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2009
January 8 Mid-Plains Tree School: The Nature of Tree Care, North Platte
January 9 Mid-Plains Tree School: The Nature of Tree Care, North Platte
January 12-14 Nebraska Green Expo, Council Bluffs
February 2-3 2009 Great Plains Tree Conference & Workshop, Lincoln
February 6 Building Sustainable Partnerships, Lincoln
March 10 Tree Care Workshop, North Platte
March 11 Tree Care Workshop, Hastings
March 17 Tree Care Workshop, Norfolk
March 18 RT-130: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher, Brule (6-10 p.m.)*
March 18 Tree Care Workshop, Lincoln
March 21 Grafting workshop
March 21-29 Nebraska Wildland Fire Academy, Crawford
(Nominations due March 6th)

NWFA 2009 brochure, NWFA nomination form
March 24 RT-130: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher, Rushville (6-10 p.m.)*
March 25 RT-130: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher, Gering (6-10 p.m.)*
March 26 RT-130: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher, Harrison (6-10 p.m.)*
April 4 Tactical Decision Games/Sand Table Exercises hosted by Nebraska Fire Chiefs Association, Ainsworth (9 a.m.-4 p.m.)*
April 7 Tree Pruning Workshop, Chadron. (For more information, email Doak Nickerson at hnickerson1@unl.edu)
April 14 Tree City USA, Lincoln
April 24 Arbor Day (view the ReTree Calendar for Arbor Day events)
April 25

Spring Affair Plant Sale—Agricultural Hall at State Fair Park, Lincoln, 9 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Look for Good Trees for the Good Life- Nine for 2009 sold by our ReTree participating nursies at this plant sale.

April 29 RT-130: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher, Kearney (6:30-10 p.m.)*
May 14-17 S-130/S-190: Basic Wildland Firefighter (Red Card course) hosted by Nebraska State Fire School, Grand Island (8 a.m. -6 p.m.)
May 15-17 Nebraska State Fire School, Grand Island
May 17- 23 Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) awareness week
May 30 - June7 Wildflower Week
June 12-15* S-130/S-190: Basic Wildland Firefighter (Red Card course), Camp Ashland (8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
June 23

Forestry Field Day: Forest Fuels Management, Chadron

July 24 Great Plains Summer Field Day, Lincoln
September 10 Nebraska Arborists Association 2009 Arborist School: Part I: Tree ID, Evaluation & Selection Seminar, Gretna
September 12, 19, 26 Fall Urban Tree Course, Omaha
September 17 Burr Oak Canyon Field Tour, McCook
September 18 Iowa Arborists Association Climbing Day, Des Moines
September 19 Green Homes Tour, Omaha
October 8 Pine Thinning Forestry Field Day in the Wildcat Hills, Gering
October 8-9 Nebraska Arborists Association 2009 Arborist School: Part II: Pruning & Climbing Seminar, Nebraska City
October 20, 2009 Getting to the Root of it All: A Practitioner's Guide to Root Health and Proper Planting, Stratton
October 21, 2009 Getting to the Root of it All: A Practitioner's Guide to Root Health and Proper Planting, North Platte
October 22, 2009 Getting to the Root of it All: A Practitioner's Guide to Root Health and Proper Planting, Lexington
October 27, 2009* RT-130: Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (Red Card recertification course), Thedford, Stub's Restaurant (6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.)
November 3, 2009 Getting to the Root of it All: A Practitioner's Guide to Root Health and Proper Planting, Norfolk
November 4, 2009 Getting to the Root of it All: A Practitioner's Guide to Root Health and Proper Planting, Ord
November 5, 2009 Getting to the Root of it All: A Practitioner's Guide to Root Health and Proper Planting, Valentine
November 11-13 Nebraska Arborists Association 2009 Arborist School: Part III: Arborists Seminar, Gretna
November 14-15, 21-22*

POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 6-7, 13-14, 2010

S-130/S-190: Basic Wildland Firefighter (Red Card certification course), Springfield Fire Department (8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)

*For more information about this event, contact Casey McCoy, NFS wildland fire training manager, at cmccoy3@unl.edu or 402-472-6634.
2010
January 5-8* S-130/S-190: Basic Wildland Firefighter (Red Card certification course), Hardin Hall, 33rd & Holdrege, UNL East Campus (8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
February 19-21 2010 Les Lukert Winter Conference, Nebraska Society of Fire Service Instructors, Grand Island
February 21-26 Municipal Forestry Institute (MFI), Society of Municipal Arborists, Nebraska City
March 6-7, 13-14*

RESCHEDULED FROM NOVEMBER 2009

S-130/S-190: Basic Wildland Firefighter (Red Card certification course), Springfield Fire Department (8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)


April 10-18
Nebraska Wildland Fire Academy, Fort Robinson State Park

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