Resources

  
Below are links to information of relevance to Maryland’s arboriculture industry.

Current Issues and Affairs

• BGE Contractor Assistance Program
• Maryland Fertilizer Law – effective as of October 2013
• Maryland Fertilizer Law - Fact Sheet - learn how to receive your company's newly-required fertilizer applicator's license
• Emerald Ash Borer
• U of MD weekly IPM Pest Bulletins

Industry Regulation and Licensing

• Maryland Department Of Natural Resources - Forest Service
• Maryland Tree Expert Law
• Application for a Tree Expert License (MD DNR) and Tree Expert Law
• Information Regarding Roadside Tree Permits
• Information Regarding Critical Areas Regulations
• Maryland Department of Agriculture
• Maryland Occupational Safety and Health - MOSH

Educational and Industry Resources

• University of Maryland College of Agriculture & Natural Resources - Maryland Extension
• Montgomery College – Landscape Technology
• Allegany College – Division of Forestry
• Community College of Baltimore County - Dundalk
• International Society of Arboriculture - Mid Atlantic Chapter
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) - Arboriculture Online
• Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA )
• American Society of Consulting Arborists
• Maryland Forest Association
• Maryland's Forest Conservancy District Boards
• Society of American Foresters (SAF)

Pest Management

• National Integrated Pest Management Database
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Registered Pesticides
• National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)
• Pesticide Risk Tool
• A Guide to Minimum Risk Pesticides

 

Pollinator Issues and Awareness
 While the MAA has not taken an official stance on Neonicotinoids, information is provided below on the most current issues. 

• Horticultural Research Institure Publishes Bee Friendly Plant Lists (March 2017)
• Washington Post, Tamar Haspel (August 2016)
• Buying Bee-Friendly Plants: Neonicotinoid-Free Nurseries, Growers, and Seed Sources (Source: North Coast Gardening)
• Michigan State University - Planting Garden Center Flowers is Good for Bees and Other Beneficial Insects
• Ohio State Unviersity Extension - Reed M. Jonson Presentation - Pesticides in and Around the Hive
• Greenhouse Grower - The Pesticide and Pollinator Debate: What's All The Buzz About?
• Neonicotinoid/Pollinators Fact Sheet (Source: University of Maryland)
• AmericanHort Protecting Pollinators 
• The Top 100 Growers Talk Pollinator Health (Source: Greenhouse Grower)
• What Bell Nursery Learned From Growing WIthout Neonicotinoids This Spring (Source: Greenhouse Grower)
• Baltimore Sun Article : 6/26/2014 - Neonicotinoids
• Home Depot Limit Pesticides (Bay Journal)
• Industry Is Taking The Next Steps Toward Improved Pollinator Health
• Pollinator FAQ's
• Pollinator Messages : Discussing Pollinator Health
• Promoting Bee Health

 

Misc. Resourses

• Maryland Tree Benefit Calculator
• Maryland State Tree - White Oak
• Maryland State Trees
• ISA Consumer Tree Care Information - Trees Are Good
• Big Tree Champions of Maryland
• National Arbor Day Foundation