Description: Learn why architectural pruning is critical in the early years of a tree’s life and the 7 steps of young tree training.
Presenter: Stephanie Miller, ODNR Urban Forester
Bio: Stephanie is the northwest Ohio Regional Urban Forester with the ODNR, Division of Forestry. Most of her time is spent providing technical and organizational assistance to communities in her 19-county region headquartered out of Findlay.
She is originally from central Indiana where she learned to love the outdoors. After earning her BS in Forestry with an Urban Option from Purdue University, she fine-tuned her skills with ACRT, an Ohio-based consulting firm, for 5 years. Her positions included utility forestry supervisor in Michigan for Consumers Power then as a utility work planner for AEP in Northwest Ohio and assisting with street tree inventories in several US cities.
ISA CEUs: 1.0 Certified Arborist, Utility Specialist, Municipal Specialist, Aerial Lift Specialist, Climber Specialist, BCMA Practice