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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 14.9 million trees with help from
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| ABOUT WEBCASTS |
The
Third Thursday Webcast Series is a monthly
webcast held at the lunch hour. The goal is to create informal
trainings for local urban and community forestry
organizations.
The trainings leverage local successes by amplifying to a larger
audience the model organizations' methods, materials, and
approaches.
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Advancing Your Mission with Support from
Your Urban & Community Forest Councils
April
16, 2009
1:00-
2:00pm EDT
Urban Forest Councils are collaborative
organizations comprised of individuals, citizen groups, nonprofits,
businesses, and agencies from around a state that share an interest in
urban and community forestry. They exist to help communities strengthen
the efforts of local groups by serving as a resource, a forum for
networking and discussion, and an advocate of the urban forest.
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SESSION TOPICS
Webcast attendees will learn:
* Timely access to grant opportunities.
* Training and educational programs.
* Annual conference and awards programs.
* Networking opportunities with urban forestry professionals,
organizations, cities, and counties.
* Up-to-date urban forestry news, research, and information.
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GEORGIA URBAN FOREST COUNCIL
Mary
Lynne Beckley, Executive Director
The Georgia Urban Forest Council delivers on its mission by offering a
variety of programs and opportunities, including Basic Tree Care
Workshops, Educational Quarterly Meetings, publications such as
TreeTalks and informational brochures, the Annual Conference, an Annual
Awards Program, and the Landmark and Historic Tree Register.
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NORTH CAROLINA UF COUNCIL
Bill Hascher, President
The North Carolina
Urban Forest Council is a nonprofit organization that helps communities
strengthen the efforts of local groups by serving as a resource, a
forum for networking, and discussion and an advocate of the urban
forest. They also co-sponsor conferences with others in the green
industry and educate elected officials and decision-makers about
important issues affecting the future of trees in North Carolina's
communities.
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NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE
Extended Learning- On the Ground
There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour,
and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance!
Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods
Network Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT
member.
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