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Re: TH: Burning Questions ...
Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 15:09:23 -0600 (MDT) ----------------------------
From: Scott Golden <sgolden@vth.colostate.edu>
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Continuing on to the broadest definition of community forestry,
on the Front Range of Colorado the USFS considers any public
forestland within 100 miles of a major metro area to be classified as
such. That includes a vast amount of National Forestland that the
management plan is directed towards aesthetics and recreation.
Regards,
Scott Golden
On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, RT Ellsberry wrote:
> Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 20:52:33 -0700 ---------------------------------
> From: Julian Dunster <jdunster@bigfoot.com>
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> RT Ellsberry wrote:
>
> >
> > Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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> > Greenings Tree Folks -
> >
> > After running this list for a couple years, I'm starting to
> > run out of burning questions myself (of course new ones do
> > keep coming to mind :) ...
> >
> > We have a number of new subscribers here on Tree-House, bringing
> > our current listeeship to well over a hundred. If you new folks
> > are hoping to learn something new about caring for trees from our
> > crack technical crew, let us know what it is: Flowering and
> > Pollination, Tree Physiology, How to acquire your favorite or
> > native varieties, Funding or organizing your Community Forestry
> > group, Coping with droughts, pests, diseases or local ordinances --
> > including endangered and historic trees, What's the latest on
> > Blight-Resistant American Elms, etc. We especially like to hear
> > about your own personal experiences working for the trees in your
> > own hometown. One of the more philosophical issues which has been
> > emerging lately is having to deal with 'popular psychology' --
> > excessive pruning of trees, overuse of herbicides and the like,
> > when well-intentioned good neighbors may be bettering their
> > communities while putting at risk their community forests. This
> > forum is not exclusively intended for urban forests (street trees),
> > but current reports from inner cities confirm that tree stewardship
> > is having very positive effects solidifying and beautifying diverse
> > neighborhoods -- in a healthful way and at comparatively low cost.
> >
> > Thanks for listenin,'
> > looking forward to your replies ...
> > Richard@Flora.Com
> > -------------------------+----------------------+----------------------
> > Richard Tryzno Ellsberry | FloraList Operations | Baltimore USDA Zone 7
> > -------------------------+--(http://Flora.Com)--+----------------------
>
> Richard:
>
> One of the main fallacies about urban forests is that they are solely
> the street trees in our cities. A theme often repeated at last week's
> 4th Canadian Urban forests conference in Halifax was that the urban
> forest is all of the trees, including those in parks, ravines, along
> riverbanks and creeks, and other environmentally sensitive areas, as
> well as the street trees and trees on private lands. Together, they make
> up the urban forest. Each component is important and forms one part of
> the overall picture.
>
> In the Dictionary of Natural Resource Management (UBC Press 1996 ISBN
> 0-7748-0567-6) urban forestry is defined as " A specialised form of
> forest management concerned with the cultivation and management of trees
> in the entire area influenced and / or utilised by the urban population.
> It includes trees on streets, in parks, on private property, as well as
> watersheds."
>
> Keep up the good work.
> Cheers
>
> Julian Dunster
> Bowen Isdland
>
>