ED Report February 2020

Executive Director’s Report February 2020 Federal Policy Update – Congress has passed a $32 million budget for urban and community forestry  Forest Service Regional Update – Meeting scheduled for March 11th to discuss U&CF/WUI grant deliverables, met with...

ED report Jan 2020

Executive Director’s Report January 2020 Federal Policy Update – Congress has passed a $32 million budget for urban and community forestry  Forest Service Regional Update – Miranda Hutton has returned to her post but is inundated currently. I’m waiting to hear...

ED Report

Executive Director’s Report December 2019 Federal Policy Update – Congress is reconvening but no updates yet Forest Service Regional Update – Miranda Hutton is on detail in another position through the end of the year.  Stacy Hishinima has been working in...

September ’19 ED Report

September 2019 Federal Policy Update Senator Corey Booker will be presenting legislation soon on a national urban greening effort and job creation. I’ve attached documents on this effort. We need to put some effort into making this a reality! Also, the FS has a new UF...

August ’19 ED Report

August 2019 Federal Policy Update Senator Corey Booker will be presenting legislation soon on a national urban greening effort and job creation. I’ve attached documents on this effort. We need to put some effort into making this a reality! Also, the FS has a new UF...

July ’19 ED Report

July 2019 Federal Policy Update No direct update, however I heard from our Congressman’s Office asking all about urban forestry and carbon. I was able to share things that the Forest Service could not share directly because of limitations on their ability to talk...