Tree City USA Bulletins (00-R2-11020000-030)

This NUCFAC project produced and distributed five eight-page bulletins that included: How to Reduce Wildfire Risk, Working with Children, Selling Others on Tree Programs, What Ails Your Tree and Trees for Better Streets.

With the support of NUCFAC, five new eight-page Tree City USA Bulletins were produced and distributed:

• How to Reduce Wildfire Risk addresses breaking up solid areas of evergreens, planting evergreens a safe distance from homes, planting fire-resistant shrubs, keeping trees in healthy condition, preventing build-up of leaves and dead branches, and other fire safety issues.

•Working With Children addresses ways to successfully provide direction and training to help children make their own discoveries and project plans. 

•Selling Others on Tree Programs describes how to gain support from elected officials, city employees, businesses, the media, and the public.

•What Ails Your Tree? describes the methods of successfully identifying and treating insects and diseases of widespread concern.

•Trees for Better Streets describes the vision of entries and main streets, shows how green streets can attract people to live, visit or start a business in a community; shows that trees can and should be key elements of streets, and informs people how to work with planners, utilities, and lawmakers to bring this about.

This project involved the:

•Research, writing, illustration, and design of five new Tree City USA Bulletins on five identified current urban and community forestry concerns

•Production and distribution of five new 8-page Tree City USA Bulletins

•Evaluation of the effectiveness and/or usefulness of the five new Tree City USA Bulletins

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Click here to download this Final Grant Report as a PDF

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