[ACT] ACT Brown Bag Lunch Series

[Jared Liu]

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	June 19, 2008	 	
		
  	

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ABOUT US
  	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.	

ABOUT WEBCASTS
The Brown Bag Lunch 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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Technology in the Urban Forest
June 19, 2008
1:00- 2:00pm EDT

Technology and trees is no more an oxymoron than urban forestry. If  
your mission is to restore, enhance, and protect the tree canopy of a  
given locality, then urban forestry technology tools can help you set  
and achieve ambitious goals using a suite of tools including  
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and tree benefit calculators.  
Extrapolating the data into bottom line dollars and cents can be a  
powerful tool for gaining the attention of public officials.

  	
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SESSION TOPICS
Brown Bag attendees will learn:
* Bringing trees to residents through mapping and Google Earth.
* How technology aids urban tree canopy goals and forest opportunity  
models.
* Applying technology to educational outreach and city services.
* Selecting an application: Right technology in the Right place.
* Tools, field assistance, and training needed.

  	
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TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AVAILABLE
Scott Maco, Research and Development Analyst, Davey Tree (Seattle, WA)

i-Tree was developed by USDA Forest Service researchers. It is a state  
of the art, peer-reviewed computer software suite containing  
inventory, analysis, and forecasting tools to help communities assess,  
manage, and care for their trees and forests. The tools help measure  
the ecosystem services provided by urban forests that improve human  
health and the environment.

  	

  	

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FIELD APPLICATION OF TOOLS
Holli Howard, Director of Geographic Resources, Casey Trees  
(Washington, DC)

Since 2001, Casey Trees has used GIS for inventories and surveys  
including neighborhood analysis, to share information with District  
and federal government partners, citizens, business improvement  
districts, and other organizations, for canopy analysis to set  
objectives for programs and strategic planning, and to measure success  
and track performance. Recently they have begun looking at the use of  
GIS in long-range strategic planning- in particular, analyzing and  
setting tree canopy goals district-wide.

  	



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NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE
Extended Learning- On the Ground at Casey Trees

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!  
Casey Trees has offered to host ACT members to their organization for  
a week. Details will be available at the webcast, and only webcast  
participants are eligible to apply.

  	



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REGISTER FOR THE WEBCAST:

actrees.org/site/stories/technology_in_the_urban_forest.php

  	
  	
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