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Here's a look at this issues highlights:

• iTreeBank is open ~ Support your local branch! Open 24-7-365, this tech tool is designed to facilitate sorely needed community funds for trees. New branches opening soon. Thanks to Bartlett Tree Experts.
  
• Summer Reading ~ From a timeless tale to lessons of the forests, and the story of the return of the American Elm. Also see the big picture on Urban Forestry in Europe. Catch the summer reading issue of WoodNotes Quarterly, sometimes irreverent, always entertaining.

• Resource Spotlight ~ Simple steps for working the press; a powerful multimedia presentation; a NeighborWoods Guidebook; a conservation design manual, and more tools for leaders, planners and anyone in the trenches.
• Three great News Desk stories:
• Alabama perspective: Urban Forestry helps quality of Life
• Sacramento Plan Provides "Smart Growth" for Trees
• Who You Gonna Call? D.C. Team Targets Dutch Elm Disease
• JobLink: post an opportunity or find your next job, for FREE. Sponsored by Almstead Tree & Shrub Care Co.

• Quick Poll -- Has your city budget for trees increased or decreased in the past 2 years? Register your vote at the Quick Poll and you can see the immediate results.

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