The Urban Forestry Index (UFind) is a database of current and historic urban forestry and arboriculture publications and other media that can be searched by topic, author, title, description, or keyword. Through the cooperative efforts of the USDA Forest Service, University of Minnesota, and TreeLink, this database is continuously updated and made available on the web. It is available at http://forestryindex.net.

In response to the devastating 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons, the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has created the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery 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.

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) received 104 pre-proposals in response to the 2007 Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program.

An innovative conference entitled “New Strategies for Urban Natural Resources: Integrating Wildlife, Fisheries, Forestry and Planning” is being planned in Chicago for May 2007.

Bobwhite Quail in Florida: Ecology and Management By William Giuliano, James Selph, and Brandon Schad The bobwhite quail is an important part of Florida's ecosystem and has long been a favorite bird of wildlife enthusiasts and hunters. Until recently, it was a common occurrence to hear their distinctive call or to experience the startling burst of a covey taking flight out of the tall grass. However, changes in land use over the past fifty years have led to dramatic declines in quail populations in Florida and throughoutNorth America.

Wildfires are an important and necessary occurrence in many natural areas of the southern United States, but they also present a risk to homes constructed in, or next to, such areas. All homes are not equally at risk for a variety of reasons. This risk assessment will allow you to determine your particular risk to fire as well as the critical factors that increase your risk and how you can reduce them.

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.