[ACT] NeighborWoods Network Update

[Alice Ewen Walker]

NeighborWoods Network Update: September 4, 2007		

									
In This Issue

	
In the News
Funding
Research
Events
Public Policy
Success Story

In the News
Gulf Coast Workshop Creates Plan to Add $1 Billion in Value to the  
Urban Forest

Biloxi, MS (August 24, 2007)- Participants in a regional workshop  
drafted plans to restore and improve South Mississippi's urban  
forest. "Science and partnerships are going to be the cornerstones of  
your success," said Ray Tretheway, the director of Sacramento Tree  
Foundation, who came to South Mississippi to share his expertise and  
"Greenprint" model for urban forest restoration.

Read the full story.

Funding
Preserve America Grant- Deadline: November 1

The grant program provides competitive grants of $10,000 to $15,000  
each to help fund national wildlife refuge interpretive and education  
projects focusing on history and historic sites and how they  
contribute to conservation and understanding of natural resources.

Find more funding.

Research
City Trees Sustainability Guidelines and Best Practices

Minneapolis, MN (August 20, 2007)- This publication was created by  
Tree Trust and Bonestroo, a Minnesota planning and engineering firm,  
to better institutionalize codes and standards for designing  
communities with trees. These guidelines will help organizations  
integrate urban forestry goals with urban development projects.

Learn more.

Events
Getting Into Greenroofs- September 20

National Webcast hosted by ACT

Greenroofing offers an attractive alternative to the barren deserts  
of tar, gravel and asphalt usually seen from urban windows.  
Greenroofs can capture and evaporate up to 100 percent of rainwater  
in their space, making them ideal for urban settings in which high- 
density development offers few opportunities for rainwater to  
percolate into the soil during storms.

Read on...

Public Policy
Federal Update on Urban & Community Forestry Legislation

Washington, DC (August 23, 2007)- In late June, the House of  
Representatives passed Interior and Environment Appropriations for  
fiscal year 2008 that would restore funding to a wide array of  
conservation and environmental protection programs. The House  
provided $355 million above the President's budget request to the  
U.S. Forest Service, including a small budget increase for the Urban  
and Community Forestry Program, which would result in a $31,130,000  
national budget for U&CF.

Get involved.

Success Story
Working with the Olympic Games to Plant Trees

(Atlanta, GA)- When Atlanta hosted the 1996 Olympic Games, Trees  
Atlanta helped secure $4.5 million from public and private sources to  
plant approximately 2,000 trees in the areas surrounding the Olympic  
Games. If you visit downtown Atlanta today, you'll see the dramatic  
legacy of the Olympic tree planting campaign.

Read on...

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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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