9:00 - 9:45 AM — Tree Inventory Overview (Jerry Bond)

• Defining the Inventory Scheme
• Considerations Before the Inventory Begins
• Simple Random Sampling (Sample Inventory Generators)
• Street Trees / Urban Ecosystem
• Demo of Street Sampling Utility

9:45 – 10:30 AM — Introduction to i-Tree PDA Data Collection Utilities (Scott Maco)

• Paper vs. PDA
• Tree Inventory PDA Utility
• Desktop Configuration / PDA Synchronization / Using the PDA Utility / Choosing a PDA

10:30 - 10:45 AM — Break

10:45 – 11:15 AM — MCTI: Overview and Process (Dave Bloniarz)

• Concept and History / What is MCTI? / Why MCTI? / Data collection Options

11:15 - 11:30 AM — Exploring a Sample MCTI Project

11:30 – 12:30 AM — MCTI Analysis and Use (Dave Bloniarz)

• Analysis with the Desktop Utility
• Report Types and Use

12:30 – 1:30 PM Group Lunch

1:30 -1:45 PM — STRATUM Overview: Structure, Function, & Value (Scott Maco)

• What is STRATUM? / Why STRATUM?
• The STRATUM Process

1:45 – 2:15 PM — STRATUM Data Collection (Scott Maco)

• Data Fields
• Tree Inventory PDA Utility
• Equipment & Resources

2:15 – 3:15 PM — Field Data Collection — Outdoors

• Group Breakout

3:30 – 4:15 — Running a STRATUM Analysis (Scott Maco)

• Creating a STRATUM Project
• Importing an Inventory
• STRATUM Inputs
• Define Inventory / City Data / Management Costs / Pricing Benefits

4:15 – 4:30 — Exploring a Sample STRATUM Project

4:30 – 5:15 PM — STRATUM Reporting & Interpretation (Scott Maco)

• Report Types and Functionality
• Structural Reports / Benefit Reports
• Putting STRATUM to Work
• Making Management Decisions

5:15 – 5:30 PM — Computer Lab Time/Questions & Answers (All)

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

8:30 A.M. – 5:15 P.M.
Rutgers University, Common Lecture Rm and Cressa Geo-Spatial Lab

8:30 - 9 AM — UFORE Overview & Process (Jerry Bond)

• What is UFORE? / Why UFORE?
• The UFORE Process

9 - 9:15 AM — Exploring a Sample UFORE Project

9:15 - 10 AM — UFORE Input (Jerry Bond)

• Project Decisions
• Plot Generator
• Data Fields

10 - 10:45 AM — UFORE Field Data Collection — Outdoors

• Group Breakout

10:45 – 11 AM — Break

11 - 11:45 AM — UFORE Output (Jerry Bond)

• Data processing
• Analysis
• Reporting
• Types / Examples
• Putting UFORE to Work
• Management Decisions / Advocacy

11:45 -12 PM — Q & A

12 – 1 PM
Group Lunch

1 – 1:30 PM — Storm Damage Assessment Protocol: Overview & Process (Dave Bloniarz)

• What is SDAP? / Why SDAP?
• The SDAP Process

1:30 – 2:15 PM — SDAP Field Data Collection (Jerry Bond)

Group Breakout

2:15 - 2:45 PM — SDAP Analysis & Reporting (Jerry Bond)

• Data Upload and Synchronization
• Reporting

2:45 - 3 PM — Break (Jerry Bond)

3 - 3:45 PM — Utilizing Community Volunteers (Dave Bloniarz)

• Volunteers & i-Tree
• Volunteers Resources Overview
• Developing a Strategy for Action
• Recruitment, Training, and Mobilization
• Questions and Discussion

3:45- 4:45 P.M. — Making i-Tree Work for Your Community (Mike Alonzo)

• Case Studies
• Casey Tree UFORE & STRATUM Analyses

4:45 – 5:45 P.M. — Questions, Answers, & Discussion (All)

• Q&A / Discussion
• Evaluation
• ISA Continuing Education Units