TREEmail, an update form the VT Urban and Community Forestry Program
More Trees = Less Crime
UVM Researcher Leads Study

The results of a new study led by Austin Troy, associate professor at UVM's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, showed that a 10 percent increase in tree canopy was associated with a roughly 12 percent decrease in crime. The research published in the journal of Landscape and Urban Planning analyzed the relationship between tree canopy and crime in Baltimore. Learn more


Vermont needs your help! 
Become a Forest Pest First Detector
The emerald ash borer and Asian longhorned beetle are less than 50 miles from Vermont's borders and we need your help with education and outreach, volunteer recruitment, pest screening and preparing your community for a pest infestation. Join a crew of committed volunteers with the Forest Pest First Detector Program.
 

 

The next in-person training will be held on the following dates:

  • Saturday, September 15th, 9:45am-4pm, Castleton Community Center, Castleton, VT
     
  • Saturday, September 22nd, 9:45am-4pm, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Forest Center, Woodstock, VT

Contact Caitlin Cusack, 802.656.7746, to find out how you can be on the front line of defense against invasive forest pests.
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Forest Pest First Detectors in the News

  • Hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA) found in Bennington County by  volunteer Forest Pest First Detector
  • Bracing for the arrival of emerald ash borer, the 'grim, green reaper'
  • Vermont prepares for the arrival of emerald ash borer
  • Newfane added to the list of HWA infested towns

    • Emerald Ash Borer News

    EAB finds its way into New England
    emeral ash borerEAB Found in CT: EAB officially detected in New England
     

    Wasp Watchers Wanted: The EAB specimens recovered in Prospect, CT were from a ground nesting, native wasp - Cerceris fumipennis.
     

    EAB Detection by County Video: Look under Video: New Release


    Community Preparedness:     Steps need to be taken now to prepare. We can help.


    Local Forester to Cycle for Tree Research

    West Rutland's own Duane Dickinson, a Utility Forester at Green Mountain Power, will fundraise more than $3,500 to spend a week cycling 585 miles through Oregon - all in support of tree research. "I'm riding in Tour des Trees to support my life long passion to create healthy tree communities." Learn more


    Buy A Stake in Your Environment
    Featured Website
    CleanWaterFuture.org is helping watershed organizations fund protection and restoration projects using a crowd-funding model. Check it out and perhaps invest in a local project today.

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    Living in Harmony with Streams: A Citizen's Guide to How Streams Work

    In the wake of Tropical Storm Irene, there were lots of questions about how to manage our streams. This handbook describes the natural processes of streams and how human development and actions impact those processes.

     

    Wood Decay in Living and Dead Trees: A Pictorial Overview

    Pioneering research by Alex L. Shigo and his associates has produced a series of pictorial guidelines to provide a better understanding of how trees respond to wounding and subsequent microbial infections that lead to wood decay.

     

    Youth Focus: My City Tree Cares for Me

    Callie moves from the country to town. She is surprised to see lots of beautiful trees.Then she discovers that the big tree in her front yard is very special!

     

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    iTree Design 

    i-Tree Design (beta) allows anyone to make a simple estimation of the benefits individual trees provide. With inputs of location, species, tree size and condition, users will get an understanding of the benefits that trees provide related to greenhouse gas mitigation, air quality improvements and storm water interception. 

     

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    Urban Forestry E-Learning
    Oregon State University will offer its Urban Forestry Course online again this year - scheduled for Fall Quarter, 2012 and Winter Quarter, 2013.     FOR/HORT 350 Urban Forestry is a three-credit college course covering the breadth and depth of the Urban Forestry topic. 

     

     


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    IN THIS ISSUE
    More Trees, Less Crime
    Vermont Needs You
    Emerald Ash Borer News
    Cycling for Trees
    Help Fund Local Projects

    NEW RESOURCE
    Volunteer Recruitment Tool
    The Arbor Day Foundation has launched a new site, ArborDayNow, to match volunteers to community tree planting projects. If you need help recruiting volunteers, try it out and if you need help, let us know.
    CALENDAR 
    Volunteer Appreciation Nights 

    Your passion for Vermont's forests, commitment to their protection and hard work in their stewardship is inspirational. We invite you to an evening soiree at the following locations.
     

    July 31st, 6-8pm

    North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, VT

    We'll learn about why bumblebees are important and what is being done to help save them.

     
    August 7th, 6-8pm

    American chestnut orchard, Perkinsville, VT. We will hear a motivational restoration story of the American chestnut.

     

    Refreshments and mingling to follow. To RSVP, please visit our registration page. Open to all.

     
    Vermont Tree Steward Conference
    October 20th, Vermont Technical College. More details coming soon.

     

    Sacramento, CA. November 14-15.

     

    New England ISA Events

     

    GreenWorks Vermont Events

     

    FUNDING  

    Ecosystem Restoration Grants: Pre-proposals due August 15th. Think about the benefits of trees to stormwater management and water quality.

     

    Let it Rain: A cost share program focused on reducing stomacher runoff within the Lake Champlain Basin through education, demonstration and participation.
    FEATURE TREE 
    Accolade Elm 
     Cornell University Plants Database
    Accolade  and 'Morton' is the cultivar name for the hybrid Asian elm tree that's been named Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) Urban Tree of the Year 2012.

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