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Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans
live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network
of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million trees with help from
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IN THE NEWS
Sustainable Sites Draft Available for Public Comment
The
Sustainable Sites Initiative released the Guidelines and Performance
Benchmarks Draft 2008 for public comment. The new draft contains over
50 proposed prerequisites and credits ranging from site selection to
construction and maintenance practices. The initiative is the most
comprehensive set of national guidelines yet developed for landscapes.
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SUCCESS STORY
Emerald Ash Borer Network
(Lisle,
IL)- The Morton Arboretum played a lead role in creating a network of
public and private organizations to develop a readiness plan for
addressing the invasion of Emerald Ash Borer in the state of Illinois.
The group also undertook an extensive outreach and educational campaign
to inform legislators, land managers, agencies that oversee the urban
forest and the general public about the imminent threat.
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RESEARCH
Survey of State Funding Trends
Davis,
CA (November 17, 2008)- California ReLeaf has released a preliminary
report of their NUCFAC funded, "Survey of State Funding Trends." The
report was presented at the Alliance for Community Trees annual meeting
in Atlanta. They will still be doing some more research and writing it
up in a more formal version, but welcome comments on the draft report.
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PUBLIC POLICY
Presidential Transition Package from the Continental Dialogue
A coalition of 21
organization including the Alliance for Community Trees, ANLA, and
Nature Conservancy signed a joint letter to President-elect Obama
encouraging his attention to address the sweeping problems of
non-native forest insects and diseases in the U.S.
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EVENTS
2008 ACT Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings
The
conference proceedings and presentations from the Alliance for
Community Trees' 2008 Member Rally & NeighborWoods Academy in
Atlanta are now available. There were 12 general, concurrent, and
roundtable sessions, with 38 presentations. If you missed any of these
or would like a copy of what you saw, you can download the conference
proceedings at ACT's website.
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FUNDING
NUCFAC Challenge Cost Share Grant Program 2009- Deadline: February 17, 2009
This year the National Urban
and Community Forestry Advisory Council has revised its grant making
into two categories: Innovation Grants and Best Practices
Grants. They anticipate $1 million in funding. After more
than a decade of grant-making, they have also revised grant criteria
and implemented procedures that reduce paperwork.
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