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Want to be an Urban Landscape Steward?2014 SOUL training is right around the corner

Tree Stewards at the recent Tree Steward Conference listening to Bill DeVos ofTree Works talk about, you guessed it, trees!

Big changes are in store for this year's SOUL Tree Steward Program!The course prepares participants to become stewards of the forestin which they live by covering topics from tree identification,biology and planting to resource assessment, landscape design andconservation planning. NEW this year, the course will consist of aseries of four evening classes and two Saturday hands‐on sessions.Also,we will be offering a $10 discount to participants who aresponsored by their community. Experience for yourself or helpsomeone from your community experience the soul of VTUCF andbecome part of an invaluable community forestry network of morethan 400 Vermonters!  2014 Course Dates Announced: March 19 through April 26Four Wednesday evenings: 5:30pm‐8:30pmTwo Saturdays: March 22nd and April 26thLocations:The course will be offered at the following locations ‐Berlin, Burlington, Middlebury, Springfield and St Johnsbury.Sessions will be held simultaneously using a combination ofdistance technology and on‐site instruction. Saturday sessions willrequire travel.Learn More ‐ Register Now

Pining for Trees on Cold Winter Nights?Join us for our Winter Webinar Series!

This winter, we'll offer monthlywebinars to keep you updated on the

IN THIS ISSUE

2014 SOUL Course

Winter Webinar Series

Tree Stewards Awards

Ash Awareness Week

Meet A Tree Steward

Growing Works of Art

Fall Student Projects

FUNDINGOPPORTUNITYCOMMUNITIES CARINGFOR TREE CANOPYVTUCF will once againbe offering $40,000 ingrants. These grantsoffer communities seedmoney to help care fortree canopy by takingnecessary actions todevelop a sustainablecommunity‐wide treeprogram. They allow formultiple programcomponents (planning,planting, maitenance) tobe merged into onegrant applicationto provide flexibilityand to act on more thanone program element ata time.Grant documents willbe available on 1/20and applications aredue 4/11.Learn more

A NEW ADDITIONTO VTUCF FAMILYTREE (sort of)

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2013 VT Tree Steward, SueLovering, sets up an EAB 'singlessite' of EAB look a likes to drawattention to the issue. Will EAB

will be joining the webinars too? 

Practitioner, DavidSchneider, teaching

pruning.

latest research, opportunities andthreats to the urban forest. Webinarswill run the third Wednesday of eachmonth and last an hour. You do nothave to be a SOUL Tree Steward toparticipate; however, these webinarsare designed to support the networkof tree stewards around the state.CEU's available for ISA, SAF andpesticides.  

Fun with Wood Decay FungiJanuary 15th, 7‐8pmPresenter: Isabel Munck, Forest Pathologist, USDA Forest Service  Planning for EAB: Stories from Around the StateFebruary 19th, 7‐8pmPresenters: Caitlin Cusack, VTUCF and Nancy Patch,Franklin/Grand Isle County Forester, Dept. of Forests, Parks andRecreation with representatives from other communities.   Don't forget our growing list of archived webinars ‐ the best part ‐you can watch them when you want.Learn more and sign up!

Vermont Tree Stewards Honored Exceptional volunteers, practitioners and communities Each year, the Vermont Urban & CommunityForestry Council sponsors the Vermont TreeSteward awards as a way to recognize VT'scommunity tree champions. "They understand thebenefits trees provide and recognize that thesebenefits are maximized through careful planningand active stewardship," says David Raphael,Chair of the Council.   VT's 2013 Tree Steward Award Recipients Leader: John Snell, MontpelierCommunity: Village of Essex JunctionVolunteer Group: Hartford EAB Preparedness GroupYouth/Student: Nick Trapeni, RutlandPractitioner: David Schneider, RutlandUnsung Hero: Sue Lovering, JohnsonDedication and Service: Roland Payne, Cabot     

 Read More 2013 Tree StewardsSue Lovering Awarded Unsung Hero Tree Steward Award Nick Trapeni Recognized as VT Student Tree Steward of the Year  Hartford Won't Let EAB Get the Best of Them 

Help us promote our pASHion Become a sponsor of VT's first Ash Tree Awareness Week!

This winter, EliseSchadler will be joiningthe VTUCF as the newoutreach professional.Elise has held a jointposition between UCFand UVM's RubensteinSchool of Environment &Natural Resources since2012. Raised in themidwest, she discoveredher passion for urbanforestry as anAmericorps member andwent on to direct a treeprogram in Camden, NJbefore moving toVermont. She receivedher M.S. in NaturalResources from UVM andis excited about this newopportunity to fullyengage with three of hervery favorite things:trees, community, andVermont.

CALENDARJanuary & FebruaryComplete StreetsWorkshopsVT Local Roads ProgramVarious locations. February 13GreenWorks WinterMeeting and Trade ShowBurlington, VT  March 19 ‐ April 26SOUL Tree StewardTrainingVTUCF. Variouslocations. March 24 ‐ 26TRAQ: Tree RiskAssessment QualificationBurlington, VT

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Windham County Forester, BillGuenther, measures

Vermont's Champion white ashtree in Westminster. Learnmore about VT's Big Trees. 

Tim is celebrating finishingcollecting data on 663trees along 33 streets.

Can you tell your ash from your maple?If you answered yes, then you're in theminority. It turns out most peoplecannot identify an ash tree and,therefore, have no idea what sort ofimpact an invasive exotic insect such asthe Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) will haveuntil it's too late. This event will focuson the trees to show Vermonters howprominate ash trees are in the state fromstreet trees to woodlands.Experience shows that the morepeople that understand the impact, the

more engaged they will become.  VTUCF and partners will sponsor a week‐long statewide Ash TreeAwareness Week during the week leading up to Arbor Day (April 27‐May 3) in order to:

Celebrate and recognize the valuable contributions of ashtrees.Continue to raise awareness about the impacts of EAB.

Help us promote our valuable ASHets! Learn more

Meet A Tree StewardColchester Tree Champion, Tim Moran Upon completion of the SOUL Tree Steward course, Tim Moranchose to fulfill his 20‐hour volunteercommitment by conducting a shade treeinventory for the Town of Colchester inconjunction with VTUCF. Although thetown had developed a Street Tree MasterPlan in 2001, that plan primarily addressedspecifications for tree plantings in newdevelopments as well as recommendationsto replace trees or improve plantings alongexisting roadways. However, as no treeinventory had been conducted previously,there was no solid basis for recommendingcertain tree varieties nor had anyonestudied the overall picture to determine predominant species inspecific neighborhoods and whether different species of treeswould be better suited, depending on planting location,susceptibility to diseases and insect pests and other factors. Lack ofan inventory also meant that few ordinances have been put intoplace (other than state statutes) to protect or manage the town'strees, especially along residential streets, or to restore areas wheretrees were cleared to make way for development.Read More  Become a SOUL Tree Steward. Classes start March 19th.

VTUCF and NE‐ISAMore details soon.  March 31Municipal Day atNational Life: A day ofworkshops for VTs localgovernment officials.Montpelier, VTANR More details soon.  April 22 & 23Raising the Bar: GreenStormwaterInfrastructure Planningand Design.South Burlington, VTMore details soon.  April 27 ‐ May 3Ash Tree AwarenessWeek. A celebration ofVT's vital ASHets.  

May 2Arbor Day. What are youdoing? Vermont Forest PestFirst Detector Training Willmington VTMay 179:30am‐5pm  Essex, VT, Date TBD,9:30am‐5pm Vermont WoodlandsAssociation Events American PlanningAssociation Webcasts EPAs GreenInfrastructure Webcasts

RESOURCESStorm Damage Resourcesfor Trees and Forests The Green InfrastructureInitiative just released aseries of Low ImpactDevelopment (LID) infosheets.

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Photo credit: Walter Poleman

Growing Works of Art ContestEntries due February 28th 

VTUCF is offering a funopportunity to engage students ingrades 1‐8 to learn about trees. Thiscontest, 'Growing Works of Art,' ismeant to enrich students'knowledge about Vermont's treesand provide them with anopportunity to author what willbecome a set of trading cards to becollected by students across thestate. This year's contest will

celebrate ash trees ‐ species Fraxinus ‐ an important species inboth Vermont's woodlands and developed landscapes. A highlyinvasive forest pest, emerald ash borer (EAB), while not currentlyfound in Vermont, threatens our state's estimated 150 million ashtrees.  

For more information about the Growing Works of Art contest,examples of past contest winners and instructions on how to submitentries, click here.

Students Learn through DoingOver 275 UVM Students Engage in Urban Forestry this Fall UVM continues to be an ally inhelping the VTUCF to provide supportto communities to maintain,understand, and care for trees. Thisfall semester, eight courses includeda community service‐learning projectwith a focus on urban trees;additionally, three paid internshipsprovided opportunities for motivatedstudents to take the lead on an urbanforestry project.  Highlights include:

200+ freshmen in NaturalHistory & Field Ecology takingdata on the health andcomposition of Burlington'surban forest for the VermontMonitoring Cooperative;An intern coordinating an effort involving four separatecourses to better understand the ecological, cultural, andeconomic value of eight VT village greens and the trees onthem;Ash tree inventories in Essex Junction and Richford and anash tree tagging event in Burlington (see the Burlington FreePress article here); andThe development of a new curriculum about how trees canprovide energy‐saving benefits, sponsored in part by theVermont Electric Power Company

Low ImpactDevelopment

ConservationDevelopment

Minimize SoilCompaction

Minimize TotalDisturbance

Protect Natural WaterFlows

Protect RiparianBuffers

Protect Sensitive Areas

StormwaterDisconnection

Reduce ImperviousSurfaces

StormwaterDisconnection

 

FEATURE TREEThe Society of MunicipalArborists have selectedtheir 2014 Urban Tree ofthe Year: Parrotiapersica 'Vanessa'

FOREST HEALTH

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For more information about how students might be able to helpyour community achieve its urban and community forest goals,contact Elise.Schadler@uvm.edu. 

QUICK LINKSAbout usLibraryStaffUrban & Community Forestry Council 

  

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