Thank you to all who helped out including: Nic Powell, Garrett Dickel, Jack Valenti, and Jeremy Lange of Bartlett Tree Experts; Jonny Argueta, Jorge Morales, Elmer Vasquez, Julio Portillo, Santo Cedillo, Nick Aldino, and Scott Malinowski of Lewis Tree Service; Steve Sprague, Dan Zaccagnini, Herbert Rodriguez, Naun Velasquez, Selvin Orellana, Cesar Diaz, Mario Mendez, and Boadmir Machado of Carroll Tree Service; Jose Xinie, Brian Anderson, Billy Smith, and William Rameriz of Excel Tree Expert Co; Matthew Anacker, Richard Anacker, Kaity Handley, Anthony Richie, Larry Acosta, and Kolby Corrigan of A & A Tree Experts; Chuck Munzert of Aberdeen Equipment Supply; Ron Muir of First Energy and his son Jack; Scott Bates (retired); Jason Davidov of J.D. Outdoors; Tom Mayer of T.D. Consulting; Lawrence Wynter and Eric Dihle of the City of Balitmore; Rich “The Tree Guy” Polan; and many more!

In cooperation with the Maryland Arborist Association and the Maryland Nursery, Landscape, and Greenhouse Association (MNLGA), University of Maryland has created a bilingual poster, in both English and Spanish, showing insects and diseases to keep an eye out for while working in the field. Always remember to report any suspicious pest or disease to the appropriate agency. Click here to download the poster, or contact Dr. David Clement of University of Maryland Extension for more information: 410-531-5558, [email protected]. 

Congratulations to the following individuals who passed the April exam:

Tick populations across the U.S have skyrocketing in recent years, and the number of tick-borne diseases have too. "It's a big epidemic affecting the entire East Coast," said Alfaro Toledo, an assistant professor in the department of entomology at Rutgers University. While deer ticks are most likely to be the ones transmitting Lyme and lone star ticks, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, dog ticks and a new invader, the Longhorned tick, can also carry and transmit disease.

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