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CITY EMPLOYEES:
Scholarships ARE Available for

The Partners In Community Forestry Conference
Nov 13-15 in Sacramento
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October 25th
Street Tree Seminar/Los Angeles/Orange County & Inland Councils Present:
Direction Connection Leadership Training Workshop
Only a couple more spots available--Save yours today!
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Live in the
Central Coast?
The Central Coast Workshop is
November 8th

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October 10, 2012,

 

Hello Urban Forestry Friends,

Here's what's happening in urban and community forestry:

Wondering about Useful Mobile
Apps for UF Professionals?

 

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.


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.
 

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.

 


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:


Thanks for all you do in support of urban forests!

Sonali Shah
Communications and Outreach Manager
California Urban Forest Council

 

 

 

 

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