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March, 1999 Vol.4 No.3
This newsletter is sent electronically (via email or fax) around the first of each month to state urban forestry program coordinators and Forest Service urban forestry staff. Please print or copy this newsletter and distribute it to volunteer coordinators, state council chairs, and other interested individuals within your state. Submissions to this newsletter are welcomed, and in fact, requested. Items suitable for inclusion are regional and national urban forestry information, state events, products, or innovations that can be replicated by other states, personnel notes, and notices of regional and national urban forestry events. Please submit a maximum of two paragraphs by the 20th of the month for inclusion in the following month's edition.
NEXT DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSION: March 20, 1999
Sections: Budget Information on Urban and Community Forestry The President’s Budget for Urban and Community Forestry for FY2000 has been incorrectly reported, the President’s Budget is $40.040 million rather than $39.540 million. A detailed explanation of the change will be reported by the National Association of State Foresters. If over $30 million is appropriated for Urban and Community Forestry in FY2000, the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters are considering working with the National Tree Trust to develop a granting program for non-profit tree organizations—the funding level of the grant program is being considered at $2 million. The USDA Forest Service in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters is putting the final touches on a report to Congress regarding the allocation of Urban and Community Forestry funds. The report is due March 31, 1999. The House Appropriations Committee asked the Forest Service to develop a different procedure for allocating urban and community forestry funds to the states. The House Appropriations Committee did not feel that the current method considered performance measures in the allocation process. The Alliance for Community Trees Executive Board as well as representatives from State Urban Forestry Councils and the National Tree Trust will be meeting March 13-17 in Texas to follow up on some action items from last year’s Grassroots Summit. In addition, the Alliance for Community Trees – Issues Committee is coordinating a letter writing and telephone campaign to support the President’s budget of $40 million dollars which also supports the Grassroots Funding Initiative. They have set a goal of accumulating 1800 letters from members supporting the President’s budget. The goal is within sight —they are almost there! If you know of folks that would like to support this effort, please have them contact: Alliance Community Trees/ Issues Commmittee Chair Susan Probart, Tree New Mexico, 505/265-4554. All letters are welcome!
Third Annual Student Society of Arboriculture Conference Join Students from all over the country – or better yet, offer scholarships to students in your state – to attend the 3rd Annual Student Society of Arboriculture Conference and Job Fair at Eagle Bluff in Lanesboro, Minnesota, April 9-12. Any questions regarding the conference or sponsorship please contact the SSA Conference Chair, 715/346-4211 or twalsh@uwsp.edu. Professor Buck Abbey of Louisiana State University has written a new reference book, U.S. Landscape Ordinances: an Annotated Reference Handbook. This 438-page book looks at ordinances and planning laws in over 300 American communities. The book is available for $75.00 from bookstores or on-line from www.amazon.com or www.wiley.com or http://www.barnesandnoble.com www.barnesandnoble.com. Planting and Caring for Community Trees: Together, We Can Do It, Minnesota Shade Tree Advisory Committee Report to the 1999 Legislature. Available from Don Mueller, Minnesota DNR, 651/772-6148 or don.mueller@dnr.state.mn.us. A City Among the Trees, a resource that illustrates the interconnections between urban forestry and the social, environmental and economic benefits trees bring to communities. For more information on this 200+ page resource go to: http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/td/TREEFACT/citytree.htm or call Nolan Rundquist at 206/684-7649. Asian Longhorned Beetle Update The City of Chicago removed over 200 parkway trees infested with the Asian longhorned beetle from the Ravenswood neighborhood in early February. The remaining infested trees are on private property and removal by private contractors began in late February. Chicago will remove a total of 475 trees from the Ravenswood neighborhood this year. Meanwhile, New York City has found another infestation of the beetle in Queens—this brings the total number of separate infestations in New York to four. For more information about Asian longhorned beetle contact Dennis Haugen at 651/649-5248 or Gina Childs at 847/866-9311 ext. 14.
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In the body of the message type: March 29-31: Building with Trees National Conference, Lied Conference Center, Nebraska City, NE. For more information contact the National Arbor Day Foundation, 402/474-5655 April 5-9: Urban Planning and Environmental Management - Third International Symposium: A Better Environment for Future Generations." Pretoria, South Africa. Visit the website: http://upe3.up.ac.za for more information. May 1-5: 4th Annual Symposium on Urban Wildlife, Tucson, AZ. Contact Bill Shaw at 520/621-7265 or visit their website at: http://ag.arizona.edu/urbanwildlife. June 6-9: Keep America Growing: Balancing Working Lands and Development National Conference, Adam's Mark Hotel, Philadelphia, PA. For more information, contact Cindy Delaney at 802/655-7215 or visit http://www.farmland.org/KAG.html. June 19-24: National Association of Environmental Professionals 24th Conference, Kansas City, MO. Call Fred Pinkney at 816/822-3304 or visit website http://www.naep.org/conference/kansascity.html for more information. June 20-24: Air and Waste Management Association's (A&WMA) 92nd Annual meeting and Exposition: Bridging International Boundaries, Clean Production for Environmental Stewardship," St. Louis, MO. Visit http://www.awma.org/AM99/index.html. June 23-26: 5th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, Baltimore, MD. Visit website http://www.assumption.edu/html/academic/conf/IICEcall.html or call 508/767-7557 for more information. June 23-26: Making the Connection II: A Trails and Greenways Revolution, 2nd International Trails and Greenways Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. Call 202/974-5151 for more information. June 28-30: Building with Trees National Conference, Lied Conference Center, Nebraska City, NE. For more information contact the National Arbor Day Foundation, 402/474-5655 August 1-4: International Society of Arboriculture 75th Annual Conference and Trade Show, Stamford, CT. Contact the ISA at 217/355-9411 for more information. August 5-8: Midwest Environmental Education Conference, Stillwater, MN. Visit http://www.seek.state.mn.us for more details. August 25-28: Shade Tree Wilt Diseases: A National Conference, Minneapolis, MN. Contact the American Phytopathological Society at 651/454-7250 for details. August 31- September 5: The 9th National Urban Forestry Conference, Seattle, WA. For more information visit http://www.amfor.org/ or call American Forests at 202/955-4500. September 11-15: Pioneering New Trails, National Society of American Foresters Meeting, Portland, OR. Visit the SAF website at http://www.safnet.org/calendar or call SAF at 301/897-8720.
The Wilderness of nature teaches us the wonder, the fearlessness and the fragility of life.
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