Paul Revell, UFST Team Leader, arrived in Baton Rouge on September 22nd to meet with LDAF (Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry) staff and City Arborist Steve Shurtz.

An incident response office was setup at LDAF on Florida Blvd and priority areas of the city were surveyed. LDAF staff working with Paul and the team include:

• Wade Dubea, State Forester
• Mahlon Doucet, U&CF Coordinator
• Waylan Bennett, PLT coordinator
• Epney Basher, I&E Coordinator
• Gus Rowland, GIS Specialist