Urban Tree Council Plans Virtual Meeting Next Month
Published Date: 5/1/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council is holding a virtual meeting on May 16, 2025, to plan and improve how cities and towns care for their trees over the next ten years. Anyone interested can join online or share their thoughts by May 12, 2025. This meeting helps guide funding and actions that support healthier, greener communities nationwide.
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Council will shape 10-year plan and grant criteria
The Advisory Council will develop a national ten-year urban and community forestry action plan (preparing the 2027–2037 plan), evaluate and report annually on that plan to the Secretary, and develop criteria and submit recommendations to the Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost-share Grant Program. This work is intended to guide funding and actions that support urban and community forestry nationwide.
Public can attend and comment on May 16 meeting
You can join the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council's virtual meeting on May 16, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. If you want to speak, you must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 12, 2025; written public comments will be accepted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 12, 2025 (the notice also states written comments may be submitted up to 5 days after the meeting).
Reasonable accommodations available for meeting access
The meeting location is ADA-compliant and the USDA will provide reasonable accommodations such as sign language interpretation or assistive listening devices if requested in advance; contact information and phone numbers are provided for accommodations.
Equal-opportunity rules apply to committee appointments
Equal opportunity practices in accordance with USDA policies will be followed in all membership appointments to the Advisory Council.
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