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Alliance for Community
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
450,000 volunteers. |
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This
year, ACT is on the organizing committee of a national, bipartisan
campaign to greatly
expand service opportunities for Americans, elevate service as a
core element of citizenship, and create targeted service corps to
address our nation's most
important challenges. The campaign is called ServiceNation. |
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IN THE NEWS
California Registry creates first Urban Forest Project Reporting protocol for the U.S.
Los
Angeles, CA (August 12, 2008)- The Board of Directors for the
California Climate Action Registry, a private nonprofit organization
committed to solving climate change through emissions reporting and
reduction, approved the Urban Forest Project Reporting Protocol at its
meeting today. This is the first California Registry protocol to
benefit local governments and others through offset credits for
planting trees in urban settings.
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SUCCESS STORY
Mobilizing Volunteers to Water Trees
Casey
Trees works with the District of Columbia's Urban Forestry
Administration to water newly planted street trees with Ooze Tubes.
Utilizing an extensive tree inventory and GIS mapping, Casey Trees has
created an efficient method for mobilizing volunteers to install Ooze
Tubes to water trees during the summer.
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RESEARCH
Community-Based Forestry Study
Baltimore,
MD (September 1, 2008)- The Communities Committee undertook a two-part
study to explore perceptions of and participation in Community-based
Forestry in the United States. The aim of the study was to learn more
about the priority issues that practitioners face, their vision for
Community-based forestry in the years ahead, and how support
organizations can help meet their needs in order to advance
the movement.
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PUBLIC POLICY
Why Sprawl is a Conservative Issue
(Washington, DC)- Michael
Lewyn, columnist, author and Associate Professor at John Marshall Law
School argues that conservatives should fight sprawl as a threat to
conservative values such as limited government, freedom, lower taxes,
and social stability. Learn what conservatives can do about sprawl and
how smarter growth can encourage conservative solutions, increase
individual choice, free market activity, and economic development.
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EVENTS
ACT Webcast Recording Available
Trees and Transportation
If
you missed
ACT's recent webcast on Trees and Transportation, you can view
and listen to the presentation online. The session is one hour and
available for free. Trees Forever and Trees Columbus talk about
research linking transportation safety/mobility and street trees,
transcending concerns expressed by public works officials innovative partnerships that are improving trees in public right-of-ways, and community benefits due to roadside landscaping.
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FUNDING
Wells Fargo Supports Bank Communities
Wells Fargo is committed to
improving the bank's local communities in 23 states through grants and
volunteer activities. The funding priorities vary from state to state;
however, the bank generally supports the following areas of interest:
community development- including housing, job training, and economic
development-, K-12 education, and civic projects.
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