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October, 2000 Vol.5 No.10 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. You can also find it on-line at www.treelink.org
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 28th of the month for inclusion in the following month's edition. NEXT DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSION: October 28, 2000 Compiled and Edited by: Paula Rosenthal, Montana Dept. of Natural
Resources (prosenthal@state.mt.us) phone 406/542-4284 Phillip D. Rodbell, USDA Forest Service - Northeastern Area (prodbell@fs.fed.us) phone (610) 975-4133 *************************************************** Massachusetts
gains new staff
Paul Jahnige joins the staff at the
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management as the newest Community
Action Forester. He will provide urban
forestry technical assistance to communities in Central and Western Mass. Paul
earned his Master's in Environmental Studies and his B.A. from Yale. He founded Community Resources, Inc., a
Baltimore based non profit promoting community stewardship in the urban
environment. He has roots in western Mass and has returned to cultivate urban
and community forests in that part of the state. He joins coordinator Edith Makra to round out the team with
eastern State Community Action Forester, Jane Calvin. Tree
New Mexico To replant the community of Los Alamos
Tree New Mexico (TNM) will partner with American
Forests and Eddie Bauer to assist Los Alamos replant the urban and forested
areas destroyed by recent fires.
Suzanne Probart, executive director of TNM noted, "Community needs go
far beyond replanting the forests in the burned areas. The traumatic impact of losing your home and
seeing your town charred and decimated will be addressed as well.” Through tree planting, people will be given
a chance to heal. Trees will also be planted
with the children on school grounds to give them a chance to express their
feelings and help plant a new future.
For More Information, please call TNM at (505) 265-4554 2001
Budget for department of Interior nears completion
On September 29, a conference committee completed its
work to resolve disagreements between the House and Senate Appropriations
Subcommittees on Interior and Related Agencies, including the Forest
Service. The conference agreement includes
$31,721,000 for the urban and community forestry program ($200,000 above the
House mark, and $700,000 above the Senate mark). This sum includes an earmark of $700,000 for Chicago Wilderness,
$250,000 for the NE Pennsylvania urban forestry program, and $500,000 for
cooperative activities in Forest Park in St. Louis. Further, conference language establishes a one-year moratorium on
funding the Urban Resources Partnership initiative pending resolution of
concerns reported by the Inspector General’s office, but encourages funding of
inner-city activities through the normal urban and community forestry program. Notably, because of the severity of this past fire
season, the conference agreement includes an additional $600 million (more than
1.8 billion overall) for wildland fire management to repay advanced sums and
establish a contingency fund for future emergencies. Eligible activities funded through this program include an
emphasis on fuels treatment to protect adjacent communities, control and
eradication of invasive species, and community assistance programs that may be
used to develop local capability and homeowner education. In this sum is $25 million for projects
within the wildland-urban interface to reduce the risks and consequences of
wildfire in high-risk areas. Also
included is $142 million for rehabilitation and restoration activities in
burned areas to protect municipal watershed and further degradation of critical
natural and cultural resources. $50.5
million is provided for State fire assistance, including support for the FIREWISE
educational program and cost-share activities.
$12 million is to be used in cooperation with State and tribal
governments for the management and control of invasive species. Finally, $35 million is provided to support
cost-share activities on community and private lands impacted by fire primarily
in the Western states. In addition, and in place of the Conservation and
Reinvestment Act (CARA), passed overwhelmingly by the House, the conference
committee agreed to a new title in the Interior funding package, Title
VIII—Land Conservation, Preservation and Infrastructure Improvement. This proposed six-year program does not
guarantee annual appropriations like CARA did, instead it “fences off” an
additional $686 million above current spending in 2001 to support a tremendous
range of conservation activities that must compete for available dollars within
each fence. (Fenced off funds are set
aside automatically, but are subject to annual appropriations; unspent funds roll
over to the next year, unavailable for other than eligible activities like
those listed below.) Through Title VIII, Urban Parks Restoration and Recovery
(UPRR) receives a total $30 million (nearly $100 million less than anticipated
in CARA), and Urban and Community Forestry (UCF) receives an additional $4
million above current year appropriations (total $35.7 million). The fenced-off
amounts will grow each year of the next five years by an additional $160
million, distributed competitively by the relevant appropriations
subcommittee, based on need and program performance. It should be noted that Urban and
Community Forestry is fenced off with a group of programs titled “Urban and
Historic Preservation” who will compete for available funds. These programs include UCF, UPRR, Historic Preservation
and Youth Conservation Corps. NOTE: As of the printing of this bulletin, this
conference agreement was not ratified by the Senate or signed by the
President. Full language accompanies
H.R. 4578. Draft
UCF Performance Measures For 2003 Ready For Comment
A draft of preliminary performance measures for the
Urban and Community Forestry Program for 2003 has been sent to the field for
review and comment. These performance
measures align with the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) goals and
objectives proposed in the draft Forest Service Strategic Plan for 2000. On
August 21-23, representatives from Region 6, Region 8, Northeastern Area and
Washington Office met in the St. Paul Field Office of the Northeastern Area to
review the draft Forest Service Strategic Plan for 2000, and to draft the
performance measures. Contact: Fred Deneke at fdeneke@fs.fed.us
or (202) 205-1374. Study
Initiated on Block Granting
The FY2000
appropriation language directed the Forest Service to commission an independent
study or panel to assess the potential for enhanced efficiency by
block-granting cooperative forestry programs, including urban and community
forestry. Last week, the Pinchot Institute for Conservation was awarded the
contract to carryout the study. A panel
of experts will be convened to evaluate the potential. Dr. Perry Hagenstein
from the Pinchot Institute will head the panel for Forest Analysis, Planning
& Policy. There will be opportunities to provide comments to the panel. A
schedule of the panel’s activities will be released soon. The final report is
scheduled for January 30, 2001. Contact: John Nordin at jnordin@fs.fed.us or (202) 358-3551 Farm
Bill Preparations at the Forest Service
The Forest Service is in the thick of developing
their Farm Bill positions for the upcoming reauthorization expected in
2002. The goal is to have a narrowed
set of forestry issues ready for the State and Private Forestry leadership
meeting at the end of October in Nebraska.
This is only the beginning of the Forest Service process and other
opportunities for State Forester input will arise. For more information, please contact the NASF Washington Office
(202-624-5977 / jjensen@sso.org). Urban
and Community Forestry Program Direction Online
The Urban and Community Forestry Program Direction
revised July 8, 1999, is now available on the Cooperative Forestry website.
Start at the main homepage at http://www.fs.fed.us/cooperativeforestry/
and select Urban and Community Forestry Program from the Quick Index. Click on
Administrative Information, and then Program Direction. There is a web version
and a print-only version to choose from. In the web version, users can navigate
to the section they want within the document by clicking on the titles from the
Table of Contents. The print-only version gives users a near publication
quality document that's formatted for printing. Contact: Luz Parris at lparris@fs.fed.us or (202) 205-1695. Grassroots
Urban Forestry Conference Convenes
On September 10-12, the second national Grassroots
Urban Forestry Conference was held in Nebraska City, NE. About 117 people
attended the Conference, including representatives from 41 State Councils and
35 non-profit organizations from major cities across the nation. The Conference
was well received by the participants. The participants requested that the
Forest Service and National Tree Trust co-host a Grassroots Urban Forestry
Conference in the future. Contact: Fred Deneke at fdeneke@fs.fed.us
or (202) 205-1374. Forest
Service Signs MOU with FEMA
9/18 – Today the Forest Service signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA)
Project Impact – Building a Disaster Resistant Community. This MOU reflects the
national interest of both agencies to work together to help communities reduce
their vulnerability to natural hazard events such as flood, hurricane, tornado,
earthquake or wildfire. Both agencies have agreed to set priorities and
timetables, identify primary contacts, and help communities develop and employ
mitigation strategies, and seek new education and training opportunities.
Several agencies and national organizations have already signed similar MOUs
with FEMA. Contact: Steve Yaddof at syaddof@fs.fed.us
or call (202) 205-1386. America’s land
conservation challenge Excerpted from a paper by Dr. Mark A. Benedict,The
Conservation Fund. Green Infrastructure is our Nation’s natural life support
system – an interconnected network of natural areas, conservation lands, and
working landscapes that support native species, maintain natural ecological
processes, sustain air and water resources, and contribute to the health and
quality of life for America’s communities and people. The accelerated consumption of open lands is
America’s number one land conservation challenge. This challenge is dramatically reflected by data from the Natural
Resources Inventory (Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1997), which
revealed that 15,966,000 acres of land were developed in the 5-year period
between 1992-1997 in contrast to 13,884,100 acres developed during the previous
10-year period, 1982-1992. This translates to an annual development rate of
3,193,200 acres per year during 1992-1997, more than twice the annual rate of
1,388,410 acres per year during the previous 10 years (1982-1992). Recent maps from the United States
Geological Survey depicting developed lands in the U.S. in 1965 and 1995
provide a dramatic visual representation of the accelerated consumption of land
over the past 30 years. This change and
challenge is being “brought close to home” to our country’s major metropolitan
areas where the consumption of land is particularly dramatic. For example, the Atlanta metropolitan area
has lost 25 percent of its tree cover, or roughly 350,000 acres since 1973 –
equivalent to the loss of 50 acres of trees every day. (The full version of
this paper was presented at the Mid-Atlantic Land Trust Conference that was
held at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West
Virginia on May 19 and 22, 2000.) Contact
Peggy Harwood at pharwood@fs.fed.us
or (202) 205-0877 Grants
The FY 2001 EPA
Environmental Education Grant, deadline November 15,
2000 Program information and the full solicitation are available on the
Internet at http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html. Each year, EPA's Environmental Education Program
awards grants to state agencies, non-profit groups, schools and universities,
and tribal organizations to support environmental education (EE) programs and
projects. The Office of Environmental
Education in Washington, D.C awards grants for above $25,000. The evaluation
and selection process is highly competitive and funds are quite limited. You
have a greater chance of being funded if you apply for $5,000 or less. Please see solicitation notice for details. 2001 Youth Garden Grant Application, Deadline
November 1, 2000 The National Gardening Association is
sponsoring the 18th Annual Youth Garden Grant. Awards consist
of quality tools, seeds, plants and garden products provided by sponsoring
companies. Eligibility: School or Organization must plan to garden in 2001 with
at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years. Selection of winners is based on
demonstration of a child center plan that emphasizes learning and working with
an outdoor garden. Selection criteria include leadership, need, sustainability,
community support, innovation, and educational, environmental or social
planing. All applicants receive seeds and additional materials to support their
programs. For additional information and online applications visit the National
Gardening Association?s Youth Garden Grants website at http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants.asp Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Deadline
Monday December 4, 2000 This award seeks to discover those special
places that are developed with such vision and imagination that they transform
urban problems into creative solutions.
Often these places transcend the boundaries between architecture, urban
design and planning and are born through the processes of transformation. One Gold medal winner will receive $50,000
and four Silver medal winners will receive $10,000 each. Last year, Parkside Historic Development
Corporation in West Philadelphia was a Silver medal winner. The project must be a real place(e.g. a city
or a neighborhood within a city), not just a plan or a program and must be in
operation for a sufficient amount of time to demonstrate success. Applications
and more information can be found on the website http://www.brunerfoundation.org/
or call 617-492-8401. Publications
“Livability and Affordability: Open Space Preservation and Land Supply” – is a report prepared by the Solimar
Institute and Growth Management Institute for the Fannie Mae Foundation scans
eight state open space programs. The
report concludes that even with high projected demands for housing, there is
ample vacant land for development. For
more information see: http://www.cp-dr.com/pdfs/lehopenspace.pdf
. INSIDE CITY
PARKS is a new report that analyzes park systems in
the nation's 25 largest cities based on 15 indicators of park performance,
including funding, facilities, and amount of land. Authored by the Trust for Public Land and published by the Urban Land Institute, the
report looks behind the numbers to the philosophies, politics, and practices
that shape these systems and offers a brief history of each city's park system. Learn more at http://www.tpl.org/cityparks/
or order online at http://www.uli.org/pub/pages/d_search/books/I12.cfm. Websites
Urban Forestry Resource Protection
Assessment: Go
to the following web page to view a new and comprehensive report titled,
"Connecting People with Ecosystems in the 21st Century: An Assessment of
Our Nation's Urban Forests," by John Dwyer, David Nowak, Mary Noble, and
Susan Sisinni. Enjoy! http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/gtr490/gtr490.pdf Ohio on-line:
Ohio has a fantastic website that illustrates 30 years of street tree
evaluations by the Ohio Agriculture and Research Development Center. It contains
excellent photos of streets in the 1971 and again in 1997 showing results of
planting with various species and cultivars. Book mark this one. http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/ODNR/Urban/ostep/ostep.htm Chicago Wilderness on-line: If you haven't done
so, I encourage you to visit their website and review the vision statement in
the Chicago Wilderness Biodiverstiy Plan at http://www.chiwild.org/.
About 50% of its mission (and work) is education and outreach. Jobs in Arboriculture: A
great web site listing current employment opportunities in arboriculture,
searchable on a state-by-state basis. http://www.treecarejobs.com/ Composting: Information about workshops, supplies,
and compost recipes is available at http://www.mastercomposter.com/ If there are no local workshops listed for
your area, check with your County Extension Service for a composting workshop
schedule: http://www.plantamerica.org/links/extens.htm
. Cornell University's composting site,
with its curriculum ideas and classroom activities, targets students in
elementary through high school years: http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/compost/schools.html Maryland on-line: The
Urban Forestry program is being featured on MD DNR's home page with full
content at: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/programs/urban/ Smart Growth report on-line:
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) has completed a detailed national report
on urban sprawl. Unfortunately it does
not have its own address. To get there
from here, go to http://www.gao.gov/. Once there use the search function and enter
smart growth. That gives you a number of choices. Click on the link to GAO Survey of Local growth issues (Sept
7). This takes you to an abstract, in which
is a link GAO/RCED-00-178 that takes you
to a PDF version of the 166 page doc.
Whew. Center for Urban Development:
Save the date! December 6-7, 2000:
GSA’s is hosting a national Good Neighbor summit in Washington, DC, to discuss
how federal real property investment and management can influence local,
regional, and national efforts to create healthy communities and be a good
neighbor throughout the nation. Mayors,
other officials, and expert practitioners will participate in discussions
throughout the day. For more information, please call (202) 501-1881or check
the website at http://goodneighbor.gsa.gov. Watershed Ecological Risk Assessment: The Watershed Academy 2000,
located on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water webpage,
provides online, self-paced distance learning modules on key watershed
management topics. By clicking on the
URL below, you can view the latest online course entitled “Watershed Ecological
Risk Assessment” This module introduces the concept of watershed ecological
risk assessment and provides information on how to develop an assessment and
present the results to decision makers and stakeholders. It also provides links
to real watershed ecorisk case studies for further study. http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/wacademy/acad2000/ecorisk/ Everything you want to know about indicators: This web site introduces viewers
to sustainability indicators that measure how well a community is meeting the
needs of its members. They explain what
indicators are, how indicators relate to sustainability, how to identify good
indicators, how to organize indicators, and how indicators can be used to
measure a community’s progress towards sustainability. http://www.subjectmatters.com/indicators/Indicators/ Livable Communities Indicators: The Clinton-Gore Administration's Livable
Communities Initiative website recently added a section intended to assist local
communities and others concerned with community indicators. It contains sample indicators from which
communities might choose measures. The
site also contains a listing of existing community indicator projects, brief
summaries of several of these projects, and links to additional sites. Links are also provided from the individual
indicators to several national data sets with data suitable for use at the
local level. http://www.livablecommunities.gov/indicators/
. Urban Stream Restoration: This video tour of six urban
stream restoration sites is led by Ann Riley, a nationally recognized
hydrologist, stream restoration professional and executive director of the
Waterways Restoration Institute in Berkeley, Ca. Provides information on principles of stream restoration,
community involvement, and how the projects were funded. It is recommended for anyone interested in
ecological urban stream and neighborhood restoration. http://www.urbanstreamrestoration.com/index2.html Conferences
American Forests
announces the 2001 National Urban Forest Conference theme: Investing Natural
Capital in Urban Places. The conference
will be held in Washington DC on September 5-8, 2001. Cities have the
opportunity to use natural capital--tree cover, as green infrastructure to
improve air and water quality and to reduce summer energy use. This conference will highlight the
scientific research on the value of tree cover, computer technologies that
analyze data and calculate these benefits, and tools people can use to change
public policies. Taken together,
conference participants can use these strategies to turn their communities'
gray infrastructure into a brighter shade of green. American Forests seeks
proposals for presentation for concurrent sessions and workshops. Deadline for
submittals: October 15, 2000. For more
information and proposal forms, check our website: http://www.americanforests.org/.
Click on Trees, Cities, and Sprawl. Conference on Greenways, Blueways and Green
Infrastructure 9/18 -- Cooperative Forestry agreed today to participate
in planning the 2001 Mid-Atlantic Governors’ Conference on Greenways, Blueways,
and Green Infrastructure to be held in the Washington, DC area from September
15-19, 2001. In the past three years, individual states have hosted their
own conferences to address Greenways (land trails) and Blueways (water trails).
The 2001 conference is the first combined effort to hold a regional conference,
and to add a track for Green Infrastructure (land that’s conserved for its
environmental purposes and benefits). Forest Service offices in the
Northeastern Area and the Southern Region are supporting their state partners
in this effort. Sponsors include the U.S. Forest Service, National Park
Service, The Conservation Fund, and the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. Conference
planners expect between 700 and 1,000 people from the public sector and
grassroots organizations to attend. Contact: Peggy Harwood at pharwood@fs.fed.us or (202) 205-0877 Ecological Cites: On November 10 - 11, 2000 Join
national and local community leaders and specialists in the fields of ecosystem
management, urban environments, and urban redevelopment for discussions of
national best practices/models for urban ecosystem restoration and protection
using the greater Boston as a template.
Sponsors: USDA Forest Service, EPA, and Ecological Cities
Project, Watershed Institute, Environmental Studies Program at Boston College. Location:
Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts Contact Information: Telephone -
617.522.2477, Website: http://www.bc.edu/watershed, Email: mcguirca@bc.edu Place-Based Decision Support: On November
10 - 15, 2000 Join The Aurora Partnership in its third annual meeting with
a focus on "Place-Based Decision Support: Theory and Practice,"
featuring keynote speakers, panels, and discussion sessions on a wide range of
topics. The Aurora Partnership, which was formed in 1998, seeks to specifically
address the needs of policymakers, land and resource managers, and community
leaders in the area of place-based decisionmaking and management. This year’s
topics will include: Natural Hazards,
Biodiversity & the Environment, Ecological Economics, Integrated Science,
Measures and Indicators, Managing Infrastructure, Urban Growth and Design,
Social and Institutional Issues, Management Issues, Training and Education,
Developing Partnerships, and Decision Processes. Location: Wild
Dunes Resort, Charleston, South Carolina. For more information, please
visit: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/aurora/ Promoting Participation in Community Development. On November
30- December 2, 2000 get hands-on experience in a number of participatory
methods and tools. Working sessions include:
Bridging participatory approaches in community development; public
participation best practices sharing and strategizing sessions; Tools bazaars;
The planning team approach to community development; participatory monitoring
and evaluation in community development; and others. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee. Contact information: http://www.ra.utk.edu/cpc. October 2000
17 Building
with Trees Seminar, Charlotte, NC.
Sponsored by The National Arbor Day Foundation
in cooperation with The National Association of Home Builders. Phone 402-474-5655. conferences@arborday.org. 18 Building
with Trees Seminar, Chicago, IL.
Sponsored by The National Arbor Day Foundation
in cooperation with The National Association of Home Builders. Phone 402-474-5655. conferences@arborday.org. 18-19 Ninth
Annual Community Forestry Conference, State College, PA. For more information contact Bill Elmendorf
at 814/863-7941 18-20 Firewise
Communities Workshop, Emory Conference Center, Atlanta, GA. For more information, contact: http://www.firewise.org/communities 19 Northwest Ohio Urban Forestry
Conference, Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH.
Contact Stephanie Miller at 419/424-5004 19 Connecticut Urban Forestry Council
Annual Conference, Meriden, CT, 860-424-3178 19-20 Pennsylvania
Community Forestry Conference, State College, PA. “Healthy Growth of Trees and Communities.” http://4trees.cas.psu.edu/index.html
1. Tree Expo New
Jersey Shade Tree Federation annual meeting. Contact Bill Porter at
732/246-3210 21 Beyond Raking: Tools and Strategies for
Sustaining Our Parks. Organized by Philadelphia City
Parks Association. Join other park people to share stories, learn techniques,
get new ideas, find help and celebrate your progress. Speakers, case studies
and panelists will explore two perspectives:
multi-acre forested parks and small urban parks. For registration information call Joe
Soprani at 215-988-8809. 24 Hazard
Tree Policy Development Workshop, Cleveland (Kirtland, OH). Offered by Natural
Path Forestry Consultants, Inc. For info call: 800/387-1242 or e-mail natpath@naturalpath.com 25 Hazard
Tree Policy Development Workshop, Detroit Metro-Area. Offered by Natural Path Forestry Consultants, Inc. For info call:
800/387-1242 or e-mail natpath@naturalpath.com 25-26 Building Communities, Washington D.C., Nat.
Cooperative Business Assoc., 202-737-1234 26 Northern
Virgina Plant Helath Care for Urban Trees, Front Royal. Contact www.fw.vt.edu/vufc
26 Hazard
Tree Policy Development Workshop, Philadelphia, PA. Offered by Natural Path
Forestry Consultants, Inc. For info call: 800/387-1242 or e-mail natpath@naturalpath.com 26-27 Baltimore
Ecosystem Studies Annual Meeting, Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles
Street, Baltimore, MD. For more information,
contact Chris Steele at 410/396-0730 or http://www.ecostudies.org/bes 1.
Society for Ecological Restoration annual conference in Santa
Barbara, CA There will be excellent technical sessions on restoration
techniques on various forms of ecological systems. People can access conference
information and registration materials on their website: http://www.sercal.org 27-31 American Society of Landscape Architects
Annual Meeting and EXPO; St. Louis, MO.
http://www.asla.org/ 28 Exploring the Northern Forest, Stowe, VT, Economic Development
Council of N. Vermont, 802-524-4546 28-Nov. 3 National Rural Community Assistance Partnership
Conference, Stoweflake Resort, Stowe, VT.
Beyond Boundaries: Grassroots
to Global. Exploring the Northern
Forest, Rural America, and the World. For
information contact Roxane Palone at 304/285-1531 31 Hazard
Tree Policy Development Workshop, Rockville, MD. Offered by Natural Path
Forestry Consultants, Inc. For info
call: 800/387-1242 or e-mail natpath@naturalpath.com November 2000 1 Hazard Tree Policy Development
Workshop, New Providence, NJ Contact Natural Path Forestry Consultants,
406-721-3263
1-3 Georgia's Urban Forest: Our Heritage and
Our Future, Hilton, DeSoto Savannah, Georgia.
The conference will feature the unveiling of Georgia's Model Urban
Forest - A collaborative effort to design a tool for incorporating greenspace,
implementing green infrastructure, and changing local policies to preserve and
plant trees in communities. For registration
information please call 1-800-GA-TREES. 1.
“Ecological Cities” conference at Boston College
Law School in Newton, MA. Hosted by The
Watershed Institute and Environmental Studies, community leaders and
specialists in the fields of ecosystem management, urban environments, and
urban redevelopment will discuss best practices/models for urban ecosystem
restoration and protection using the greater Boston area as a template. For more information visit www.bc.edu/watershed 10-15 "Place-Based
Decision Support: Theory and Practice," at Wild Dunes Resort, Charleston,
South Carolina. Contact Information: For more information, please visit: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/aurora/ 16-17 Society of American Foresters National
Meeting, Washington, DC 30-Dec 2 Promoting
Participation in Community Development. Knoxville Hilton – Downtown. Contact information: http://www.ra.utk.edu/cpc. December 2000 1.
Trees
and Utilities National Conference, Nebraska City, National Arbor Day
Foundation, 402-474-5655 1.
Rhizosphere Chemistry and Biology, Dr. Alex Shigo,
Portsmouth, NH, 603-436-4808 January 2001 22–25 Professional Horticulturalists Conference of
Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA. 40 ISA
CEUs available. Contact Polly Carden at
757/523-4734 February
2001 6-8 Trees
and Utilities National Conference, Arbor Day Farm Lied Conference Center,
Nebraska City, NE. Contact the National
Arbor Day Foundation at 402/474-5655 March 2001 1.
Social
Issues and The Environment, Nebraska City, National Arbor Day Foundation,
402-474-5655 13 Trees
and Utilities seminar, Providence RI, National Arbor Day Foundation,
402-474-5655 26 Introductory Green Infrastructure
Course at the National Conservation Training Center in
Shepherdstown, WV. Contact: Peggy Harwood at pharwood@fs.fed.us
or (202) 205-0877 1.
Building with Trees National Conference, Arbor Day Farm/Lied
Conference Center, Nebraska City, NE.
Contact the National Arbor Day Foundation at 402/474-5655 May 2001 1-3 Urban
Wildlife Management Conference, Nebraska City, National Arbor Day Foundation,
402-474-5655 1–3 Northeastern Area State Urban Forestry
Coordinators Annual Meeting, Portland, ME.
Contact Phillip Rodbell, 610-557-4133 6-8 "TREE STRUCTURE & MECHANICS:
How Trees Hold Together and Fall Apart."
Savannah, GA. CALL FOR
PAPERS: Volunteered paper presentations
are now being accepted for this important meeting. Abstracts due by October 6, 2001. Mail Abstracts to: Dr. Kim D. Coder, 4-432 School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens,
GA, USA 30602 June 2001 3-5 Locally
Led Conservation Efforts, Nebraska City, National Arbor Day Foundation,
402-474-5655 September 2001 5-8 National Urban Forestry Conference,
Washington, DC. “Investing Natural
Captial in Urban Places.” Seeking proposals for presentation for concurrent sessions and
workshops. Deadline for submittals: October 15, 2000. For more information and proposal forms, check our website: http://www.americanforests.org .
Click on Trees, Cities, and Sprawl. 15–19 Mid Atlantic Governors Conference on Greenways, Blueways and Green
Infrastructure, Arlington, VA. Contact
Paul Revell at 804/977-6555 Quote: 'It is greener to live in Trump Tower than on a
40-acre farm in Vermont,'' said Dr. Huber, a former professor of engineering at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is now a senior fellow at the
Manhattan Institute, a conservative research organization. ''The only way to
save the wilderness is reduce the human footprint on the land by living
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