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Idaho Community Trees is a news bulletin from the University of Idaho and the Idaho Department of Lands-Community Forestry Program.

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Honors to Two Idahoans Dedicated to Trees

(Photo left) Ken Koch, representing the City of Ammon, is this year’s winner of the Legacy of Leaves Award. This honor is presented by the Idaho Nursery and Landscape Association (INLA) to the community that utilizes their Arbor Day Grant to accomplish the best project.

(Photo right) Karen Haskew, Coeur d’Alene’s city forester since 1988, received the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture’s Municipal Arborist Award last October at the organization’s annual conference.

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Coordinator's Column

Advisory Councils Joining Forces -
  The new Idaho Lands Resource Coordinating Council ...

      My summer 2010 column discussed the recently completed Idaho Statewide Forest Resource Strategy, now called the Idaho Forest Action Plan (FAP). FAP identifies key threats to and benefits from forests in Idaho – from Main Street to mountaintop – and strategies to address these issues with our forestry assistance programs. These programs include: Urban and Community Forestry, State Fire Assistance, Forest Stewardship, Forest Health, and Forest Legacy.
      In the past, these programs have operated independent of each other, even when issues on which they focus overlap and transcend the boundaries of cities and surrounding forestlands. Wildfire risk, forest health threats, and potential benefits to air and water quality are examples of these. Integrating efforts between programs on such issues is a key strategy of FAP, as it increases efficiency of limited staff and resources and leads to improved forest health.
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Current Issue

WEB LINK: Idaho Community Trees - Issue 61 - Winter (PDF format)

Topics in this Issue include:

› Coordinator's Column: Advisory Councils Joining Forces – The new Idaho Lands Resource Coordinating Council - by David Stephenson, Community Forestry Coordinator

› Honors Awarded to Two Idahoans Dedicated to Trees

› Join the Planning for Idaho’s 2012 Arbor Day

› Signs vs. Trees in Idaho Falls

› ALERT! Possible Funding for Open Space

› 2012 Events Calendar

› Nampa’s Dog Park a Howling Success

› Tree Tip - Celebrate Arbor Day

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