Arbor Day Lecture: The Trees and Forests of Oklahoma *registration encouraged!
Celebrate Arbor Day with us on Friday, April 26 at 5 p.m. as guest speaker Mark
Bays joins us for a special lecture about the trees and forests of Oklahoma!
Space is limited and registration is encouraged.
REGISTER HERE! [https://www.gatheringplace.org/arbor-day-lecture-registration]
ABOUT MARK BAYS
Following gradation at OSU, Mark Bays worked for several years in traditional
forestry in Colorado and California and works as a consultant in urban and
community forestry, arboriculture, and tree care in Oklahoma and Texas. Mark has
worked with Oklahoma Forestry Services for the past 32 years where he has been
helping individuals and and city leaders across the state understand and
appreciate the value, benefits, and services trees in communities provide. In
2022, he was the recipient of the Larry Kotchman Lifetime Achievement Award
presented by the National Association of State Foresters. Since 1996, Mark and
many others in the tree care industry have been involved with the Oklahoma City
Memorial Foundation and the recovery efforts centering on improving the health
of the Survivor Tree.
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