Applying Tree Physiology to Tree Care Practices

Rebecca Hargrave is an associate professor in environmental sciences at SUNY Morrisville. She teaches courses and field labs on arboriculture, dendrology, forest recreation, tree health, and forest and wildlife sampling. She has urban forestry degrees from Penn State (’99) and the University of Minnesota (’01) and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at UMass Amherst. Also, Rebecca is an ISA Certified Arborist and is Tree Risk Assessment Qualified. Before Morrisville, she was an Extension Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County, working with invasive species, horticulture, forestry, and natural resources. Rebecca lives in Norwich, NY with her husband (Chris Sprague, FORSC ’98) and two boys.