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Community Forestry & Sustainable Landscapes NEBRASKA FOREST SERVICE HOW NEBRASKANS BENEFIT: • extensive network of certified professional arborists, arboretums and public gardens and ReTree ambassadors • cleaner, healthier and more attractive communities • hundreds of rural communities dedicating scarce resources to community tree management • significantly reduced costs and management input through use of green infrastructure and development of sustainable landscapes • annual grant availability of approximately $450,000 for public landscaping initiatives and projects The University of Nebraska–Lincoln does not discriminate based on gender, age, disability, race, color, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national or ethnic origin or sexual orientation. Nebraska Forest Service 102 Forestry Hall Lincoln, NE 68583-0815 (402) 472-2944 www.nfs.unl.edu Dr. Scott Josiah State Forester & Director (402) 472-1467 [email protected] Eric Berg Community Forestry & Sustainable Landscapes Program Leader (402) 472-6511 [email protected] The Nebraska Forest Service: Improving peoples’ lives by protecting, utilizing and enhancing Nebraska’s tree and forest resources. KEY SERVICES PROVIDED: • cost-share assistance for community forest and landscape design, installation and management • network development for statewide arboretums and Tree City USA communities • training and professional development for landscape managers and green industry professionals • disaster “releaf” assistance for impacted communities • pest identification, monitoring and control recommendations • development and support for statewide initiatives such as ReTree Nebraska, GreatPlants Program, conservation education and Nebraska Community Forestry Council 2009 Program Impacts: • $338,000 granted to communities • $6.1 million community dollars leveraged from local level • 81 community inventories completed • 146 community forestry and sustainable landscape projects implemented • 6,835 people directly trained or assisted • 6,062 volunteer days invested in program projects • 91 media or news items (print, radio or TV) placed
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Community Forestry & Sustainable LandscapesNEBRASKA FOREST SERVICE
HOW NEBRASKANS BENEFIT:• extensive network of certified professional arborists, arboretums
and public gardens and ReTree ambassadors• cleaner, healthier and more attractive communities • hundreds of rural communities dedicating scarce resources to
community tree management• significantly reduced costs and management input through use of
green infrastructure and development of sustainable landscapes• annual grant availability of approximately $450,000 for public
landscaping initiatives and projects
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln does not discriminate based on gender, age, disability, race, color, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national or ethnic origin or sexual orientation.
Nebraska Forest Service102 Forestry Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0815(402) 472-2944
www.nfs.unl.edu
Dr. Scott JosiahState Forester & Director(402) [email protected]
Eric BergCommunity Forestry & Sustainable
Landscapes Program Leader(402) 472-6511
The Nebraska Forest Service: Improving peoples’ lives by protecting, utilizing and enhancing Nebraska’s tree and forest resources.
KEY SERVICES PROVIDED:• cost-share assistance for community forest and landscape design,
installation and management• network development for statewide arboretums and Tree City
USA communities• training and professional development for landscape managers
and green industry professionals• disaster “releaf” assistance for impacted communities• pest identification, monitoring and control recommendations• development and support for statewide initiatives such as ReTree
Nebraska, GreatPlants Program, conservation education and Nebraska Community Forestry Council
2009 Program Impacts:• $338,000 granted to communities• $6.1 million community dollars leveraged from local level• 81 community inventories completed• 146 community forestry and sustainable landscape projects
implemented• 6,835 people directly trained or assisted• 6,062 volunteer days invested in program projects• 91 media or news items (print, radio or TV) placed
