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Mr. Schwabe

Webinar 4: Selecting Your Tree – Fruit Trees with Paul Schwabe (RECORDED)

Webinar 4: Selecting Your Tree – Fruit Trees with Paul Schwabe Thursday, March 25, 2021, 12:00-1:00 – Watch the recording now  Produced in collaboration with the Dane County Tree Board Join 1000 Friends and Paul Schwabe from Johnson’s Nursery in Menomonee Falls to hear the secrets to a bountiful fruit tree. Paul is a sales […]

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Brian Hudelson

Webinar 5: Common Tree Diseases with Brian Hudelson (RECORDED)

Webinar 5: Common Tree Diseases with Brian Hudelson Thursday, April 15, 2021, 12:00-1:00 – Watch recording here Produced in collaboration with the Dane County Tree Board Join 1000 Friends and Brian Hudelson, the Director of Diagnostic Services at the UW-Madison Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic to learn the most common diseases impacting our urban trees. Brian […]

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Jay Weiss

Webinar 3: Selecting Your Tree – Diverse and Unique Species with Jay Weiss (RECORDED)

Webinar 3: Selecting Your Tree – Diverse and Unique Species with Jay Weiss Thursday, March 11, 2021, 12:00-1:00 – Watch recording now Produced in collaboration with the Dane County Tree Board Join 1000 Friends and Jay Weiss, Director of the Cambridge Tree Project and Cambridge Tree Trials, to discover new and exciting tree species for […]

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Webinar 2: Basic Tree Pruning with Lisa Johnson (RECORDED)

Webinar 2: Basic Tree Pruning with Lisa Johnson, UW-Extension, Dane County Tree Board  Thursday, February 18, 2021, 12:00-1:00 – Watch the recording now – Lisa’s presentation slides available here Produced in collaboration with the Dane County Tree Board Join 1000 Friends and Lisa Johnson, a Horticulture Educator with UW-Extension and member of the Dane County […]

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Dr. Bruce Allison

Webinar 1: Tree Appreciation with Dr. Bruce Allison (RECORDED)

Webinar 1: Tree Appreciation with Dr. Bruce Allison Thursday, January 28th, 2021, 12:00-1:00 – Watch the recording now Join 1000 Friends of Wisconsin and Dr. Bruce Allison for the first webinar in our “Leafing Out” Webinar Series. Dr. Allison is a nationally renowned presenter and urban forestry expert, and he will kick-off our webinar series […]

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I-94 sign

The Case Against the I-94 East-West Expansion

The proposed I-94 East-West highway expansion in Milwaukee, estimated to cost more than $1 billion, continues on its path towards enumeration during the upcoming budget negotiations. 1000 Friends, along with our partners at WISPIRG, developed this factsheet that was sent to all legislators and the Governor’s office this week. We continue to oppose the I-94 expansion project as […]

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