USDA Forest Service Seeking Nominations to Fill National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
The Council serves in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of Agriculture on the urban and community forestry program.
Nominations for the following positions that will serve from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2008:
q Person representing forest products, nursery, or related industries;
q Person representing academic institutions with an expertise in urban and community forestry activities; and
q Person who is not an officer or employee of any governmental body who is a resident of a community with a population of more than 50,000 as of the most recent census and has expertise and has been active in urban and community forestry.
Nominations to complete the two years remaining in a vacated position. This position will serve from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2007.
q Person representing a national non-profit forestry and conservation citizen organization.
Nominations to complete the one year remaining in two vacated positions. These positions will serve from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006.
q Person representing city/town government;
q Person who is not an officer or employee of any governmental body who is a resident of a community with a population of less than 50,000 as of the most recent census and has expertise and has been active in urban and community forestry.
To enable us to reach as many and diverse a number of nominees as possible, please give this letter wide distribution as appropriate. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Suzanne M. del Villar, Executive Assistant
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 1003, Sugarloaf, CA 92386-1003
Phone: (909) 585-9268 Fax: (909) 585-9527 E-Mail: sdelvillar@fs.fed.us or delvr@charter.net
NUCFAC Home Page: http://www.treelink.org/nucfac
Visit the encyclopedia of urban forestry "TreeLink" at http://www.treelink.org
Visit the "Community Trees" national ad campaign at http://www.communitytrees.org
Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Web Site: http://www.fs.fed.us/ucf/
Forest Service Cooperative Forestry Web Site: http://www.fs.fed.us/cooperativeforestry/
