Treeman of Fallbrook receives Gold Leaf award

FALLBROOK – Roger Boddaert, known as the Treeman of Fallbrook, was honored with the Gold Leaf Award by the Western Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture at their recent annual conference in Tucson, Ariz. Boddaert was unable to attend the conference because of work commitments, so the award was presented to him on June 9 by Mike Palat, chairman of the San Diego Regional Forests Council.

The Gold Leaf Award has traditionally been used to acknowledge outstanding Arbor Day efforts. For Arbor Day last year, Boddaert was the keynote speaker at the Good Shepherd Elementary Schoo...