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+ | ====== Shade Tree Laboratory ====== | ||
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+ | In 1899, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts established the position of Town Tree warden to oversee , and 36 years later, facing the threat of Dutch Elm disease and invasive insects, the General Court authorized the establishment of a Shade Tree program to coordinate research and education in support of the public shade tree officials. | ||
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+ | The Shade Tree Laboratory got off the ground initially with the financial support of the Massachusetts Forest and Park Association, | ||
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+ | The success of the program in Amherst led to the establishment of a formal Shade Tree Laboratory at Waltham in 1949, broadening its scope to include research relating "to shade and ornamental trees, and insects and diseases related thereto." | ||
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+ | ===== Source ===== | ||
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+ | * Basile, Fred C., ed., //The Golden Year Massachusetts Tree Warden' | ||