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Dear urban greening friends,
Check
out the latest in workshops, funding resources and events!
1.
California Urban Wood Conference! May 19-21, San Francisco Presidio
2.
Google Earth Outreach Developer Grants (May 26)
3. Strategic Growth Council Urban Greening Project and Planning Grants
4.
ACT webcast: Using Social Media (June 16, 2011)
5. Vibrant Cities and Urban Forests: A National Call to Action
6.
Job: Public Affairs Specialist at the USDA Forest Service in Albany, CA
7.
Sacramento’s Transportation Director Way Receives National Award
8. Goleta Council Considers Draft of Tree Management Plan
9. Save the Date: 2011 California Urban and Community Forest Conference,
Sept 15-17, 2011 in Palo Alto
10. Save the Date: Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit Workshop – June
9, 2011 in Sacramento
11. CaUFC Calendar
1. California Urban Wood Conference! May 19-21, San Francisco Presidio
Join us for views of
the Golden Gate Bridge, spring wildflowers, and a stellar program on
urban wood utilization!
This conference features a fantastic collection of speakers who are top
leaders in urban wood utilization from across the nation. Learn lessons from
their extensive experience to bring about the change you would like to
make in your own community.
The San Francisco
Presidio is beautiful this time of year, and a total of 10.75 continuing
education units (CEUs) have been applied for (both Certified Urban
Forester and International Society of Arboriculture)!
Please take a look at the conference website and check out the great list
of speakers: http://fuf.net/urbanwood/index.html
2.
Google Earth Outreach Developer Grants (May 26)
Google’s mapping technologies have increasingly been used by nonprofits
to change the world for the better. The Google Earth Outreach team has
met many nonprofits who have great ideas for maps they want to create,
but no staff with the technical skills to create them. Now, Google
Earth Outreach has launched the Developer Grants program, designed to
address these needs by
supporting selected projects from eligible nonprofit organizations
that are using Google’s mapping technologies in innovative ways for
public benefit.
Through this program, non-profit organizations from several countries
around the world will have an opportunity to receive up to $20,000
that will help turn their public benefit mapping ideas into a
reality.
Applications to the Google Earth Outreach Developer Grants program
will be accepted until May 26, 2011.
For
inspiration, you may want to check out the Great Texas Tree Trail Guide
at http://greattexastreetrail.org/
More details of the program, project requirements and eligibility can be
found on the Google Earth Outreach Developer Grants page: https://sites.google.com/site/developergrants/
3. Strategic Growth Council Urban Greening Project and Planning Grants
Please find attached the Solicitation Notice for the Urban Greening for
Sustainable Communities grant program. This program is administered
by the California Natural Resources Agency on behalf of the Strategic
Growth Council. To learn more about this program and the Strategic
Growth Council, visit: www.sgc.ca.gov
In this second of three
funding cycles, there is $20 million available for Urban Greening
Grants. Up to 25% of that amount can be used to fund urban greening
planning grants, with the balance funding urban greening projects.
You will find detailed information regarding program requirements
including eligibility, evaluation and scoring criteria in the guidelines
posted on the website at: http://resources.ca.gov/bonds_prop84_urbangreening.html
Staff is available to
provide assistance as you prepare concepts for urban greening project
grants and full applications for urban greening planning grants. Contact
information is provided below and on the attached Solicitation Notice.
Please note that the
guidelines and the Concept Proposal Form were updated to reflect the
Council’s decision to adopt consideration of the risks of Sea Level Rise
in the review process. Make sure you use the latest version.
If you have any
questions please contact:
Polly Escovedo, Manager, Bonds & Grants,
California Natural Resources Agency
(916) 653-2812
Urbangreening@resources.ca.gov
4. ACT Webcast: Using Social Media – June 16, 2011
Using social media for your organization can be an intimidating thought.
But social media tools like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube can enhance or
even transform the way you operate. By creating connections and instantly
spreading messages, social media puts you in direct conversation with
those most interested in your organization. Aside from rallying interest
for trees or spreading news of a specific event, social media can also be
an effective fundraising tool. By tapping into their own personal network
of friends and followers, social media users can quickly raise awareness
and support for their cause.
This free webcast is part of the Alliance for Community Trees’ ongoing
webcast series. It takes place on June 16, 2011 at 10am Pacific Time. For
more information please visit: http://actrees.org/site/resources/events/tree_technology-_part_iii_social_media.php
Please also join CaUFC on Facebook!
5. Vibrant Cities and Urban Forests: A National Call to Action
Vibrant Cities and Urban Forests: A National Call to Action is an
initiative to promote urban forestry and stewardship nationwide. A
diverse group of 24 experts and innovators – national and local
non-profit leaders, city officials, municipal and state foresters and
others – came together in April to discuss and recommend how federal
policy, programs and funding can advance and support city and
municipality tree planting and stewardship programs in the next ten
years. These experts, who will draft a set of recommendations to the USDA
Forest Service, will take the first step towards advancing a fervent
urban forestry movement. The task force members – along with NYRP, the
Alliance for Community Trees, the Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition and
the National Arbor Day Foundation – will then partner with the USDA
Forest Service, Members of Congress and federal agencies to advance and
realize the recommendations.
A summary of the three-day discussions is attached,
and more information on the task force is available at:
www.vibrantcitiesurbanforests.org.
6. Job: Public Affairs Specialist at the USDA Forest Service in
Albany, CA
The USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) is
advertising for a permanent opportunity for a full time Public Affairs
Specialist.
This position is located at the Pacific Southwest Research Station in
Albany, CA on the Communications staff. The incumbent performs a
wide variety of activities in planning and implementing a comprehensive
public affairs program for a scientific research organization. The
incumbent also has responsibility for supporting content of web pages and
facilitating science communication using traditional and new media.
Additional duties include coordinating the preparation of program
publicity and marketing for electronic distribution; preparing a variety
of promotional and other program-related materials for posting to the
web; evaluating and recommending the most effective use of electronic
media and technology, and coordinating the conversion of data and
information to electronic format to ensure effective communication of
programs and objectives.
For
additional details and a pre-application, please see the attached file.
7. Sacramento’s Transportation Director Way Receives National APWA Top
Ten Public Works Award
The
American Public Works Association (APWA) announced that Sacramento,
California’s Director of Transportation Jerry Way was named one of the
national 2011 Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year. Way is an urban
forestry leader, has been with the City of Sacramento for more than 30
years and was the APWA Sacramento Chapter President in 2009.
Way
oversees the Transportation Department for the City of Sacramento, which
includes five areas of public service: Engineering Services, Traffic
Engineering, Parking Services, Street Services, and Urban Forestry, all
supported
by the Office of the Director. The department of 400 employees serves a
population of approximately 462,000 people, with over 3,000 lane miles of
roadway, over 40,000 streetlights, over 10,000 parking spaces, 12 parking
garages and surface lots, 2,300 miles of sidewalk, over 475 acres of
streetscape, 780 signalized intersections, and an urban forest of over
100,000 trees.
In
2008, Way led the campaign to raise awareness of the condition of city
trees and the need to maintain and protect one of Sacramento’s most
valuable assets and its brand as a “City of Trees.” While some city
residents and council members thought that the contract of $200,000 to
“count trees” was an excessive use of funds, Way was able to articulate
the need for the “tree inventory” to preserve and maintain a healthy
urban forest for the benefit of today’s residents and future generations.
In turn, the City Council voted to approve the contract, and the tree
inventory was completed in 2010.
APWA
annually recognizes 10 of the most outstanding public works professionals
from across the U.S. and Canada for their career‐long dedication and service,
professionalism, and expertise in public works infrastructure. As one of
the most coveted and prestigious awards presented by the association, the
Top Ten Public Works Leader award is given to honor the public works
professional’s career, in which he or she demonstrated excellence in
public works, services and infrastructure in his community through
advancement
of
public works services and technology.
Way will be presented the award locally on Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Top
Ten Award winner of 2000, former City of Sacramento Public Works Director
Mike Kashiwagi, at the Sacramento Chapter 10th Annual National Public
Works Week Awards Dinner and Education Endowment Fund Auction from 5:30 –
9:00 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel at 500 Leisure Lane in Sacramento.
Congratulations to Jerry Way, and thank you for raising the profile of
city trees!
For more information on APWA’s Top Ten Public Works Leaders, please visit
the APWA National Awards Program web page at: www.apwa.net/awards.
8. Goleta Council Considers Draft of Tree
Management Plan
How does your city manage its
street trees and make sure that they receive the care they will need in
the long term? Goleta City Council is considering a tree management plan!
For a news article on the topic, please see http://www.noozhawk.com/article/050311_goleta_trees
You may also be interested in the Urban Forest Management Plan toolkit, a
free planning resource available here: http://ufmptoolkit.com/
See item 10 for an upcoming management plan
workshop!
9.
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
10. Save the Date: Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit Workshop – June
9, 2011 in Sacramento
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.
Registration
information will be sent out shortly, and posted to the Sacramento Valley
Urban Forest Council’s website: http://www.caufc.org/Sacramento%20Valley%20Urban%20Forest%20Council
11. CaUFC Calendar
The California Urban Forests Council’s website has a new calendar! Check
it out at: http://www.caufc.org/Calendar
Upcoming events include (click any event for more details):
May
10, 2011: Britton Fund Ride - Cycling a metric century for research and
education
May 11-13, 2011: WCISA
Conference and Trade Show, San Diego
May 19-21, 2011:
California Urban Wood Conference, San Francisco Presidio
May 19, 2011: Fullerton's Parks
and Trees Program
May 22,
2011: Goleta Valley Heritage Tree and History Tour
May 31- June 3, 2011: California
Master Gardeners Conference
June 1, 2011: Deadline for
Central Coast Urban Forest Council logo contest
June 9, 2011: Street Tree
Seminar's Annual Golf Tournament
June
9, 2011: Urban Forest Management Plan toolkit workshop, Sacramento
June 11, 2011:
National Get Outdoors Day
June 16, 2011: Mature Tree
Workshop, Inland Urban Forest Council
June
16, 2011: Alliance for Community Trees webcast: social media
September
15- 17, 2011: California Urban and Community Forest Conference
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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