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IN THE NEWS
ACT Webcast Recording Available- Agroforestry
If you missed ACT's recent webcast on agroforestry, you can view and listen to the presentation online. The session is one hour and available for free. Trees Forever and the USDA National Agroforestry Center talk about establishing agroforestry buffers for organic crops, assisting producers in planning and planting practices, and success stories that incorporate some of the most effective conservation practices available including alley cropping, infiltration basins, and woody crops like hazelnuts, chestnuts, and small fruit crops.

SUCCESS STORY
Send Us Your Success Story
Do you have a successful program, project, or partnership that you'd like to share with the larger ACT community? Over 2,000 urban forestry leaders want to know what works in your community. Tell us about your most successful program, best fundraiser, greatest advocacy victory, most innovative partnership, or smartest management decision. ACT will turn your stories into: case studies, newsletter articles, webcasts, and more. Tell us what you're most proud of, and help the alliance grow stronger, together.

RESEARCH
Trees Make Streets Safer, Not Deadlier
Ithaca, NY (September 2006)- Proposals for planting rows of street trees are frequently opposed by transportation engineers who contend that a wide travel corridor, free of obstacles, is needed to protect the lives of errant motorists. Increasingly, however, engineers' beliefs about safety are being found incorrect through empirical studies. This research presents further evidence that safe urban roadsides are not what the traffic-engineering establishment thinks they are.

PUBLIC POLICY
Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act
Washington, DC (March 1, 2008)- Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, or the GIVE Act, amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990. There are several changes of interest to Alliance for Community Trees members.

EVENTS
Trees and Transportation
July 17, 2008- National Webcast
Trees and landscape features that are located within the public right-of-way and adjacent to roadways in urban environments are often perceived by transportation officials as a safety risk. But there are many community benefits that result from having roadside landscapes. Armed with that information, advocates of urban forestry are encouraging roadside plantings that balance transportation mobility, accessibility needs, public welfare, and community livability.

FUNDING
Patagonia Environmental Grants- Deadline: Aug. 31
Outdoor gear and clothing company, Patagonia, provides funding for environmental work and is most interested in making grants to organizations that identify and work on the root causes of problems and that approach issues with a commitment to long-term change. Most grants are in the range of $3,000 to $8,000.