Louisiana Urban Forestry Council's News

"Building Green Cities" Workshop -- MANDEVILLE 10/21/10

The Louisiana Urban Forestry Council, in cooperation with the Mandeville Parks and Parkways Commission, is holding a "Building Green Cities" workshop at the Mandeville City Hall Courtroom, 3010 East Causeway Approach. The day's schedule is as follows:

  • 8:15 a.m. Registration
  • 8:45 a.m. Welcome
  • 9:00 a.m. "The Visual Effects of Green Laws"
  • 9:50 a.m. "Urban Sprawl and Urban Ecosystems"
  • 10:50 a.m. BREAK
  • 11:00 a.m. "Storm Recovery Steps"
  • 11:50 a.m. LUNCH
  • 12:50 p.m. "Best Management Practices and Stormwater Issues"
  • 1:40 p.m. "Successful Urban Forestry Examples"
  • 2:30 p.m. "Community Gardens"
  • 3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks

TO REGISTER for this event, please contact Maggie Trenary by telephone (985-624-3103) or by email (mtrenary@cityofmandeville.com). Registration deadline is Monday, October 18, 2010 to afford program organizers an opportunity to plan for an adequate number of lunches.

The public is invited and there is no admission charge. Click HERE to download the Mandeville BGC Flyer.

 

New Board of Directors - 2010-2012 Term

Congratulations to the new Board of Directors of the Louisiana Urban Forestry Council! During its May 27, 2010 meeting, the board selected a new board and elected new officers. The membership of the 2010-2012 Board of Directors comprise the following individuals and officers:

Note: "*" signifies Ex Officio Members

 

2010 Urban and Community Forestry Grant Announcement

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) will be accepting applications for the 2010 Urban & Community Forestry (UCF) Grant program beginning August 9, 2010. There is $70,000 of federal matching funds available for the 2010 UCF program year.  These funds will be distributed through a competitive grants allocation process.  Due to limited funding, LDAF will award seven (7) grants for $10,000 each. Tree City USA recipients and first time applicant shall be awarded bonus points in the scoring process

This cost-share program is for programs, projects, or activities not currently being funded and is not intended to substitute for existing funding levels.

In order to meet objectives outlined in the National Urban Forestry Guidelines and the Louisiana Urban Forestry Council’s Strategic Plan for Louisiana Community Forestry, this program is geared toward establishing new, and strengthening existing community forestry programs in Louisiana.  This program also strives to increase the number and diversity of individuals informed and involved in community forestry endeavors.

National direction has become more focused during the past years.  Specific community forestry capacity building activities are being promoted nation wide.  These include; employment of professional urban forestry staff at the community level, development of community forestry management plans based on resource assessments/inventories, development or strengthening of community forestry ordinances and policy, and development or enhancement of local advocacy/advisory organizations. The Forest Service has also placed emphasis on the five national U&CF programs goals: Minimize the impact on land use change and urbanization on forests, Minimize the risk and impact of catastrophic events, Protect and improve air and water quality, Mitigate climate change, Energy Conservation. These national goals should be included (if applicable) in the four traditional categories.   The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry must report these specific activities within the state to the USDA Forest Service each year, and future funding will be based upon how many communities in our state are participating in these activities.

Interested parties can download the application at the LDAF website by clicking here. If unable to access the application on the website, please contact Whitney Wallace by telephone (225) 925-4500 or by e-mail (wwallace@ldaf.state.la.us).

All applications have to be submitted by 4:30 p.m. September 24, 2010.

 

i-Tree Street Training Workshop -- Hammond LA 9/23/10

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i-Tree Streets Training Workshop
Hammond, LA
September 23, 2010
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What is i-Tree Streets? i-Tree Streets is the environmental services benefit/cost software developed by the USDA Forest Service designed to quantify the structure, environmental benefits, and value of urban street trees. The results from an i-Tree Streets project can be used by natural resource managers and municipal planners for making effective resource management decisions, develop policy and set urban forest priorities.

Who should attend? This workshop is designed for consulting arborists, urban foresters or urban natural resource managers, municipal planners, tree boards, and extension personnel who have the capacity to train others or will provide this service to their customers as a comprehensive forestry assessment.

What you will learn? This workshop will teach you 1. how to set up an i-Tree Streets project step-by-step, 2. the data collection methodology including what data to collect and how to collect them, 3. data entry, 4. generating reports, and 5. how to interpret and use the reports that the application generates.

 

 

 

 

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