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Congratulations to our 2024 Annual Awards Ceremony Winners!
Shining Star: Natalie Lepska
Shown outstanding community service, leadership, and exceptional dedication to improving San Diego’s urban forests.
Sustained efforts or contributions to the urban forest through a 2023 project.
Demonstrated success in promoting the importance of having a healthy urban forest.
A positive attitude, willingness to volunteer, and network with other arborists, municipalities, or organizations.
Outstanding Urban Forestry Climate Equity Program:
City of San Diego
Demonstrates creative solutions addressing urban forestry issues and threats associated with climate change and equity.
Focused on urban greening, cooling, park access, walk able neighborhoods, and/or carbon capture/storage.
Preservation and enhancement of benefits and services provided by urban greening and growth of tree canopy to under-served communities.
Innovative Tree Care Program: Devil Mountain Nursery
Young tree establishment
Urban forest maintenance
Tree risk assessment
Tree watering
Integrated Pest Management
Innovative Urban Forest Education Program: Bayside Community Center and Urban Collaborative Project
Demonstrated excellence in the past year to advance urban forestry education in San Diego County.
Promoted urban forestry through educational materials, workshops, programs, videos, or public awareness programs.
The San Diego Regional Urban Forests Council is an organization aimed at protecting your local Urban Forests. We hold meetings and events, which will be posted here and on our social media platforms. We hope to see you in person soon!
SDRUFC is a member driven coalition of agencies, businesses and educators working to improve our urban forest assets. We promote the benefits of trees for a cleaner, healthier and more prosperous San Diego region.
Our parent organization is the California Urban Forests Council.
What we do:
We serve, inspire and engage community stakeholders by encouraging:
- strong collaborations, partnerships and stewardship
- increase urban forestry awareness and advocacy sustainable public education and policies
- professional training and resource development.
For more information:
Please contact us at SDRUFC@gmail.com