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		<title>Tree &#8216;Nutrition&#8217; Labels Developed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bloniarz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USDA Forest Service Urban Natural Resources Institute (UNRI), in  partnership with the University of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts  Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) a n d t h e Town o f  Amherst, MA have recently completed a unique public awareness project  that involved the development of ‘Tree Benefits Labels” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Forestry Standards &#8211; Contributors Needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bloniarz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next several months, an international team of contributors will be developing a new tool -  Urban Forestry Data Collection Standards, which will establish an international set of data  collection and reporting standards that can be used in the discipline of  urban forestry and arboriculture. The standards will include research, management and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Papers &#8211; &#8216;Trees, People and the Built Environment&#8217; &#8211; Birmingham, UK &#8211; April 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bloniarz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Call for Papers for the upcoming &#8216;Trees, People and the Built Environment&#8217; &#8211; Urban Tree Research Conference, to be held in Birmingham, UK to be held on 13-14 April 2011 is currently underway.
The upcoming event is being hosted by the Institute of Chartered Foresters and is supported by a wide range of UK professional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Issue of IUFRO-Urban Forestry Update Now Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bloniarz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest version of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Urban Forestry Working Group&#8217;s News Update is available via the web at www.unri.org/iufro.  This issue of the Update features information on a series of upcoming conferences that focus on urban natural resources management and urban forestry.  Additionally, a Call for Papers for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Version of i-Tree Urban Forestry Tools Available</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bloniarz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i-Tree is a state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed software suite from the  USDA Forest Service that provides urban forestry analysis and benefits  assessment tools.  i-Tree v3.0 is an improved version of the suite of  tools driven by two years of feedback from cooperative stakeholders and  the community of i-Tree users.
The i-Tree Tools help communities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Forestry Data Collection Standards Under Development</title>
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		<comments>http://www.unri.org/news/urban-forestry-data-collection-standards-under-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bloniarz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 27, 2010 at the recent International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Conference in Chicago, Illinois, an update on the progress of the International Urban Forestry Data Collection Standards was delivered by David Nowak and David Bloniarz, of the US Forest Service.  During the presentation, the updated timetable for development of Version 1.o of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>e-Learning Webcast &#8211; Citizen Science Montioring &#8211; May 24th</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bloniarz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Citizen Science Monitoring Programs&#8221;
Monday, May 24, 2010, 11:00 AM (Eastern)
with Kate Forrer, University of Vermont/Vermont Urban and  Community Forestry Program
Please plan to join us for a May 2010 UNRI Informational Webcast,  which will present best practices for developing and managing a citizen  science monitoring program (CSM).    This session will highlight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>e-Learning Webcast, Wednesday, March 24th, 2:00 PM (Eastern)</title>
		<link>http://www.unri.org/news/e-learning-webcast-wednesday-march-24th-200-pm-eastern/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unri.org/news/e-learning-webcast-wednesday-march-24th-200-pm-eastern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bloniarz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Emerald Ash Borer Host Mapping Project in Milwaukee: An Applied Model &#8220;
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 2:00 PM (Eastern)
with David B. Sivyer, Forestry Services Manager, City of Milwaukee, WI and Ian Hanou, AMEC Earth &#38; Environmental, Inc., Denver, CO
This webcast will present an overview of the first known successful urban tree classification (ash) utilizing highly  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISA CEU Credits Available for Viewing Webcast Replays</title>
		<link>http://www.unri.org/news/isa-ceu-credits-available-for-viewing-webcast-replays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unri.org/news/isa-ceu-credits-available-for-viewing-webcast-replays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bloniarz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you missed an UNRI Informational Webcast, you can still view the replay of the session, and then complete an online quiz to obtain 1.0 CEU for each webcast session.  This provides an opportunity for participating in the webcast series on your own schedule and still take advantage of the CEU offerings.  Please visit http://www.unri.org/ceu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networks Webcast Replay &amp; Support Resources Posted</title>
		<link>http://www.unri.org/news/social-networks-webcast-replay-support-resources-posted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unri.org/news/social-networks-webcast-replay-support-resources-posted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bloniarz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The webcast session, &#8220;Learning from Social Networks:  A Study in Landowner Decision Making&#8220;, held on Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 1:00 PM (Eastern) with David B. Kittredge, PhD, University of Massachusetts/Amherst is now available for replay or download via the web.  Visit http://www.unri.org/webcasts/archive to access the replay and other resource materals related to the webcast session.

This [...]]]></description>
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