Invest from the Ground Up: Trees First, Wood Next
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Connect with municipal arborists, urban forest managers, urban wood enthusiasts, landscape design professionals, planners, and non-profits from across California for this unique educational and networking experience.
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CEUs FOR DAY ONE: 4.5 CTM | 3.0 BCMA-M | 1.5 BCMA-P
DAY ONE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14
VIRTUAL COFFEE: WELCOME & LOGISTICS
NANCY HUGHES — California Urban Forests Council
WELCOME FROM THE US FOREST SERVICE
SHERRY HAZELHURST — Director, State Private & Community Forestry, Region 7
MIRANDA HUTTEN — Acting National Urban & Community Forestry Program Manager, State and Private Forestry
Underutilized Species for the Future of Urban Wood and the Urban Forest
PRESENTATION OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD
The Carbon Cycle: Adventures of a Carbon Atom from the Dawn of the Earth to the Year 2200.
LIGHTNING ROUND WITH Q & A PANEL:
DWAYNE SPERBER — Wudeward Urban Forest Products
Trees deserve a better ending
Established in 2017, the Urban Wood Network (UWN) is a national, membership-based association dedicated to the urban wood industry. From a Midwest perspective, learn how UWN is rising as the voice of the urban wood industry across the country. The Urban Wood Network believes that our trees deserve a better ending. The more we all proclaim the essential qualities of living urban and community trees, the better we become at bringing those beneficial, healthful characteristics into our built environments through the use of urban forest products. Trees first. Wood next.
JENNIFER SZELIGA — Sacramento Tree Foundation, Urban Wood Rescue
SCOTT ALTENHOFF — City of Eugene, Urban Forester
PRESENTATION OF CALIFORNIA URBAN FORESTRY AWARDS
Shifting the Climate Narrative — The Real Power of People
Nancy Hughes, CaUFC’s executive director, interviews author Richard Louv reflecting on the following:
“To a great extent this convening is reflecting on climate change, the role urban forestry plays, and the life cycle of urban trees as it relates to not only quality of life for communities, but the carbon cycle and the services trees provide, including a second life once the trees have died and are removed. With that as background, this interview will reflect on the role those who work in these fields play in addressing these issues and the contributions they are making every day toward the change that is required. We often lose sight of how our individual and collective efforts are truly changing things.”
PRESENTATION OF CALIFORNIA URBAN FORESTRY AWARDS
What is the Urban Wood Network?
Introduction to Urban Wood Standards & Certification
PRESENTATION OF CALIFORNIA URBAN FORESTRY AWARDS
PANEL: URBAN WOOD POLICY & PROGRAMS PANEL, INCLUDES Q & A
Panel lead by Mike Palat. Learn from early adopters of an urban wood recycling policy. You will learn of innovations in strategic planning and tangible ways you can implement an urban wood recycling policy.
PRESENTATION OF CALIFORNIA URBAN FORESTRY AWARDS
THE FUTURE OF URBAN FORESTRY IN CALIFORNIA – POTENTIAL, PROPOSALS, AND PREDICTIONS.
John Melvin and Walter Passmore will provide an overview of recent developments in funding and legislation that will influence urban forestry programs throughout the State.
JOHN MELVIN — Staff Chief, CAL FIRE Resource Protection & Improvement
WALTER PASSMORE — State Urban Forester, CAL FIRE Resource Protection & Improvement
CEUs FOR DAY TWO: 1.5 CTM | 1.5 BCMA-P
DAY TWO: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15
UPDATE: GROWING GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS WITH CAUFC
NANCY HUGHES — California Urban Forests Council
VIRTUAL TOUR:
A tour of Street Tree Revival with John Mahoney.
VIRTUAL TOUR:
A tour of Deadwood Revival Designs, with Danny Torres.
VIRTUAL TOUR:
A tour of the Urban Salvaged & Reclaimed Wood store led by Jennifer Alger.
Q & A WITH VIRTUAL TOUR GUIDES:
DANNY TORRES — Deadwood Revival Designs
INSPIRATION:
The Value of Community Forestry
Location
Online Event
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