TreeVitalize: Helping Communities Increase Tree Canopy Cover

In recent years, studies have shown that built communities across Pennsylvania have lost tree canopy cover.  Community losses are not just in numbers of trees,  but in the many benefits trees provide.  Fewer trees translates into reduced air and water quality, less energy conservation, and a loss of economic vitality and quality of life.  Learn how the TreeVitalize program works to reverse those losses and helps to revitalize communities across the Commonwealth.   This tree planting initiative has expanded its reach from the Philadelphia Region in 2004 to currently 14 metropolitan regions across the Commonwealth.  Find out more about the grants program that provides financial assistance to municipalities and the Tree Tender program that has trained thousands of volunteers to plant and care for their community trees. 

This first Pennsylvania Community Forestry Lunchtime Webinar is part of a growing series to expand training and outreach opportunities on urban and community forestry topics.

This webinar was developed through a partnership of Penn State Extension, DCNR Bureau of Forestry, and Pennsylvania Community Forests.

Topic:  TreeVitalize: Helping Communities Increase Tree Canopy Cover. 

Presented by Christine Ticehurst, TreeVitalize Program Administrator, DCNR Bureau of Forestry.

Date: February 7, 2012

Time: Noon to 1 pm EST

Webinar URL:     https://meeting.psu.edu/pacommunityforestry  (click on this link or copy and paste it into your browser window).  Login in by registering as a guest (type your name).

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