Missouri Community Forestry Council

08/16/2026

Have you registered for the 2026 Missouri Community Forestry Council State Conference yet?!

The 2026 conference is being held on September 22-24, 2026 in Springfield, Missouri. There’s still time to get signed up before the early bird registration deadline of August 28th!

This year we are excited to offer a wonderful opportunity for us to come together, learn from one another, and share encouragement. Over the course of two half-days and one full day, you’ll experience technical presentations, networking opportunities, and engaging discussions.

​Our keynote presentation, “Professionalism in Arboriculture,” will be delivered by Edward Morrow. This session will focus on practical steps to elevate your business beyond just a job and toward true professionalism.

To see the full agenda or to get additional information follow the link!

https://www.mocommunitytrees.org/conference.html

08/15/2026

🫵 We need your help! We teamed up with the Missouri Community Forestry Council (MCFC) for the 2026 Arbor Award of Excellence and we want your nominations! The Arbor Award of Excellence shines the spotlight on anyone who has improved trees in their community. 🌳🌳🌳

The annual award recognizes communities, institutions, businesses, organizations and individuals that make outstanding efforts to care for trees. Any significant program, project, or event over the last two years that contributes to the care or maintenance of trees could qualify for an award.

Know a tree steward who deserves some recognition? Check the comments to submit a nomination!

04/02/2026

The Missouri Community Forestry Council State Conference registration is now open!

Follow the link for additional information and we look forward to seeing you there!

https://www.mocommunitytrees.org/conference.html

03/22/2026

Coming soon! The Midwestern International Society of Arboriculture Tree Climbing Competition.

🌳 MWISA TCC 2026 — GET INVOLVED 🌳

The Midwestern ISA Tree Climbing Championship is back!
📍 St. Louis, MO
📆 June 5–7, 2026

Here’s how you can be part of it 👇
🧗 Climbers Registration opens:
📅 April 1 | ⏰ 9:00 AM
✔ Must be MWISA member
✔ Chapter states get priority

🙌 Volunteers
We’re building our team now - Register Online!

🌳 Sponsors & Vendors
Get your brand in front of top arborists across the Midwest

🔗 Learn more:
https://mwisa.org/tree-climbing-championship

02/21/2026

STL Metro area friends here’s an upcoming local event. Please pass it along to anyone who may be interested in attending.

State agencies. Municipal leaders. Conservation experts.
All in one room—focused on solutions.

Join us March 4 for a working summit on ecological resilience, native landscapes, stormwater solutions, and municipal funding strategies.

Speakers include:
• Missouri Department of Conservation
• Municipal community development & floodplain leaders
• Parks & forestry professionals
• Jean Ponzi (MOBOT &Green City Challenge)
• Chuck Caverly & Jamie Hasemeier (hosts)

📍Maryland Heights Community Center
🕢 7:30 AM–12:00 PM

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/missouri-stewardship-summit-tickets-1980416736771?aff=oddtdtcreator

TICKETS :https://mo-native.com/moss





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02/07/2026

It’s that time of year again!

Thanks to a 30 year partnership with , Forest ReLeaf offers free native 3-gallon trees to over 300 public and nonprofit planting partners each year. Now accepting spring applications
🌿 https://moreleaf.org/project-communitree/

12/29/2025

𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟒: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬
Join Cody Azotea, Arborist and Account Manager with Focal Pointe, and Robbie Doerhoff, Entomologist and Forest Health Program Coordinator with the Missouri Department of Conservation, for a webinar on all things health of native trees. Some topics to be covered include:

-General health monitoring
-Treating pests and diseases
-Pairing the right tree with the right place
-Proper watering, soil considerations, pruning, and mulching
-Finding and using difficult-to-source and rarely used native species

This free webinar, to be held via Zoom, will include a presentation and a live question-and-answer session. The webinar will be recorded, and a link to the recording will be sent to all registrants and posted to the MPF YouTube channel.

Wednesday, January 14 at 4:00 p.m. 1 GNPCP CEU. Register here: https://ow.ly/SmF550XKwtR

𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝐴𝑧𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑎