TREEmail, an update form the VT Urban and Community Forestry Program
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The Town Green Goes Digital
 
The new e-newsletter will be called TREEmail and will allow us to provide you with the same content, just timely and in a new user friendly format. Specifically, the e-newsletter will offer:
  • Easier access to new resources and research
  • Better lead time on calendar of educational events
  • Information about funding and grant opportunities
  • More timely updates on tree pest
Man mulching newly planted treeNEW Tree Planting Grants
$75,000 will be available through the Preservation Trust of Vermont in 2010 for tree planting grants.
Learn more
Local Beetle BusterLocal Beetle Buster 
SOUL Graduate, Bear Scovile, leaves VT to work in Worcester, MA in an effort to stop the spread of the Asian Longhorned Beetle. 
silvacellsMore Sustainable Street Trees  
A new underground soil cell system called Silva Cell is sturdy enough to support sidewalks & heavy equipment above, while housing non-compacted soil below, allowing tree roots to grow freely. Learn More
Witch Hazel FlowerFeature Tree
Hamamelis virginiana - Witch-hazel 
A beautiful native tree that should be considered more for use in the landscape.
Learn more - Connects to UConn's Plant database
Tree Stewards2009 Tree Stewards Awards 
Do you know any tree champions? Let them know you value their work by nominating them for a 2009 VT Tree Steward Award. 
WangariWangari Maathai in Brattleboro
By Helene Henry 
The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Board plants a red maple tree with Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai.
 
 


Plant. Live. Grow

 


TREEmail is brought to you by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program, an initiative of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation in partnership with the University of Vermont Extension. Visit our website, WWW.VTCOMMUNITYFORESTY.ORG. TREEmail is made possible in part by the USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry.
 
IN THIS ISSUE
The NEW Town Green
Tree Planting Grants
Local Beetle Buster
Silva Cells
Feature Tree
Tree Stewards Awards
Wangari Maathai
SOUL TALK 

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  • 2010 SOUL Tree Stewards Course Announced!

  • SOUL Spotlight - Barbara Gameroff

  • NEW: Submitting Hours Online
    • CALENDAR
    Using Trees to Reduce Stormwater Runoff - November 10 & 12
    Find events
     
    FUNDING
    Lake Champlain Basin Program - Local Implementation Grants

    TRY THESE LINKS 

    VT Invasive Exotic Plant Committee

    Northern Trees 

    Trees Are Good

    FORESTRY CENTENNIAL
    PHOTO CONTEST
    Now is a perfect time to get your entry into the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation's Forestry Centennial Photography Contest before the October 31 deadline
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