[ACT] Network Update

[Jared Liu]

Network Update: June 5, 2006		

									
In This Issue

	
In the News
Funding
Research
Events
Public Policy
Success Story

In the News
Habitat Home Turn Green

Washington, DC (May 13, 2006) - Alliance for Community Trees  
celebrated the end of tree planting season in DC with our member  
Casey Trees by planting trees with eighteen new homeowners and  
Habitat for Humanity. We were thrilled to greet old friends from our  
September kickoff of the National NeighborWoods Program, including  
“Team Liberty” of The Home Depot, led by Bob Hommerbocker.

Read the full story.

Funding
American Academy of Dermatology's Shade Structure Grants- Deadline:  
June 16, 2006

To help make it safer to have fun outdoors during the warmer months,  
the American Academy of Dermatology is offering shade structure  
grants for schools, park districts, religious institutions, or other  
nonprofit organizations in need of shade for outdoor locations.

Find more funding.

Research
Edens Lost & Found.  This four-hour PBS series showcases  
extraordinary stories of environmental rebirth in four very different  
American cities.  Each one-hour program examines the unique  
environmental, economic and social issues that each of these great  
cities face.

Learn more.

Events
Urban Forestry & Arboriculture Conference- June 7-9, 2006

(Jackson, Mississippi).  This year the conference partners with the  
Mississippi Housing & Community Development Conference. A special  
track on Hurricane Katrina issues will be included.

Read on...

Public Policy
Forest Service Chief Bosworth Delivers Earth Day Address

For urban forestry practitioners, Chief Bosworth's Earth Day speech  
at UC Berkeley contained encouraging signs about the Forest Service's  
vision for the future. Bosworth commented, "Where ecosystems are in  
trouble, our role is to restore them to health." The chief recognized  
the increasing role that the agency will need to play to address the  
health of non-federal forest lands. Private forest lands are  
increasingly falling under development, resulting in forest  
fragmentation and net loss to the nation's forest resources.

Get involved.

Success Story
Trees for Houston- The Root Ball

(Houston, TX) Trees For Houston hosts a gala, the Root Ball, which  
raises money and increases the visibility of the organization.  For  
the past 11 years, Trees For Houston has hosted a successful gala,  
the Root Ball, which not only raises a significant amount of money  
for the organization but also greatly increases the visibility of the  
organization in the crowded social world of Houston.

Read on...

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