September 2018 News to Share
NEWS FROM THE SUFC TEAM
- Save the Date! The 14th SUFC Annual Meeting & Reception will be held on March 6, 2019, in the Washington, DC area. More information to follow. View the presentations and photos from the 2018 Annual Meeting HERE.
- Join SUFC at the 2018 Partners Meeting!! SUFC is pleased to announce its participation in three events during the 2018 Partners in Community Forestry Conference, November 7-8 in Irvine, California. We hope you will join us!! Find the details HERE.
NEWS TO SHARE ~ Federal/Hill News
- Welcome to the New Under Secretary, Jim Hubbard; View the Ceremony
- Secretary Perdue Statement on Senate Confirmation of James Hubbard
- State Foresters Welcome Senate Confirmation of Hubbard
- Under Secretary Hubbard’s “Toward Shared Stewardship Across Landscapes: An Outcome-Based Investment Strategy”
- Farm Bill Contains Provisions that Promote Forest Management
- How the Forest Service Restores Public Lands Now and in the Future
- From the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry: The Guide for State Forest Action Plans
NATURAL DISASTER NEWS ~ HURRICANES
- 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season
- Scientists’ Predictions for 2018 Hurricane Season
- FEMA’s Official Hurricane Florence Page
- Hurricane Florence Brought Havoc across the Carolinas
NATURAL DISASTER NEWS ~ WILDFIRES
- California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board) Updates 2018 Strategic Fire Plan
- California Governor Proposes Easing Logging Rules to Thin Forests, Control Fires
- California Has 129 Million Dead Trees – A Huge Wildfire Risk, but No One Can Afford to Cut Them Down
- Unrelenting Wildfires Take Financial Toll in California
- Controlled Burns Could Reduce Destructive, Out-of-Control Megafires
- Fierce and Unpredictable: How Wildfires Became Infernos
- Blog: The People in National Wildland Fire Management are the Best in the World
CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
- American Planning Association’s Policy and Advocacy Conference Washington, DC, September 23-25, 2018
- International City/County Management Association (ICMA) 104th Annual Conference Baltimore, Maryland, September 23-26, 2018
- NASF 2018 Annual Meeting Whitefish, Montana, September 24-27, 2018
- National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) 2018 Annual Conference Indianapolis, Indiana, September 25-27, 2018
- 38th Texas Tree Conference Waco Convention Center, Waco, Texas, September 26-29, 2018
- International Urban Forestry Conference 2018 Vancouver, British Columbia, September 30-October 3, 2018
- Yale School of Forestry Environmental Studies Will Exhibit at the Idealist Graduate School Fair – Register Now! Washington DC Convention Center, October 1, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
- Yale School of Forestry Environmental Studies Info Session at Washington DC Economic Partnership 1495 F Street, NW, Washington DC, October 2, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
- Sustainable City Network, 11th Annual Growing Sustainable Communities Conference Dubuque, Iowa, October 2-3, 2018
- SAF Pre-Conference Workshop — Women Owning Woodlands Network: Enhancing Connections between Women and their Woods October 3, 2018
- Society of American Foresters, 2018 SAF National Convention Portland, Oregon, October 3-7, 2018
- U.S. Water Alliance Presents “Imagine a Day without Water” Nationwide, October 10, 2018
- National Association of Landscape Professionals LANDSCAPES 2018 Louisville, Kentucky, October 16-19, 2018
- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting & Expo 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 19-22, 2018
- Society of Municipal Arborists 54th Annual International Conference and Trade Show Irvine, California, November 5-6, 2018
- Arbor Day Foundation’s Alliance for Community Trees Day Irvine, California, November 6, 2018
- Partners in Community Forestry Conference Irvine, California, November 7-8, 2018
- National League of Cities 2018 City Summit Los Angeles, California, November 7-10, 2018
- Tree Care Industry Association, Inc. (TCIA) Expo 2018 Charlotte, North Carolina, November 8-10, 2018
- Wildlife Habitat Council Conservation Conference 2018 Baltimore, Maryland, November 13-14, 2018
- ASCA 2019 Consulting Academy Seattle, Washington, February 19-22, 2019
- National Silviculture Workshop Sanford Conference Center, Bemidji, Minnesota, May 21-23, 2019
- 2019 Tour des Trees: Save the Dates (Get Tour Updates Now) Routes through Nashville, Kentucky, and Tennessee, September 15-21, 2019
NEWS TO SHARE ~ National (and International) News
- State Foresters Sound Alarm on Hazardous Fuels at House Subcommittee Hearing
- States, Regions, Cities, and Businesses have Crucial Role to Play in Meeting Paris Agreement Ambitions
- John Kerry Among Further Leaders Announced Ahead of Global Climate Action Summit
- A Partnership for a Sustainable Urban Future
- The Solution to Climate Change is Hiding Underfoot
- Healing Health Care to Heal the Planet
- Working Forests Benefit Our Economy and Our Environment
- 2020 — An Urgent Milestone for the Planet
- Conservationists Find Hope in Using Drones to Monitor, Preserve and Regrow Forest and Wildlife Populations
- Five Ways to Keep Cities Cooler during Heat Waves
- What Can We Do About Concrete Issues?
- A Pediatrician’s Perspective on Climate Change: From Impacts to Imperative
- A New Toronto Skyscraper Will Be Covered in 450 Trees
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NEWS TO SHARE ~ State and Local News
- Washington Timber is Green from the Ground UpB
- agworm Infestation Troubles Omaha-Area Homeowners, Threatens Trees
- Sawfly Outbreak Turning Forests Yellow and Brown in Southeast Alaska
- On the Road with Champion Tree Activist Brian Kelley — Next Stop: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- In Dallas: Planting 1,000 Trees to Help Control Summer Heat
- New State Forest to Open in Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Before These Caterpillars Become Moths, They Unite to Destroy Forests in New Mexico
- In Missouri, Ash Borers Threaten the Tree Population
- In Arizona, Crews on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation Approach Wildfire Prevention with Active Forest Management
- Smokey’s Message Still Applies to Virginia
- 2017 Arkansas Forestry Inventory and Analysis Report Released
- Nebraska Lawmakers to Address Fast-Spreading Tree Problem
- Forestry Has a Big Impact on Northern Louisiana
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer Job Opportunities
- National Association of State Foresters Job Board
- Society of Municipal Arborists Job Board
- Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) Career Center
- Western State Forestry/Council of Western State Foresters Job Openings
- Landscape Industry Careers
- Outside Careers
VIDEOS/WEBINARS/PODCASTS/EDUCATION
- Webinars
- Seattle’s Approach to Street Trees and Sidewalks
- September 25, 2018, 12:00 PM (MT)
- In Case You Missed It — View the Webinar: Arboricultural Biomechanics
- Save the Dates for 2018 Urban Forest Connections Webinar Series — and View Past Webinars
- Save the Dates for 2018 TREE Fund Webinars and View Past Webinars
- Seattle’s Approach to Street Trees and Sidewalks
- Tree Tenders Training®Join thousands of other concerned citizens like yourself. Become a Tree Tender and help increase tree canopy cover in your community. Tree Tenders® is a training program that empowers concerned residents to make dramatic strides towards restoring and caring for the tree canopy in their communities. The course is designed for lay people and experts alike. Become one of the Tree Tenders restoring and tending your part of the forest. Instruction is provided by DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry, in partnership with Penn State Extension, PHS, and other local urban forestry experts. Tree Tenders training includes: Tree Biology, Urban Stresses on Trees, Tree Identification, Tree Pruning and Root Care, Tree Planting Techniques, Community Organizing
- Swarthmore, Pennsylvania September 24 and October 1, 2018, 6:00 PM – 9:15 PM Offered by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Register HERE. For more information, call 215-988-1698.
- Penndel Borough, Pennsylvania September 25, October 2 and 9, 2018, 6:00 PM – 9:15 PM Offered by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Register HERE. For more information, call 215-988-1698.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 3, 10, and 17, 2018, 5:45 PM – 9:00 PM Offered by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Register HERE. For more information, call 215-988-1698.
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania December 1, 2018, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Offered by Tree Pittsburgh. Register HERE. For more information, contact [email protected] or call 412-781-8733.
FUNDING, AWARDS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
- TREE Fund Offers Grant Funding: John Z. Duling Grant
- Application deadline: October 1, 2018
- TREE Fund Offers Grant Funding: Jack Kimmel International Grant
- Application deadline: October 1, 2018
- Community Planning Assistance for Wildlife (CPAW) Accepting Applications from Communities to Reduce Wildfire Risk
- Application Deadline: October 5, 2018
- SFI Grant Program Request for Proposals Process
- Submission deadline: October 9, 2018
- USDA’s Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership Solicits Projects for FY 2019
- Application Deadline: October 19, 2018