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2021 Community Resilience Grants: App is “Short & Straightforward”
Here's an opportunity to use community forestry best management practices as a way to reduce disaster impacts and mitigate climate change. To build resilience! The National League of Cities 2021 Leadership in Community Resilience program is now accepting proposals from cities seeking additional funding for resilience-related projects. Each city selected for the [...]
Beattra Wilson’s Steadfast Path: An Urban Forestry & USDA Forest Service Journey
Beattra Wilson opened the 2018 Partners in Community Forestry Conference in Irvine, California with her plenary presentation. A Steadfast Path: My Urban Forestry and USDA Forest Service Journey By Beattra Wilson, Photos Courtesy of the Author Beattra Wilson began her career with the USDA Forest Service in 2002 [...]
ISA Certified Arborist Course 2021 with Glenn Gentzke
Council Board Member and Board Certified Master Arborist Glenn Gentzke is well regarded for his ISA Certified Arborist Training Course. This iteration in January 2021 can be taken in person or on Zoom.
Volunteers Restore Manorhaven Preserve on Long Island with Native Plants
Interpretive signage for the native trees volunteers planted in the new Native Plant Garden in the Manorhaven Nature Preserve. “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” Kahil Gebran Nassau County’s location on Long Island and Port Washington’s location in Nassau County. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rcsprinter123 According to [...]
Free CCE Nassau County “Urban Trees in Your Backyard” Series Starts Nov 2, Open to All
More info and registration here
SMA Environmental Equity Themed Virtual Conference Nov 19 Open to All
The Society of Municipal Arborist Conference is virtual this year and on the theme of Environmental Equity; the cost is $50 for SMA Members and $145 for non-members. You can see the full conference program above or on the SMA website here. […]
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