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If you are interested in learning
more about trees and are willing to volunteer to help care for
and
maintain the public trees in your town, then Citizen Forester is
for you!
The Cross Timbers Urban Forestry Council (CTUFC) is now
accepting applications for the Citizen Forester 2010 training
class. Participants will receive 36 combined hours of classroom
instruction and “hands-on” field training.
Training sessions will be held at various locations in Fort
Worth from 9 am to 4 pm on six dates tp be determined.
Entering its 5th year, the Citizen Forester program presents a
wonderful opportunity for individuals to become
skilled at planting, pruning, and maintaining trees in an urban
environment. It also provides interested persons with the chance
to get involved with local city and county agencies and help
their community take care of its public trees.
Topics include identification of recommended native and adapted
trees, proper hands-on planting and pruning
experience, benefits of trees, tree risk assessment, conducting
tree inventories, common insect and disease pests of trees, and
other relevant urban forestry topics.
With the skills acquired through the program and through the
guidance of parks and recreation professionals, Citizen
Foresters are making lasting contributions to community forests
throughout North Texas. In exchange for their training, Citizen
Forester volunteers provide a minimum of 25 hours of community
service to their local town, city or county towards projects
that involve trees on public property. Since the program’s
inception in 2006,
Citizen Foresters have proven to be an invaluable resource to
municipalities striving to stay abreast of public tree
management. In a relatively short time period, these dedicated
volunteers have provided thousands of volunteer hours towards:
o Planting trees
o Conducting tree inventories of local parks
o Maintaining the tree inventory of a municipal tree farm which
is used for neighborhood tree planting programs
o Pruning trees growing in street medians and along major
commercial corridors managed by park and recreation
professionals
o Staffing educational outreach and tree give-away events
o Completing urban forestry filing and data entry projects
o Inspecting parade routes for low limbs overhanging the street.
The training class is limited to 25 participants, with each
county in the 17-county Cross Timbers region guaranteed one
slot. There is $50 registration fee upon acceptance into the
program to help pay for related program expenses. Limited
scholarships are available. Participants are also responsible
for out-of-pocket travel and lunch expenses. The deadline to
apply for the program is Friday, January 29, 2010. The
application, training schedule and an informational brochure are
available at www.ctufc.org. For more information, contact
Courtney Blevins.
Serving 17 counties in North Texas, the Cross Timbers Urban
Forestry Council (CTUFC) is a non-profit
organization charged with the mission to “promote programs in
the region to increase interest in urban and
community forestry.” The CTUFC, www.ctufc.org, began the Citizen
Forester program in 2006 with the help of a matching partnership
grant from the Texas Forest Service. The Citizen Forester
program is open to any interested adult within this 17 county
region in North Texas, including Tarrant, Denton, Cooke,
Montague, Clay, Wichita, Archer, Young, Stephens, Palo Pinto,
Erath, Somervell, Hood, Parker, Jack, Wise and Johnson counties. |
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Citizen Foresters in
Action - See what projects Citizen Foresters have
been working on.
Citizen Foresters learning and then
conducting tree inventory at a city park. |
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