July 27, 2015
Hello << Test First Name >>,
Here’s what’s happening in urban and community forestry:
- Cal Fire awards 1st Round of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Grants
- 9% – The California Drought & Landscape Water Use
- Cap & Trade Auction Proceeds Public Workshops
- House Passes the Resilient Federal Forests Act
- Arborist Technician Job Opening – San Jose
- Add the Save Our Water and Our Trees Logo to your website
Thanks for all you do for urban forestry!
Nancy Hughes, Executive Director
California Urban Forests Council
Cal Fire awards 1st Round of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Grants – in case you haven’t seen or heard, the grant awardees were announced recently! This is an historic outcome of the efforts of many over several years time! Congratulations to the recipients and stand by – a new round of grant opportunities should be unveiled this Fall sometime! http://www.fire.ca.gov/grants/Grant-Awardees.php
9% – The California Drought & Landscape Water Use
The facts about landscape water use! – Don Hodel & Dennis Pittenger
Landscape plants (trees, shrubs, groundcovers, lawns, and flowers) and the water they use are under unrelenting attack as the unprecedented California drought enters its fourth year. However, most of these attacks are misguided when one looks at the facts. Read more…!
The State of California invites you to participate in a series of public workshops to provide input on the Draft Concept Paper for the Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds – Second Investment Plan and Draft Funding Guidelines for Agencies Administering California Climate Investments (Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds). The series of public workshops will be held August 3-14, 2015, at seven locations across the State (shown below). In each location, representatives from the Administration will provide an overview of their early thoughts for investment priorities and will hear public suggestions. To learn more follow these link: http://www.arb.ca.gov/investmentplan
SACRAMENTO*
Monday, August 3, 2015 (Afternoon)
*also webcast
FRESNO
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 (Evening)
OROVILLE
Thursday, August 6, 2015 (Evening)
OAKLAND
Monday, August 10, 2015 (Evening)
FONTANA
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 (Morning)
LOS ANGELES
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 (Evening)
SAN DIEGO
Thursday, August 13, 2015 (Evening)
Specific times and locations will be posted on the Air Resources Board’s Auction Proceeds website on July 20th at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/auctionproceeds.
House passes The Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015 (H.R. 2647)
Earlier this month, the House passed The Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015 (H.R. 2647) sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR). The bill supports the goal of ending fire borrowing, which takes federal funds from other management priorities to pay for fighting wildfires when budgeted fire-fighting funds are exhausted. However, American Forests and others join Chief Tom Tidwell, the White House, and many others with concerns over most of the bill’s other provisions. Read more…
Arborist Technician – City of San Jose Department of Transportation. Position manages tree inventory (approx. 20,000) and related programs for the Special Landscape Assessment Districts. Contact [email protected] for the complete job announcement.
Add the Save Our Water and Our Trees campaign logo to your website and marketing materials – click to download!
