City Trees

September/October 2014

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ÌÞÊ/Àiià 0ARTNERS 5PDATES 3TATE #OORDINATORS 4REES ARE #OOL x IN 2HODE )SLAND CZ5FF+BZ#PVESFBV6SCBOBOE$PNNVOJUZ'PSFTUSZ1SPHSBN$PPSEJOBUPS3IPEF*TMBOE%FQBSUNFOUPG&OWJSPONFOUBM .BOBHFNFOU1IPUPTCZ3PCJO&OPT )N 2HODE )SLAND LIKE MANY OTHER STATES THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMMUNITYLED GROUPS AND NONPROFITS THAT HAVE A PASSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND MANY THAT LOOK TO BETTER THE WORLD THROUGH PLANTING TREES ) WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THE 2HODE )SLAND 4REE #OUNCIL WHICH STRIVES TO PROVIDE OUR STATES CITIZENS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS FOR THE CARE AND PLANTING OF TREES )N AT THE URGING OF THE STATE FORESTER A GROUP OF SINGULARLY FOCUSED CITIZENS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS FORMED THE 2HODE )SLAND 5RBAN AND #OMMUNITY &ORESTRY #OUNCIL 2)5#&# 4HIS WORKING GROUP DEVELOPED A SPECIFIC SET OF ORGANIZATIONAL BYLAWS A BOARD OF DIREC TORS STRUCTURE AND A MISSION STATEMENT THAT REMAINS UNCHANGED TODAY 4O CREATE HEALTHY URBAN AND COMMU NITY FORESTS WHICH UNDERPIN THE STATES VERDANT ECOLOGICAL TAPESTRY TO SUPPORT ITS VIBRANT ECONOMY AND TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF ALL 2HODE )SLANDERS "Y 2)5#&# HAD AMASSED A LOYAL FOLLOWING IT APPLIED FOR AND WAS GRANTED NONPROFIT C STATUS AND THE ORGANIZATION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CHANGE ITS NAME TO THE 2HODE )SLAND 4REE #OUNCIL 2) 4REE 4REES !RE #OOL h4REES ARE #OOLv IS THE MANTRA OF THE 4REE #OUNCIL THE FOREMOST CITIZEN ADVOCACY GROUP SPEAKING FOR 2HODE )SLANDS TREES 7ITH HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS AND AN ACTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE 4REE #OUNCIL PARTNERS WITH COMMU NITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN 2HODE )SLAND TO BRING ITS CITIZENS EDUCATION AND AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANT BENEFITS OF TREES )T ALSO MAKES A PALPABLE DIFFERENCE BY PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES THROUGHOUT THE STATE 7ITH 2OBIN %NOSS LEADERSHIP AS VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND *OHN #AMPANINI FORMER 0ROVIDENCE #ITY &ORESTER AS TECHNICAL ADVISOR WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND THE 4REE #OUNCIL IS EQUIPPED TO HANDLE REQUESTS AND CONCERNS FROM CITIZENS RANGING FROM FERTILIZATION AND HERBICIDE PROCEDURES TO PROPER TREE PRUNING AND SITE SELECTION 4HE (ELEN 7ALKER 2ALEIGH #HAMPION 4REE 0ROGRAM 4HE (ELEN 7ALKER 2ALEIGH #HAMPION 4REE PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE 4REE #OUNCILS CORE PROGRAMS 4HE COLLEC TION OF 2HODE )SLANDS hBIG TREEv MEASUREMENTS DATES BACK TO A RECORD MADE ON -ARCH BY *OHN " (UDSON OF A BLACK OAK IN 7ARWICK 2) -ANY INDIVIDU ALS HAVE KEPT TABS ON SIGNIFICANT 2HODE )SLAND TREES OVER THE YEARS )N THE 2HODE )SLAND $IVISION OF &OREST %NVIRONMENT APPLIED FOR FUNDING FROM THE 7ALD 'RANT PROGRAM OF THE 2) .ATURE #ONSERVANCY AND THE 2) .ATURAL (ISTORY 3URVEY TO FORM A COHESIVE #HAMPION 4REE PROGRAM 7ITH THIS BACKING AND CURRENT FUNDING AND GENEROUS SUPPORT BY THE (ELEN 7ALKER 2ALEIGH "IG 4REE #ARE 4RUST MANAGED BY THE 2HODE )SLAND &OUNDATION A GROUP OF FIELD EXAMINERS WAS DISPATCHED TO CONFIRM AND REMEASURE MANY OF THE CHAMPION TREES AND INVESTIGATE NEW NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED BY BIG TREE HUNTERS THROUGHOUT 2) 4ODAY THE #HAMPION 4REE PROGRAM HAS OVER UNIQUE TREE SPECIES CATALOGED THAT ARE BIOLOGICALLY OR HISTORICALLY NOTABLE 4HE 4REE #OUNCIL MANAGES THIS CATALOG INVESTIGATES NEW FINDINGS AND TRAINS CITIZENS ON HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND MEASURE THESE SIGNIFICANT TREES 4HE PROGRAM WAS POPULARIZED BY A SERIES OF ANNUAL CALENDARS AND NURTURED BY AN EXTENSIVE BOOK LET THAT SHOWS AMONG THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF BEAUTIFUL ÀiÊÌ>Ê£äääÊ,`iÊÃ>`iÀÃÊ>ÛiÊLiiÊÌÀ>i`Ê>ÃÊ/ÀiiÊ-ÌiÜ>À`ðÊ

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