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This weekly newsletter contains information related to urban forestry and arboriculture training, research, jobs, and funding in Michigan, nationally and internationally. If you know of an event or opportunity that may be of interest to our partners, please email program coordinator Kevin Sayers.
 Tree planting, care and planning will be supported by a round of community forestry grants awarded by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Urban and Community Forestry Program. The awards, totaling $117,208, were competitively ranked and will benefit projects in Berrien, Ingham, Isabella, Kent, Leelanau, Oakland, Van Buren, Washtenaw and Wayne counties.
See which communities received grants and learn more about the UCF program in the award announcement.
 Ten projects to plant more than 110,000 trees in Michigan school forests were recently featured in the Arbor Day Foundation's online newsletter. Each of the participating schools has developed a Forest Stewardship Plan, a roadmap to help schools sustainably maintain their forests and teach students the importance of healthy trees for clean air and water. The tree planting projects were supported by partner organizations including the Michigan DNR. Read the article on pages 4 and 5 of the Arbor Day newsletter.
 Public comments are being accepted by Dec. 1 for a new forestry standard developed for North American urban and community forests by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative®. The SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard for application in North America will be developed collaboratively with five urban forestry leaders: American Forests, the Arbor Day Foundation, the International Society of Arboriculture, the Society of Municipal Arborists and Tree Canada. Learn more and submit comments.
Nov. 17-18: Partners in Community Forestry
Nov. 19: Urban Wood Network Academy
Nov. 29: Tree risk assessment qualification renewal course
Nov. 30 – Dec. 2: Tree risk assessment qualification full course
Dec. 7: Pesticide Category/Core Review and Update
Founded in 1964, the SMA is an organization of municipal arborists and urban foresters. Its membership also includes consultants, commercial firms, nonprofits, tree boards and others who practice or support a facet of municipal forestry. The organization works to build professional skills and connections, support an industry code of ethics and provide development opportunities for tree-care professionals to result in more sustainable and livable communities. Learn more about SMA and register for training events.
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