International Society of Arboriculture

And how we segue in today's conversation is I was...

They have forestry committees, and I was like, "How can you have a forestry ca- committee in the Midwest and not know about red oaks and oak wilt?" So my question is how- whose, whose fault is it? How come we can't get information out to the world about something like this? Is it the organization's not doing enough, like ISA or reaching out? Or do we just not have enough people on the ground speaking the message?

Well, I, I like to blame almost everything on the, on the state and the feds, but [laughs] I think you're-

Well, it's...

We're ready to launch the, um, uh, the program into the other camps and, you know, help provide another opportunity for the future for these guys.

We're not looking at adjusting any of the criteria.

We're working very closely with the ISA, um, and we're just looking at fitting guys that have the experience into, uh, the slots and, and there is a need.

So the UAA, the U- Utility Arborists Association, was very kind and they, uh, published an article in the July/August edition that talked about what we were doing.