Just a reminder - our Community Forestry grant applications are due March 22. You can find our webinar recording, grant applications and guidelines all at our website.
 Bowdoin - Bowdoin's Sustainability Office has been working hard to achieve Tree Campus certification from the national Arbor Day Foundation.
To earn Tree Campus status, Bowdoin must meet five benchmarks: submit a budget with tree- and landscape-related expenses (done), form an advisory board (in process), commit to making a tree-care plan (done), create a service-learning project that engages the student body, and celebrate Arbor Day.
On Arbor Day 2022, fifteen students showed up at the Bowdoin Organic Garden to help plant two organic dwarf D'Anjou pear trees. "They were so excited," Associate Director of Sustainable Bowdoin Keisha Payson said. "One student even suggested that we make tree planting part of senior week." Read more...
 Pew - Cities need to plant more trees. But not just any trees.
As communities prepare for a massive influx of federal funding to support urban forestry, their leaders say the tree canopy that grows to maturity 50 years from now will need to be painted with a different palette than the one that exists today.
“You need a tree that’s going to survive the weather of today and the climate of the future,” said Pete Smith, urban forestry program manager with the Arbor Day Foundation, a Nebraska-based nonprofit that supports tree planting and care.
Forestry experts say trees are critical infrastructure that can help cities withstand the effects of climate change by providing shade, absorbing stormwater and filtering air pollution. But to do that, the trees themselves need to be resilient. Read more...
 WETA - Forest Her is an exploration of the historical roles women have provided to their communities through scientific forest management. From the perspectives of private forest landowners, professional foresters, citizen foresters, and a groundbreaking conservation trailblazer, these women are planting trees and inspiration for a healthier planet for today and tomorrow. Watch now.
Bark Bits
USFS boosts nursery infrastructure through IIJA investments
Scientists tangle over ‘wood wide web’ connecting forests and fungi
Collaborating to bring carbon markets to family forest landowners
Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program Guidance now available
The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program will provide grants to states, local governments, tribes, and territories to develop and implement plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollution. Section 60114 of the Inflation Reduction Act provides an investment of $5 billion to support efforts by states, municipalities, air pollution control agencies, tribes, and groups thereof to develop and implement strong, local greenhouse gas reduction strategies. This two-staged grant program provides funding of $250 million for noncompetitive planning grants, and $4.6 billion for competitive implementation grants.
The CPRG program is designed to provide flexible support to states, local governments, tribes and territories regardless of where they are in their climate planning and implementation process. Planning funds can be used to update existing climate, energy, or sustainability plans, or to develop new plans. Visit this website for more information.
Mar 11 - Mt Joy Orchard Pruning Workshop, Portland
Mar 12 - Winter Tree Identification Walk - Otisfield
Mar 22 - Project Canopy Grant Applications Due
Mar 24 - A Review of Recent Spruce Budworm Activity in Maine
Mar 30 - 2023 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference, Augusta
April 5 - Forestry Rules of Maine, Old Town
April 6 - Forestry Rules of Maine, Wilton
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