The Wisconsin Urban Forestry Insider
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SPECIAL EDITION - April 27, 2007 - Happy Arbor Day!
Public Hearing Relating to Grants for Catastrophic Damage to Urban Forests
Devastating winds and tornadoes left a barren landscape in south central Wisconsin during the summer of 2005.
WDNR Photo
The Wisconsin Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, May 1 at 9:00 a.m. at 300 Southeast in the State Capitol on Assembly Bill 36. The bill authorizes the DNR to provide match-free urban forestry grants to communities in catastrophic storm situations.
Wisconsin citizens are invited to attend, testify, register in favor or opposition and/or contact the committee chair to express their opinions on the bill. Please share this notice with others.
If sending comment to the chair, please ask that it be distributed to the committee.
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Senator Mark Miller, Chair
Madison OfficeRoom 409 South
State Capitol
P.O. Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707-7882
Telephone (608) 266-9170 Or (877) 862-4825
Fax (608) 266-5087
Email: Sen.Miller@legis.wisconsin.gov
Also in this issue:
DATCP Secretary Urges Wisconsin Residents to Burn Purchased Firewood
Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Rod Nilsestuen asked Wisconsinites who have purchased Taylors Wood Products, Inc. firewood from a statewide home improvement store to burn the firewood as soon as possible as it may contain the ash-killing emerald ash borer.
Datcp Secretary Urges Wisconsin Residents to Burn Firewood [exit DNR]
It is important to remind citizens that they should be aware of local outdoor burning restrictions and to keep an eye on the potential for fire danger. Burn Responsibly.
For additional information:
EPA Watershed Academy Webcast- May 2nd
The Environmental Protection Agency has released the Watershed Plan Builder , an interactive, Web-based tool to improve efforts by states and local communities in protecting and restoring local water resources. For information on the Watershed Plan Builder please see: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershedplanning/ [exit DNR].
EPA will host a Webcast on the Watershed Plan Builder on May 2, 2007 from 1-2:30 p.m. EDT.
Local watershed organizations, municipal leaders, and others are invited to sign up for these free, on-line Webcast training sessions. Please note that there are a limited number of toll-free phone lines available, so please register early to guarantee your spot! For those that are not able to register for a Webcast, a streaming audio version of the training will be made available after the live seminar for the public to listen to and view.
EPA Watershed Webcast [exit DNR]
About the Insider
The Wisconsin Urban Forestry Insider is intended as a quick networking tool for all people actively working in the area of urban and community forestry, especially in the state of Wisconsin.
Items that cannot wait for our quarterly print newsletter, Wisconsin Urban & Community Forests, will appear here.
The Insider is produced biweekly by the Urban and Community Forestry program of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin. Past issues will be archived on the UF pages on the WDNR web site.
We are happy to accept your suggestions and contributions. Send them to the editor, at Laura.Wyatt@Wisconsin.gov. Or call her: 608/267-0568.
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