SAN DIEGO -- PTCA, known as the Professional Tree Care Association of San Diego, is a premier industry association for professionals within the tree care industry. The association contains a wide diversity of professionals, including representatives from outstanding tree care and tree service companies, ISA (International Society of Arboriculture) certified arborists, utility arborists, board certified master arborist, ASCA (American Association of Consulting Arborists) RSA's (Registered Consulting Arborist), and industry professionals from utility companies, San Diego Zoo, golf courses, private industries, landscape contractors, landscape architects, educators and more.

The seminar day hosted today included a tremendous diversity in educational speakers while tomorrows field day reinforces the seminar information with hands on field demonstrations and workshops. Speakers covered topics including tree selection now for upcoming climate change, invasive diseases in the urban forest, oak tree management and the gold spotted oak borer, overview of tree risk assessment and best management practices, arboriculture and the law, sampling for diagnoses of insect and disease problems and much more.


To learn more about the PTCA Seminar and Field Day, read the full article at http://landscapeexpertwitness.com/2013/08/17/ptca-arbor-e... or go the PTCA website at http://www.ptcasandiego.org