The 1990 Farm Bill created the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council to bring together the wide variety of voices raised about a common concern: the present health and future preservation of America's urban treescapes. NUCFAC was founded to synthesize the full spectrum of views into a consistent vision, as a foundation for practical policy on urban forestry.
The National Urban & Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) announces a groundbreaking public forum in Biloxi, Mississippi on June 6, 2007 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. "We want to hear directly from people and communities where urban forests have been hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf region, ice storms in the Midwest, tornados, and other devastating storm events," said Joe Wilson, Council Chair. NUCFAC is using this public input to develop a recommendation to the Secretary of Agriculture to help address this national issue.
These “lessons learned” regarding communicating to the general public about wildlife are drawn from both qualitative and quantitative research conducted on behalf of The International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and The Nature Conservancy by our two firms in 2005. The research included a 1,000-person nationwide voter survey, as well as a series of six in-depth focus groups with voters in Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Arizona.
Titled "The Fire in the East", this article by Extension Forester, David B. Kittredge raises an excellent point about sprawl in the Eastern United States.
WASHINGTON, MARCH 13, 2007-Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced more than $589,000 in federal cost-share grants to eight organizations with urban and community forestry projects nationwide. The approximately $589,000 in funds will be matched by recipient organizations that will contribute an additional $629,000.
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2006-Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today awarded more than $790,000 in federal cost-share grants to 12 organizations for use with urban and community forestry projects nationwide.
Links to web resources launched to coordinate efforts that are underway to evaluate, mitigate and recover from the tremendous effect Hurricanes Katrina and Rita had on the forest resources of the Western Gulf.
This website features research on peoples' perspectives and behaviors regarding nature in the city.
There are three courses scheduled so far in 2007.
A new reference book entitled Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservation and Management provides information, strategies, and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policymaking at the wildland-urban interface.
