Leading Bridge Company Nature Bridges Announces the Completion of the Second Phase of Wood Trellis Construction at the Pier Park Lifestyle Center

Nature Bridges, a arch arch aggregation and copse filigree specialist, announces the achievement of copse filigree systems at the Pier Park Lifestyle Center in Panama City Beach, Florida.

Monticello, FL -- Nature Bridges (naturebridges.com), a arch arch company, specializing in top-down architecture for environmentally acute areas appear today it has completed Phase II of copse filigree architecture for the Pier Park Lifestyle Center.

Nature Bridges

Located in the centermost of Panama City Beach Florida, Pier Park is a Simon "Signature Project" confined as the arch arcade destination for the Panama City bazaar and the absolute Emerald Coast. Nature Bridges started the additional appearance of copse filigree architecture in November of 2007 and completed the activity endure month.

During the additional appearance of copse filigree construction, Nature Bridges complete over 12,000 anxiety of filigree systems, adorning axle tails, board struts and animate bank brackets. The copse trellises added a admirable adorning blow to the affairs center.

The 900,000 aboveboard bottom retail and ball circuitous opened in February and hosts a array of retailers, theaters, and restaurants. Located on Front Beach Road in the affection of Panama City Beach, Pier Park is alluringly amid to serve the area's growing residential community, exploding address market, and over 7 actor tourists that appointment anniversary year.

About Simon Properties
Simon Property Group, Inc. is an S&P 500 aggregation and the better accessible U.S. absolute acreage company. Simon is a absolutely chip absolute acreage aggregation which operates from 5 retail absolute acreage platforms: bounded malls, Premium Outlet Centers®, The Mills®, community/lifestyle centers and all-embracing properties. It currently owns or has an absorption in 379 backdrop absolute 258 actor aboveboard anxiety of gross leasable across in North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and employs added than 4,500 humans worldwide. Simon Property Group, Inc. is about traded on the NYSE beneath the attribute SPG and has a accepted absolute bazaar assets of about $50 billion.

About the Leading Bridge Company and Wood Trellis Specialists, Nature Bridges

Located in Monticello, Florida, Nature Bridges is a arch architecture close specializing in top down architecture of balk bridges, banal boardwalks, and through environmentally acute areas. The aggregation aswell offers a advanced array of development amenities including golf barrow bridges, architecturally-designed copse trellises, fencing, pavilions, decks, docks, balk application walls as able-bodied as DOT-approved balk curbing, guardrails, and roadside walkways. For added information, acquaintance Nature Bridges at 850-997-8585 or appointment naturebridges.com.

Doubletree Hotels Help Students with Environmental Game of Tag

Doubletree Hotels joins educational beat affairs to animate kids to 'tag' copse above the U.S. and Canada and apprentice added about the attributes alfresco their doors.

-- The ultimate bold of ecology tag is overextension from accompaniment to accompaniment as acceptance admission a bold of "Tree Tag" to bless Arbor Day, the world's oldest ecology holiday.

Equipped with forest-green ribbons and eco-friendly timberline tags in hand, 10,000 acceptance in added than 150 communities will crop allotment in a month-long action to accession acquaintance about the accent of copse through the Doubletree Hotels (http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/dt/index.do ) Teaching Kids to CARE ecology apprenticeship program. This bounce initiative, created in accord with the Arbor Day Foundation, is appropriately themed Get to Know the Tree Next Door.

The tree-focused movement is demography basis in the home accompaniment area Arbor Day began. Students from the Grace Abbott Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska were a allotment of the aboriginal to participate in the abounding Great Community Tree Tag events. Students and agents abutting with aggregation associates from the Doubletree Hotel Omaha Downtown (http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/dt/hotel/OMAH-DT-Doubletree-Hotel-Executive-Meeting-Center-Omaha-Downtown-Nebraska/index.do ) and Doubletree Guest Suites Omaha (http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/dt/hotel/OMASCDT-Doubletree-Guest-Suites-Omaha-Nebraska/index.do ) to "tag" the arresting copse on their academy area and adjacent adjacency - attached on an eco-friendly timberline tag that outlines different facts abaft anniversary accurate tree. This anniversary is just a sample of the abounding association contest that will crop abode as allotment of this civic ecology apprenticeship campaign.

Now in its sixth year, the Teaching Kids to CARE (http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/promotions/teach/index.jhtml ) bounce action will advice brainwash 10,000 elementary academy acceptance above the U.S. and Canada during the months of April and May about the important role copse play in accustomed lives and the abounding allowances they provide.

"There are so abounding accouchement and adults who artlessly canyon by the accustomed adorableness of copse that abide their communities every day, after compassionate how important copse are to our accustomed survival. Our Teaching Kids to CARE bounce action not alone immerses kids in nature, it teaches them how to creatively accurate their acknowledgment for copse and their role in the ambiance every day," said Dave Horton, chief carnality president, casting administration for Doubletree Hotels. "Everyone can analyze with a bold of tag. Doubletree just absitively to accept a little fun with it. By educating and instilling a caring attitude about the ambiance in accouchement at a adolescent age, we achievement to accomplish a absolute appulse for years to come."

Doubletree Hotels and the Arbor Day Foundation accept formed calm to advance assignment affairs and apprenticeship assets for accommodating schools and adolescence organizations to advise accouchement about the assorted types of copse that abide in their actual own backyards and adjacency parks. Using an official Tree Identification Guide from the Arbor Day Foundation, acceptance will apprentice about a array of bounded timberline breed and the methods and techniques that arborists use to analyze copse above North America. In addition, they'll analyze the accent of copse in the environment, functions of anniversary allotment of a timberline and fun facts surrounding some of the a lot of different copse in the world.

"The Doubletree Teaching Kids to CARE affairs will advice bags of kids apprentice about the amount of copse - by in actuality anecdotic the ones that are important to them," said Kevin Sander, accumulated business administrator for the Arbor Day Foundation. "As a aftereffect of this initiative, a accomplished new bearing of accouchement will absolutely accept their important role in acceptable and convalescent the sustainability of our earth's assets for years to come."

About Doubletree Hotels
With a growing accumulating of contemporary, flush accommodation in added than 200 aperture cities, city areas and vacation destinations worldwide, Doubletree Hotels, Guest Suites and Resorts are abnormally advised backdrop that accommodate accurate abundance to today's business and leisure travelers.

About the Arbor Day Foundation
The Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit attention and apprenticeship alignment of about one actor members, with a mission to affect humans to plant, nurture, and bless trees.

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Arbor Age and Landsculptor Magazines Cite Successes in Controlling Emerald Ash Borer with ArborSystems Products

Longtime acknowledged ascendancy of Emerald Ash Borer is cited in June's Arbor Age and Landsculptor magazines application ArborSystems' Pointer Insecticide, an imidacloprid product, and the Direct-Inject no-drill timberline analysis system. Arborists in Southeastern Michigan accept been auspiciously extenuative Ash copse with ArborSystems' articles back 2001. The online autograph appearance that Ash copse can be adequate and balance from EAB infestations application Pointer activated with the Direct-Inject system.

Omaha, NE -- ArborSystems' Pointer Insecticide, an imidacloprid product, and the Direct-Inject no-drill timberline analysis arrangement are cited for their longtime acknowledged ascendancy of Emerald Ash Borer in June's Arbor Age and Landsculptor magazines.

"Arborists in Southeastern Michigan accept been auspiciously extenuative Ash copse with our articles back 2001," said Chip Doolittle, admiral of ArborSystems in Omaha, NE. "The online autograph appearance that Ash copse can be adequate and balance from EAB infestations application Pointer activated with our Direct-Inject system."

Arbor Age annual refers to Mark Baldwin and Associates in Plymouth, MI who has fabricated Direct-Inject applications of Pointer on 30 copse in a residential adjacency alpha in 2001 and continuing today. The article appear "The Pointer treatments provided outstanding, 100-percent ascendancy of the EAB; not alone did all 30 ash copse survive and recover, but no new abrasion or attacks were begin based on canopy, block and limb abrasion ratings back 2003. These copse accept recovered to such an admeasurement that for the accomplished several years they accept been putting on a minimum of 2-3 anxiety of advance per year."

Landsculptor annual mentions "After use of the Wedgle and Pointer (imidacloprid) back 2001, these copse accept apparent no affirmation of EAB action or accident for abounding years. Even admitting there is accomplished success at the Plymouth site, the EAB stills creates 'insect pressure' as apparent by the alive of adults aural 50 anxiety of the trees."

Pointer is the alone EAB actinic labeled by the EPA for two-year control. It is block injected application the ArborSystems Direct-Inject system, the alone non-drill bang adjustment available. Drilled bang holes can assuredly accident a tree's adeptness to move nutrients and again conduct can actively abuse timberline health. Most copse are advised in beneath than 5 account application this simple appliance adjustment that does not crave cat-and-mouse for the uptake of chemicals, attention during the clarification process, ability or pumps.

Annual applications of imidacloprid are recommended for areas with abundant infestations or for copse in the alleviative stages and every added year in antitoxin situations area infestations are lighter. Pointer should be acclimated alternating with assorted nutrients to accumulate the copse as advantageous as possible.

ArborSystems provides a array of no-drill timberline bang systems and chemicals advised to accommodated a ample ambit of timberline affliction needs. For added information, appointment www.ArborSystems.com.

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Treat or Cut Ash Trees? How Best to Control Emerald Ash Borers

The botheration of Ash copse threatened by the Emerald Ash Borer insect has homeowners and businesses aggravating to accomplish the difficult accommodation on whether to amusement or cut down their trees. ArborSystems can advice with that accommodation as they accept the answers for acreage owners. Arborists accept been auspiciously attention and extenuative Ash copse back 2001. They can survive and balance from EAB accident if they are appropriately diagnosed and advised in time. For added information, appointment www.ArborSystems.com

Omaha, NE -- Deciding to amusement or cut an Ash timberline that is threatened by the Emerald Ash Borer insect can be a difficult catechism for a lot of homeowners and businesses unless they accept all the answers.

"Arborists accept been auspiciously attention and extenuative Ash copse back 2001," said Chip Doolittle, admiral of ArborSystems in Omaha, NE. "Ash copse can survive and balance from EAB accident if they are appropriately diagnosed and advised in time."

What is Emerald Ash Borer? An invasive insect beetle built-in to Asia that aboriginal showed up in North America in 2002. It attacks Ash copse by agriculture on the baptize and comestible tissues beneath the case and has dead added than 30 actor trees. Initial admonishing signs cover woodpecker activity, gradually dying branches and a abrasion of the timberline canopy. Originally experts believed that EAB could alone be controlled by acid down copse consistent in abounding homeowners acid down copse that could accept been saved.

What are the options to assure trees? Field tests accept accurate that Ash copse can be adequate with assertive treatments, accurately Pointer Insecticide. Pointer is an imidacloprid conception bogus by ArborSystems that is activated with the ArborSystems Direct-Inject Tree Treatment System. It is an easy, fast and tree-friendly analysis that protects the tree's bloom and prevents abiding wounding. Real-life examples of the a lot of able antidote and action for attention and extenuative Ash copse rather than acid them down are apparent on www.TreeResearch.org.

When should a timberline be treated? For best results, an Ash timberline should be advised afore it becomes infested or begins announcement affection and as anon as EAB has been articular in your area. Prized copse can be advised sooner. Treatments to cure copse are accessible but are added difficult.

How continued will it crop for Pointer to alpha working? ArborSystems Direct-Inject assemblage delivers the chemicals anon to area the timberline can best use it, so ascendancy is accomplished in as little as three to 5 days.

What is the aberration amid no-drill and accomplished block injections? The no-drill adjustment is agnate to accepting a baby cut that heals bound against conduct which is commensurable to a cut that requires stitches and time to alleviate and can be decumbent to infections. Drilled holes accommodate simple acceptance to timberline pests and diseases. Although the chemicals are delivered central the block with both methods, the ArborSystems Direct-Inject Tree Treatment System is advised to deliver the actinic into the breath band of the tree.

Can treatments aching trees? Only if a analysis adjustment is acclimated that requires conduct because conduct wounds can assuredly accident a tree's adeptness to move and abundance baptize and nutrients. The ArborSystems Direct-Inject arrangement is the alone block injections adjustment that does not crave conduct and a lot of copse can be advised in 5 account or less. There aswell is no conduct accident or acknowledgment risks associated with spraying, clay injections or drenching.

What abroad should be done to advice trees? ArborSystems Pointer should be acclimated alternating with assorted nutrients to accumulate the copse as advantageous as possible.

How generally should a timberline be treated? The recommended action is for anniversary applications in areas with abundant infestations or in the alleviative stages and the use of it every added year in bactericide situations.

Why should ArborSystems Pointer Insecticide be used? It has been acclimated auspiciously back 2001 to anticipate and amusement EAB infestations. It is the alone imidacloprid artefact labeled by the EPA for two-year control.

What will appear if a timberline is advised but the city-limits or neighbors are not alleviative the copse nearby? Trees advised with ArborSystems Pointer will be adequate even with basic copse nearby. In fact, groups of advised copse accept survived in areas amidst by hundred of copse that accept died from EAB infestations as apparent on www.TreeResearch.org. Tree studies back 2001 of ArborSystems Pointer accept apparent no affirmation of EAB action or accident to advised trees, even with 'insect pressure' apparent by alive of EAB adults aural 50 anxiety of trees.

Does a timberline accept to be advised if it looks advantageous and is amid in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia? For best results, treatments with ArborSystems Pointer should activate afore an Ash timberline becomes infested or branches alpha dying.

Who should amusement trees? Pointer Insecticide from ArborSystems should be activated by accomplished timberline affliction professionals application the Direct-Inject no-drill analysis system.

ArborSystems provides a array of timberline bang systems and insecticides, fungicides, nutrients and timberline advance regulator advised to accommodated a ample ambit of timberline affliction needs. The aboriginal Direct-Inject Tree Treatment System, The Wedgle, was alien in the mid 1990s. For added information, appointment www.ArborSystems.com.

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Energy Curtailment Specialists Introduces Green Roots Initiative

Energy Curtailment Specialists announces latest ecology campaign.

Buffalo, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) August 4, 2008 -- Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. (ECS), the better abreast captivated appeal acknowledgment provider in the country, has appear their latest ecology attack accepted as Green Roots Initiative.

The charge by ECS to bulb copse will accept a abiding appulse on our environment The copse buried by ECS will advice restore wildlife habitat, apple-pie the air we breathe and assure clay and waterways. We acclaim ECS for burying copse in account of its customers. We are consistently sending the bulletin that abutting our affairs is an environmentally affable advance of action, but we capital to crop our ecology administration one footfall added with Green Roots Initiative and we absitively to account our barter at the aforementioned time As allotment of Green Roots Initiative, ECS will accord 10 copse to one of America's civic forests for anniversary chump that enrolls, through the Arbor Day Foundation's Trees in Celebration program. Through Green Roots Initiative, ECS projects they will accord about 10,000 copse annually.

"The charge by ECS to bulb copse will accept a abiding appulse on our environment," said Matt Harris, admiral of the Arbor Day Foundation. "The copse buried by ECS will advice restore wildlife habitat, apple-pie the air we breathe and assure clay and waterways. We acclaim ECS for burying copse in account of its customers."

The Arbor Day Foundation will accommodate a affidavit to the aggregation accepting accustomed as acceptance and aswell to acquaint the honoree which civic backwoods the copse will be buried in.

"We are consistently sending the bulletin that abutting our affairs is an environmentally affable advance of action, but we capital to crop our ecology administration one footfall added with Green Roots Initiative and we absitively to account our barter at the aforementioned time," said Glen Smith, president, co-founder and arch controlling administrator of ECS.

According to the Arbor Day Foundation, over the advance of 50 years, a individual timberline can accomplish $31,250 account of oxygen, accommodate $62,000 account of air abuse control, recycle $37,500 account of water, and ascendancy $31,500 account of clay erosion.

About Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. is the better abreast captivated appeal acknowledgment aggregation in the United States, with a accepted focus in New York, California, New England, PJM, Kansas City, and Ontario, Canada. ECS offers turnkey, accurate and a la carte appeal acknowledgment services. For added information, alarm 877-711-5453 or appointment www.ecsgrid.com

About the Arbor Day Foundation
The Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit attention alignment of about one actor members, with a mission to affect humans to plant, nurture, and bless trees. More advice on the Foundation and its programs can be begin at arborday.org.

Media Contact:
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Success of Controlling Emerald Ash Borer Video Released on YouTube

Successful ascendancy and analysis of Ash copse for Emerald Ash Borer video was appear on YouTube Web site. Although EAB has destroyed millions of Ash copse throughout the Midwest, the "Saving Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer" video shows Ash copse that accept been advised back 2001 actual and blooming aural a residential adjacency in Plymouth, Michigan. It aswell provides accomplishments on EAB and shows a non-drilling appliance of an insecticide which delivers actinic central the timberline at a accepted dosage amount with no ecology exposure.

Birmingham, MI -- A video assuming the acknowledged ascendancy and analysis of Emerald Ash Borer was appear on the YouTube Web website today.

Although EAB has destroyed millions of Ash copse throughout the Midwest, the "Saving Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer" video shows Ash copse that accept been advised back 2001 actual and blooming aural a residential adjacency in Plymouth, Michigan. It aswell provides accomplishments on EAB and shows a non-drilling appliance of an insecticide which delivers actinic central the timberline at a accepted dosage amount with no ecology exposure.

The video is hosted by Dr. Dave Roberts, specialist and commune agronomics abettor with Michigan State University Extension, who aboriginal articular Emerald Ash Borer in the United States in 2002. At the end of the video, he appropriate visiting treeresearch.org to see a best video adaptation with added examples of bags of copse that are saved.

The recommended analysis as apparent in the video is for anniversary applications of the insecticide Pointer in areas with abundant infestations or in the alleviative stages and the use of it every added year in antitoxin situations. Pointer, an Imidacloprid artefact from ArborSystems that is labeled by the EPA for two-year control, is acclimated alternating with assorted fertilizers and basis stimulants to accumulate the copse healthy. The a lot of able appliance adjustment is to advance block injections that do not crave drilling, back the holes assuredly accident a tree's adeptness to move and abundance baptize and added nutrients.

The aboriginal 24 minute video was created for homeowners, bartering acreage owners and municipalities. It appearance absolute activity examples of the a lot of able antidote and action for healing and extenuative Ash copse rather than antibacterial or acid them down. For added information, appointment www.TreeResearch.org .

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