The Council serves in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of Agriculture on the urban and community forestry program.
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, (NUCFAC) announces a new approach and format for the U.S. Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge cost share grant program:
The USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, will soon advertise a GS-12/13 Rural Forestry Program Manager position located in the Cooperative Forestry Unit, State & Private Forestry, the Regional Office, Region 8, Atlanta, GA. The Forester serves as Rural Forest Program Manager for the Rural Forestry Assistance Program, providing leadership, guidance, assistance, and administrative/technical direction throughout the thirteen-state Forest Service , Region 8 area.
The Request for Nominations letter seeking candidates to serve on the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council will be mailed early next week.
An innovative conference entitled “New Strategies for Urban Natural Resources: Integrating Wildlife, Fisheries, Forestry and Planning” is being planned in Chicago for May 2007.
RALEIGH, NC (5 October 2005) - The North Carolina Woodland Owners Association (NCWOA) is a newly-formed organization dedicated to advancing the interests of private landowners within our state. The NCWOA affirms the private property rights of landowners including their right to manage and harvest their woodlands in an economically, ecologically and socially responsible manner. To that end, the NCWOA vigorously encourages the practice of forestry as a means of helping landowners realize greater income, more wildlife, cleaner water, fewer wildfires and healthier forests.
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.
