2021 Trees & Utilities: Live from Minnesota

Nov. 9, 2021
After presenting a virtual conference last year, the UAA and the Arbor Day Foundation returned to a live event for 2021.

In 2021, utility vegetation management professionals came together in a virtual Trees & Utilities conference to learn about new trends, technologies and techniques. This year, however, 555 attendees from 42 states and three countries convened in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for two-and-a-half days of networking and education from Oct. 26-28, 2021

The event, presented by the Utility Arborist Association and the Arbor Day Foundation, included a trade show with 67 exhibitors, a Women in Vegetation Management Workshop, networking reception, awards ceremony and full conference program. The sessions covered such topics as integrated vegetation management, biodiversity and providing new training programs for qualified workers. 

Daniel Horton, vegetation management specialist for American Transmission Company in Wisconsin, attended Trees & Utilities for the first time at the 2021 event in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By attending the event, he was able to meet other individuals in the industry and share best practices. 

"Our industry has a constantly changing environment, and every day is different," says Horton, a certified arborist. "By talking to folks, you can get a lot of new ideas and hopefully take them back to your company about how to diversify your approach to vegetation management, drive down long-term costs, create sustainable right of ways and have good, reliable and safe electric service for your customers." 

Next year's conference will be Sept. 20-22, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For more information, visit the Web site or follow #treesandutilities on Twitter

As you mark your calendar for next year's event, check out this photo gallery, which shares some highlights from the 2021 Trees & Utilities conference. 

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the contributing editor for the Electric Utility Operations section of Transmission and Distribution World. She worked for Prism Business Media (now Penton) for eight years, most recently as the managing editor of Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro magazine. She is now working as a freelance writer and editor for B2B magazines. Amy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.She serves as the national vice president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. She can be reached at [email protected].

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