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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, ACTrees' national
network
of members have planted and cared for 15 million trees with help from
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NATIONAL NEWS
National Tree Care Standards Under Review
You
are invited to submit comments on revisions of the ANSI A300 national
tree care standards. Public review for Part 6 "Planting and
Transplanting" and Part 7 "Integrated Vegetation Management" began
earlier this month and extends through February 2012. ACTrees is a
member of the ANSI-accredited A300 committee, with a sitting member
representing the national ACTrees network as the committee writes,
revises, and reviews national tree standards.
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LOCAL STORY
The Problem with Palm Trees
(Miami,
FL)- While palm trees are aesthetic superstars, a number of cities have
started to recognize that the environmental issues fronds wreak can't
justify the eye candy. Palm-worshipping cities like Los Angeles and
Miami are planting trees other than palms in their bids to add shade
and carbon-trapping to their tree cover. But as some urban foresters
have seen, the public isn't always on board.
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GREEN JOBS
Plant One Million Program Manager, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
(Philadelphia,
PA)- This position oversees the tri-state million tree-planting
initiative launched in spring 2011. Manages partnerships, leads program
development, operations, marketing, PR, and fundraising teams to
promote Plant One Million citizen engagement in the Greater
Philadelphia region.
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