In the introduction to this pictorial,
we get to know MFI 2022 grad José
Mireles, an arborist at Cal Poly
Pomona, and we are given a reflection
by Tennessee Urban & Community
Forestry Program Partnership
Coordinator Ashley Kite-Rowland.
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MFI 2022 brought folks together in Bowling
Green, Ohio from September 25-30. The 54
participants included urban foresters, field
arborists, educators, parks superintendents and
public works directors, nonprofit directors and
program coordinators, an urban forestry climate
consultant, and an agroforestry equity coordinator.