Cooperative Extension Service 
RR#1 – Box 10,000 • Kingshill St. Croix, VI 00850-9781 • Tel: (340) 692-4071 • Fax: (340) 692-4093 
#2 John Brewers Bay • St. Thomas • U.S. Virgin Islands 00802-9990 • Tel: (340) 693-1080 • Fax: (340) 693-1085 
http://ces.uvi.edu 
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NEWS RELEASE 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
June 8, 2018 
UVICES ARBORISTS WORKSHOP 
“PREPARING YOUR TREES FOR HURRICANE SEASON 
AND RESTORING STORM DAMAGED TREES” 
 
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Cooperative Extension Service (CES) - Agriculture and 
Natural Resources Program in partnership with the VI Department of Agriculture - Forestry Division, 
will hold arborist workshops on ‘Preparing Your Trees for Hurricane Season and Restoring Storm 
Damaged Trees’. The workshops will be held Tuesday, June 19, 2018 on St. Croix - NWW Great 
Hall, and Thursday, June 21, 2018 on St. Thomas - CELL Training Room. Both workshops will be 
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. On St. Croix the workshop will be held in the NWW Great Hall on the 
Albert A. Sheen Campus, and on St. Thomas the workshop will be held in the CELL Training Room, 
in the former Faculty East buildings. 
 
Mr. Stafford Crossman, Acting State Director of UVICES, stated “All homeowners with trees on their 
property along with persons involved with, or interested in, caring for trees are encouraged to attend 
these important workshops. The information provided in the workshops will be very valuable as we 
prepare our trees for this year’s hurricane season, which is already here. It is time to start getting 
prepared.” 
 
For additional information and to register, please contact the University of the Virgin Islands 
Cooperative Extension Service – Stafford Crossman at (340) 692-4071, email scrossm@uvi.edu (St. 
Croix) or Dale Morton at (340) 692-1086, email dmorton@uvi.edu (St. Thomas). 
Extension programs and policies are consistent with federal and state laws and regulations on non-
discrimination regarding race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender preference, age, disability, 
and political beliefs. 
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