The City of Fall River held its second annual Urban Forestry Workshop at Government Center on April 22, 2013, in an effort to provide information about the value and stewardship of the City's urban forest. The workshop was led by Emily Hamilton of Davey Resource Group and included presentations by Eric Seaborn and Mollie Freilicher of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), David Donoghue of National Grid, Richard Harper of UMass Extension, David Bloniarz of the US Forest Service, Andrew Hillman of the Davey Resource Group, Thomas Fraley of the Urban Ecology Institute, Louise Kaczynski and John Sylvia of the Fall River Street Tree Planting Program, Linton Harrington of the Trustees of Reservations, Fall River Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly, Victoria Carlos of the Durfee Green Team and Neighborhood Coordinator Perry Long talking about the new City urban tree farm. Click here for a a 50-minute video of some of the presentations. For more information about the Street Tree Planting program, contact Mary Ann Wordell at 508-679-8887.

(Top row, left) Fall River Street Tree Planting Program coordinator Mary Ann Wordell, left, looks at the screen as Nancy Fell, Sandy Dennis and Lorraine LaFleur chat. (Top row, center) John Sylvia and Louise Kaczynski of the Fall River Street Tree Planting Program chat before the workshop begins. (Top row, right) Park Advocates coordinator Sandy Dennis and Fall River Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly, who was also a presenter, talk. (Row two) Emily Hamilton of Davey Resource Group opens the program by introducing Mollie Freilicher and Eric Seaborn of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). (Row three) Thomas Fraley of teh Urban Ecological Institue describes the results of a recent street tree inventory of Fall River after David Donoghue descirbes the efforts of National Grid to manage utility arboriculture. (Bottom row) Andrew Hillman of the Davey Resource Group talks about a new setback tree planing method before Louise Kaczynski, John Sylvia and and Linton Harrington of the Trustees of Reservations talk about recent efforts to improve Fall River's urban forest.