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Oregon Department of Forestry Urban and Community Forestry

  • Join a city tree board!
    Tualatin_Arbor_Week2011.jpgQ: What's a tree board, and what does one do as a member of a tree board?
     
    Tree Boards are sometimes called “Tree Advisory Committees” or “Tree Commissions.” Tree Boards perform any number of services for a city or community, but activities may fall into four general areas:
            • raising public awareness and public education about the value of trees;
            • serving as a technical advisor;
            • helping work on city tree care codes;
            • and, advocating for trees.
     
    Some tree boards are more active than others, but on average require no more than 2-3 hours of volunteer time per month.
     
    While one city’s tree board may be primarily focused on tree planting projects and organizing Arbor Day ceremonies, another may concentrate on helping craft a management plan or tree ordinance for the city's trees. Still another tree board might help the city organize and promote Heritage Tree programs, and conduct fun and informative "tree walks" for the public.
     
    Each of the Oregon Tree Cities USA have a Tree Board of some sort; if your city is not already a Tree City USA, consider starting a Tree Board in your town by contacting your mayor or city manager.
Community Forestry Publications & Other Resources
Trees and their benefits... 
 
Have you ever paused to admire a flowering cherry in the spring, or the brilliant hues of a quaking aspen or bigleaf maple in the fall? We may not stop to appreciate trees very often, but maybe we should, because the trees in our communities provide us with many more benefits than simple aesthetics. 
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Did you know you live in a forest?
Ask most people this question and they will often answer no...at first. That's because when most people think of a forest, they think of expansive acreages of trees like those in National Forests, tree farms or in some of our National Parks. These are the forests where the trees outnumber people, where you can often hear yourself breathe, and in whose streams salmon spawn. However, there is another type of forest we often overlook.
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Events & Training
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Publications
The ODF Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Program has a wide assortment of online publications, printed materials and videos available to the public. Materials include items produced by ODF, Oregon State University Extension, the U.S. Forest Service, and other state forestry agencies.

Some of our more popular links include:
Additional resources of interest
There are many websites of interest to people in the urban forestry movement. The following links are some of the most often used by urban foresters, citizen activists, natural resource professionals, and others.
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