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Dear urban greening friends,
There’s
a new workshop in the works, and lots more research and funding out
there!
1. Urban Forest Management Plan
Toolkit Workshop – June 9, 2011 in Sacramento
2. Research and Funding News from the Alliance for Community Trees
3. Save the Date: 2011 California Urban and Community Forest Conference,
Sept 15-17, 2011 in Palo Alto
1. Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit Workshop – June 9, 2011 in
Sacramento – registration now open!
The California
Urban Forests Council and Sacramento Valley Urban Forests Council will
offer a workshop on the Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit!
This free resource helps city planners, arborists and involved community
members collaborate to document the urban forest that your city currently
has, the urban forest that you would like to have in the future, and the
steps needed to achieve your goals.
This event features Ted Swiecki, one of the bright minds behind the
toolkit.
Date: June 9, 2011 from 11:30 - 2:30.
Place: West
Sacramento City Hall, Galleria Room, 1110 W Capitol Ave, West Sacramento,
CA 95691
Cost: $35 for members, $40 for non-members. Membership
is free - please join here! http://www.caufc.org/Membership
CEUs: 2 ISA and CUF continuing education units have been applied for.
Registration
is available here: http://www.caufc.org/Workshops
We look forward to seeing you there for a great learning opportunity!
2. Research and Funding News
from the Alliance for Community Trees
Check out lots
of great research and funding information over at the Alliance for
Community Trees’ site!
Research: http://actrees.org/site/resources/research/
New topics include:
Assessing Urban Forests Effects and Values in LA’s Urban Forest
Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Urban Trees in the USA
State of Green Business 2011
There’s also a great set of resources on funding:
http://actrees.org/site/resources/funding/
3. Save the Date: 2011
California Urban and Community Forest Conference, Sept 15-17, 2011 in
Palo Alto
The California Urban Forests Council and California ReLeaf invite you to
the 2011 California Urban and Community Forest Conference – Connecting
People, Trees and Communities!
The conference is planned for September 15 - 17, 2011 at the Crown Plaza
Hotel in Palo Alto. We look forward to an engaging and exciting
conference, complete with your participation!
Program planning is underway, and more information will be posted to the
website as it becomes available: http://www.caufc.org/Annual%20Conference
We
always love hearing from you, so keep up all your great community work
and let us know if you have an event to share.
Please let your contacts know that CaUFC membership is now free –
we’d love your help to grow the network of California’s urban forest
supporters.
Thanks for all that you do to grow healthy communities!
Best,
Sonya
Hammons
Program
Manager
California
Urban Forests Council
Mail:
PO Box 823, Novato, CA 94948
Office:
555 Northgate Dr., #225, San Rafael, CA 94903
Ph:
415-479-8733, Fax 415-789-4501
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us on Facebook!
Become a member for free: http://www.caufc.org/Membership
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