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IMMEDIATE	
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August	
  19,	
  2015	
  
	
  
UVI	
  CES	
  ANNOUNCES	
  ARBORISTS	
  WORKSHOP	
  
The University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service Agriculture and Natural 
Resources Program will hold a FREE Arborists Workshop on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Research and Extension Center, Room 133 on the Albert A. Sheen 
Campus, St. Croix. 
The workshop will be conducted by Dr. Edward Gilman, Professor, Urban Trees and Landscape Plants 
in the Department of Environmental Horticulture at the University of Florida.  
The workshop will focus on tree pruning and tree risk assessment. All arborists and other persons 
involved with or interested in caring for trees are encouraged to attend this important workshop. 
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  
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