Dudley R. Hartel
USDA Forest Service
Athens, Georgia
Urban Tree Risk & Disasters
Vegetative Risk Management Plan
Rachel Barker, Project Manager, ArborMetrics Solutions, Inc.
Formally Environmental Planner
Central Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission
Montgomery, Alabama
An Urban Forestry South Webinar
January 9, 2013
2:00-3:00 PM EST
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This project was funded in whole or in part by the U. S. Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share Grant Program, as recommended by the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council

| Welcome to the webinar “Urban Tree Risk & Disasters – Assessment, Planning and Recovery”.
| This is the third webinar in the three part series: Vegetation Risk Management Plan. This webinar takes the information from the first two to show how to build a Vegetation Risk Management Plan and to also determine debris staging sites. The first two webinars concentrated on how to develop the GIS tool – the Urban Tree Risk Index. The UTRI is integral to the Vegetative Risk Management Plan and is at the heat of the plan.
| Hi, I am Rachel Barker and I am a Project Manager with ArborMetrics Solutions, Inc.– formally with Central Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission in Montgomery Alabama.
| Presenting with me today is Dudley Hartel – USDA Forest Service in Athens Georgia (Center Manager of Urban Forestry South).
| This project is a partnership among CARPDC, Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA), Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) and Alabama Association of Regional Commissions (AARC) with USDA Forest Service providing technical oversight on behalf of NUCFAC.
| I want to recognize for the GIS tool (UTRI) application development Abi Dhakal – GIS Specialist with the Alabama Forestry Commission – formally with Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission and Reggie Franklin – GIS specialist with Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission.
| This project was recommended for funding by the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisor Council (NUCFAC) and was developed as a collaboration tool to engage UF professionals and EM on a regional level. Regional Planning agencies across the country are often a resource to bring these various professionals together to form collaborative strategies to find solutions for regional initiatives. They also often have on staff the professionals and resources capable of providing the technical expertise required to conduct the GIS application developed and discussed today. In addition, Regional Planning agencies are often involved in developing the required natural hazard mitigation plans for counties in their regions and with the subsequent required five year updates.
| “This project was funded in whole or in part by the U. S. Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share Grant Program, as recommended by the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council”
| “The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and martial or familial status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs). Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD).”