| Recent IAA News |
 Kris
Medic is the featured "At-Home Gardener" in Garden
Gate Magazine's
February 2009 issue. Her article is titled "Garden Smarter". |
Mayor Jim
Brainard presents Citizens for Greenspace with the 2008 Awards
of Excellence for Community Trees - September 15, 2008
Carmel was named the national
runner-up in the Small City Category for its Urban Forestry
Program. As part of this honor, a grant in the amount of
$25,000 was given to Citizens for Greenspace from The Home
Depot Foundation. The funds will be used to plant more
street trees.
Five national winners were
selected by an independent advisory committee comprised
of experts in the fields of urban forestry, environmental
science and sustainable community development. Carmel was
announced the runner-up in the small cities category with
a population less than 100,000 at the U.S. Conference of
Mayors 76th Annual Meeting in June.
Carmel is committed to improving
the quality of life for citizens, and increasing the role
trees play to help enhance the community. Carmel's Urban
Forestry program has planted 42,685 trees between 1995
and the present, and has been honored with several tree
awards: TREE CITY USA for 14 consecutive years and a Tree
Growth Award for 12 consecutive years from the National
Arbor Day Foundation. Citizens for Greenspace is instrumental
in Carmel's Urban Forestry initiatives by assisting in
the coordination of the annual Arbor Day celebration and
volunteering for tree planting activities throughout the
year. |
Burney
Fischer – Article
in Science Daily Magazine
If
A Street Tree Falls ... What Does It Take To Make Sound
Policy? |
 Congratulations
to Harvey Holt who
received the R. W. Harris author's award at the International
Society of Arboriculture Annual Meeting
on July 27, 2008 in St. Louis. |
City of INDIANAPOLIS,
INDIANA Municipal Forest Resource Analysis
This
analysis combines results of a citywide inventory with benefit--cost
modeling data to produce four types of cinformation on the
city-managed ROW tree resource. (Report) |
Lindsey
Purcell with Rupert Bonham and Tim Womick
Arbor Day 2008 – on You
Tube - More |
June 21, 2008, Indianapolis
Business Journal
Forestry specialists and arborists work 14-hour days to keep up with
sky-high demand in central Indiana
If there's
a silver lining to high winds and torrential rain,
it can be found in the bank
accounts of companies called upon to clean up the mess.
For the dozens of tree cutting, trimming and hauling
firms that fill up seven pages in the local Yellow Pages,
the storms of late spring came at just the right time. (more) |
Joel Dryden, Michael Ranniger,
Sean Rock, and Bret Uppencamp have been named this year's
recipients of the 2008 Excellence in Arboriculture
Award.
This award, sponsored by Vine
and Branch, Inc. recognizes student achievement at
Purdue University in urban tree care and/or planning.
The award recognizes the ability of the students to
apply classroom theory to real world situations. The
award includes a cash prize along with recognition
on a permanent award plaque in the Forestry Building
at the University. |
(May 2008) City of INDIANAPOLIS,
INDIANA Municipal Forest Resource Analysis
A study sponsored by INDY Parks and the CUF program determined that trees
are worth $5.7 million a year to Indianapolis. (Report) |
