The University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service Agriculture and Natural Resources Program and the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture Forestry Programs will hold free Arborists Workshops from 8:30 a.m. to 5p.m. on Monday Sept. 19 on St. Croix and Wednesday, Sept. 21 on St. Thomas. The St. Croix workshop will be held in the Research and Extension Center, Room 133, on the Albert A. Sheen Campus. The St. Thomas workshop will be held in the Weiss Conference Room located in the West Residence Hall on the St. Thomas Campus.
The workshop will focus on tree biology, tree propagation in a nursery or at home, tree planting, and pruning small trees. All persons involved with or interested in caring for trees are encouraged to attend this important workshop.
For additional information and to register please contact the University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service –
- Stafford Crossman at (340) 692-4071, email scrossm@uvi.edu (St. Croix)
- Dale Morton at (340) 693-1086, email dmorton@uvi.edu (St. Thomas)
- VIDOA Louis Hilgemann at (340)778-0997 ext. 240, email louis.hilgemann@doa.vi.gov.
Extension programs and policies are consistent with federal and state laws and regulations on non-discrimination regarding race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender preference, age, disability, and political beliefs.