Welcome to the Wisconsin Arborist Association's (WAA) website. Our
mission is 'Improving the understanding of trees and the practice of
arboriculture'.
The WAA was founded in 1964 by a small group of
individuals dedicated to improving the knowledge and quality of the
profession of arboriculture. Since that time it has grown into a large
organization of commercial, municipal, utility and academic arborists. These
members serve Wisconsin by providing private and public arboriculture
services and research. The WAA is a chapter of the International Society of
Arboriculture which has representation in over 30 countries.
-- Josh DePouw, WAA President
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Arborfest 2008
This WAA event will be held at Pierce Park in Appleton on Saturday, August 16th from 9 am – 4 pm.
See further schedule details
on the Arborfest 2008 Event
Poster. Our 2nd annual event features guest speaker
Melinda Myers, presenting
"Tree Death by Good Intentions". For more information about Melinda check
http://www.melindamyers.com. Come and watch 30 of our top tree climbing professionals compete to represent our state chapter at the International Climbing Competition in Australia. Workshops, Demonstrations, Tours, and
Children's Activities are planned throughout the day.
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Volunteers NEEDED
WAA's success thrives when our members volunteer. We need 20 volunteers for Arborfest 2008, a variety of duties and shifts are available, please contact Brian Pelot at 920-731-3511
(e-mail Brian) to help out. If you’d like to volunteer at the Tree Climbing Competition, please
e-mail Mike Wendt.
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Tour des Trees
Help Team Wisconsin meet the WAA’s $15,000 Chapter Challenge! Support arboriculture research and education by contributing to the TREE
Fund's Tour des Trees. Go to Team Wisconsin’s secure web site and make a tax deductible donation.
Take the challenge. Be part of the solution.
http://www.active.com/donate/2008tourdestrees/DRideou1
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Certified Arborist Exam
Check this site later for the next Certified Arborist Exam date and information.To obtain general information packets,
maps, tree lists, etc. contact Aaron Lehnert, Certification Chair, at 262-442-7364 or e-mail Aaron Lehnert. As always, registration for the
exam is made directly with the ISA, and must be completed at least 20 days in advance.
http://www.isa-arbor.com/certification/exams.aspx
Please note, any WAA member who wants to be listed as a Certified Arborist for Hire on the WAA web site should
complete the ISA Certified Arborist for Hire Form.
Contact Aaron Lehnert at 262-442-7364 if you have any questions.
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