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Hello Urban Forestry
Friends,
Here's what's happening in
urban and community forestry:
Wondering about
Useful Mobile
Apps for UF
Professionals?
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Dudley Hartel of Urban
Forestry South recently presented on Smart Phone Apps for Urban
Forestry & Arboriculture Professionals.
Click
HERE to see the presentation which includes apps in the File
and Document Management, Field Apps, and Mapping & GPS categories.
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National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory
Council Accepting FY13 Grant Applications
This year includes two
grant categories:
- Develop outreach that
communicates the connection between the personal benefits of
urban forests and quality of life within a community through
community engagement.
- Design an UF
recruitment program and retention strategies that support
existing urban forestry academic curriculum.
Click here for more details
Applications are due December 3, 2012.
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Treemendous
Discovery: Fungus allows
Trees to
Communicate with Each Other!
Suzanne Simard of UBC has
found that trees and plants in an ecosystem are connected by an
underground web of fungi which allows them to communicate with each
other.
“Mother Trees” - large, older trees at the hub of the network – play
a key role as to the health of the whole forest. They act as the
nucleus to all the other trees in the forest by this fugal network.
Simard’s latest research reveals that when a Mother Tree
is cut down, the survival rate of the younger members of
the forest is substantially diminished.
Read more and see a video by clicking
HERE.
Previous research by Ren Sen Zeng at South China Agricultural
University also supports how this green-to-green communication can
play part in trees and plant health.
Click
HERE to read more.
As urban forestry professionals, we should consider the implications
of this research in creating and maintaining healthy urban forests.
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Urban Gleaning Movement on The Rise
Home owners can get frustrated not knowing what to
do with the yields from their fruit trees, while thousands live in
hunger in poverty--Urban gleaning works to solve both these problems.
Gleaning is a practice that allows volunteers to
pick up produce and bring it to various agencies dedicated to serving
those in need.
The last few years, a number of gleaning organizations
have sprouted up across America.
Click
HERE to read more about the phenomenon.
Click on the
organization's name below to learn more
about a particular organization:
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Thanks for all you do in
support of urban forests!
Sonali Shah
Communications and Outreach Manager
California Urban Forest Council
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