The Wisconsin Urban Forestry Insider
An electronic newsletter of breaking news and valuable information for the Urban Forest community in Wisconsin and beyond.
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September 5, 2007
This issue's contents:
In the News
- Space Still Available for Fall Workshops
- ISA Today
- Energy Bill Adopted by House Without Trees Provision
Specifically Wisconsin
Emerald Ash Borer
- Illinois EAB Newsletter Available
- Battle Against Ash Borer Continues -The Daily Herald
- Disreputable Tree 'Experts' On the Prowl in Ohio - Cincinnati.com
Tools For Your Job
- Job Opportunity: Utah Urban Forestry Position
- Job Opportunity: Maine Urban & Community Forestry Program Coordinator
- NeighborWoods Month Photo Contest 2007
Conferences & Seminars
Space Still Available for Fall Workshops
Space is still available, but limited, for DNR Urban Forestry Workshops regarding Tree Risk Assessment and Emerald Ash Borer. Instructors are Dan Traas and Brian Pelot from Ranger Service, Inc.
A series of 14 workshops will be held in 11 locations throughout Wisconsin. Cost is $20.
Tree Risk Assessment Workshops [PDF, 173KB]
ISA Today
Latest updates and information from the International Society of Arboriculture.
Energy Bill Adopted by House Without Trees Provision
Washington, DC (August 4, 2007)- The House passed a wide-ranging energy bill on Saturday that will require most utilities to produce 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar power. President Bush has vowed to veto the energy bill because it does nothing to encourage increased domestic production of oil and gas. The Energy Efficiency Through Trees legislation crafted by Rep. Doris O. Matsui was not introduced.
Gov. Doyle Appoints Preston Cole to Natural Resources Board - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Jim Doyle recently appointed Preston Cole, superintendent of Milwaukee's environmental services, to a six-year term on the state Natural Resources Board. Cole, 46, worked as a forester with the Missouri Department of Conservation before beginning work in 1991 with Milwaukee's forestry department. As environmental services superintendent, Cole supervises a city division with 600 employees responsible for trash collection, snow plowing, recycling and forestry.
He also serves as a member of the commission overseeing the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
Cole Appointed to NRB [exit DNR]
Illinois EAB Newsletter Available
Current information on Illinois EAB efforts are reported in the September issue of the EAB Newsletter.
Battle Against Ash Borer Continues -The Daily Herald
In Illinois three layers of government seek answers to a common enemy that's laid waste to millions of ash trees. State, federal and county municipal leaders look at options to combat the emerald ash borer that included surveillance and natural predators.
Battle Against EAB Continues in IL [exit DNR]
Disreputable Tree 'Experts' On the Prowl in Ohio - Cincinnati.com
Some dishonest tree companies may be preying on Mason, Ohio residents fearful of their trees being infested by the emerald ash borer. The Mason Public Works Department has been receiving calls in recent weeks from residents who are reporting suspicious companies visiting their homes and talking about the bug.
Disreputable Tree Experts [exit DNR]
Job Opportunity: Utah Urban Forestry Position
Utah is looking to fill a new Urban & Community Forester Position in the rapidly growing Southwest area of the state.
Utah Urban Forestry Position [exit DNR]
Job Opportunity: Maine Urban & Community Forestry Program Coordinator
This professional, interdisciplinary position is involved in administering Project Canopy, Maine's community forestry program, with the goal of promoting the economic, environmental, and aesthetic values of community forest ecosystems.
Maine U & CF Coordinator [exit DNR]
NeighborWoods Month Photo Contest 2007
Grab your camera and document urban forestry in action during NeighborWoods Month. Send us your most dramatic, artistic, and heartfelt photographs that capture the spirit of volunteerism through NeighborWoods. If we pick your image, you will win $500. In addition, we will post your winning photo on our website and on future NeighborWoods promotional literature. Photos can be landscape or profile, action or portrait, individual or group, etc. Before submitting, please be sure to read the contest rules.
Deadline is October 31, 2007.
NeighborWoods Photo Contest [exit DNR]
2008 Southeast WI Woodland Owners Conference
The 2008 Southeast WI Woodland Owners conference is scheduled for February 9 at the Country Springs Hotel & Conference Center in Waukesha, WI. For additional information contact DNR forester Randy Cooper at 262-884-2390.
More Conferences & Seminars
For more conferences and seminars check out WDNR's Urban Forest website.
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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