Issues
NASF Letter: Velazquez/Serrano/Landrieu/Durbin - Reauthorization of Small Business Tree Planting Program (Jan. 21, 2010)
Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010Assessing Urban Forest Canopy Cover: A Primer for State Foresters
Posted on Monday, December 7, 2009
Urban forests are comprised of trees in residential areas, parks, public areas and along streets and provide important forest cover benefits to cities large and small. This briefing paper prepared by the NASF Urban and Community Forestry Committee provides an overview of several top-down approaches to assessing urban tree canopy cover.
NASF Resolution No. 2009-4: Retiring Out-of-Date Urban and Community Forestry Resolutions
Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009New life for fallen city trees
Posted on Friday, January 9, 2009NASF Letter: Pelosi/Reid/Durbin/Hoyer -- NASF economic stimulus recommendations (December 23, 2008)
Posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2008Survey of state funding trends for urban and community forestry
Posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2008Tree City USA MOU (December 2008)
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008NASF renews Tree City USA partnership with The Arbor Day Foundation
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008USFS Urban and Community Forestry 2009 call for grant proposals
Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2008Arbor Day Foundation honors NKU as "Tree Campus"
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008Northern Kentucky University and the University of Michigan are the first to be awarded the designation of "Tree Campus USA" by the Arbor Day Foundation. Kentucky State Forester and NASF President Leah MacSwords spoke at a press conference and tree-planting celebration Thursday to recognize NKU's forest management program and long-term commitment to keeping the campus green. [More: read NASF's official resolution on Tree Campus USA.]
