For the "Swing for the Trees" program with the MLB Cleveland Guardians, 30 trees were planted along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in East Cleveland with help from 14 Davey volunteers. With the Green Sports Alliance Summit 2026 in Cleveland, volunteers from Davey also mulched trees and cleaned up around Thurgood Marshall Green park in Cleveland. Brodie Haekel, foreman, and Rachel Zabel, groundperson, showcased their tree climbing skills to over 1,000 students, teachers, support staff and parents in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada. At the event, students also participated in nature walks with the arborists, learned about fire prevention and how to save a tree and took home their own seedling. CANADA

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