San Diego Regional Urban Forests Council
Creating a cleaner, healthier and more prosperous San Diego by investing in urban trees.
Local, renowned guitar maker Taylor Guitars has partnered with urban wood recycling program Street Tree Revival on a new line of guitars made from reclaimed urban lumber. Taylor executives are very involved with this exciting new joint venture. Check out a couple of their blog posts below:
Making Taylor Guitars with Urban Ash
Seeing the Urban Forest for the Trees
The City of San Diego is planning to abolish the Community Forestry Advisory Board in favor of a 15 member Environmental Advisory Board focused on more wide ranging issues.
This action has been opposed by CFAB members who feel the message and focus on the importance of Urban Forestry will be lost with this larger board.
Councilmember Campbell’s office will be hosting a public workshop to hear concerns and comments about this proposed action.
The workshop will be held January 23 from 6pm-7pm at the Pacific Beach Recreation Center (1405 Diamod St)
Please see below attachments of the proposed change in City Code, Staff Report and the letter of opposition from CFAB
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One CEU will be available for this meeting! Lunch will be included with $20 ticket payment.
11:00am Introductions
11:10am Code revision workshop
12:00pm Lunch Provided
1:00pm Urban forestry updates and announcements
1:30pm Adjourn
The annual awards and holiday celebration was held on Monday, December 9, at the Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant on Mission Gorge Road. The Council recognized local professionals and community members for their local contributions to urban forestry. Please join us in thanking the following for their outstanding work!
Best Innovative Urban Forestry Project – Lumbercycle. Based in National City, this nonprofit organization has been doing awesome work to move forward the urban wood salvage industry and get the material back into the community for people to enjoy! They transport and then mill the urban trees into dimensional lumber, tables and chairs, other furniture, and carvings. More info
Best Arbor Day Event – City of San Diego. The City organized and hosted an impressive event on April 26 in Balboa Park. More than 30 trees were planted by volunteers and Urban Corps. Local businesses and nonprofits offered wood milling demonstrations, Trees for Health Garden Tour, activities for children, and appearances by Smokey Bear and Ms. Smarty Plants. There was a brief program with City officials and another with music—and a good time was had by all! More info
Best Urban Forestry Educational Project – Professional Tree Care Association. The PTCA has organized an annual seminar and field day for many years, attended by more than 100 crew workers and managers. PTCA was organized in 1985 to improve the region’s quality of life and make urban forests safer through education and proper tree care. PTCA has 80 active members, and is to be commended for educating local tree care professionals in the latest arboriculture research and information at monthly meetings and the annual seminar. More info
Best Regional Council Representative – Magen Shaw. In her role as Arborist for Balboa Park, Magen has initiated and implemented projects that have fostered collaboration, planted more trees, helped create the Trees to Treasures Program at Friends of Balboa Park, and trained grounds workers in tree planting and care. Magen participates in the Executive Committee, schedules meeting rooms at City locations for Council meetings, takes time for conferences and professional development, and volunteers as the Council’s representative to the state-wide California Regional Urban Forests Council.
Best Tree Health Program – Bay Terraces. Community-led beautification efforts started in 2010 with organized clean-ups and revitalization of South Woodman Street, a main thoroughfare. Twelve trees were planted from San Diego Gas & Electric’s Cool Shade Tree program, and 27 from the City of San Diego’s “free tree” initiative in 2018. Volunteers water and maintain the trees, which have transformed a pedestrian walkway from an eyesore to a botanical strip drought tolerant plants and trees.
Join us for the annual awards and holiday celebration! The San Diego Regional Urban Forests Council will recognize local professionals and community members for their contributions to urban forestry, innovation, education, Arbor Day, tree health, tree watering, and Council leadership. We’ll learn more about their projects and have a chance to socialize!
Please Register Online whether you plan to pay online or at the door as we need to tell the restaurant how many people to expect.
The ticket price includes a buffet. Alcohol can be purchased at the bar.
The San Diego Regional Urban Forests Council invites you to honor excellent contributions to our urban forest.
Awards will be presented at our annual holiday party: December 9th, 3pm-6pm, at Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant:
Please nominate any people, projects, organizations, or agencies who you think deserve recognition and celebration for their work in San Diego County in 2019 in the below categories.
-Best Innovative Urban Forestry Project
-Best Arbor Day Event
-Best Urban Forestry Educational Project
-Best Tree Health Care Program
-Best Regional Council Representative
Meeting will be held in the Santa Fe Building in Balboa Park, 11:00 to 1:30.This presentation will be followed by lunch and extended announcements. REGISTER HERE $20 includes lunch.
John Mahoney, Urban Wood Supervisor, West Coast Arborists, Inc
Tom Hamilton, Director, Lumbercycle
Chris Mancini, Owner, Pico and Magnolia
Cody Harrison, Project Manager, Tree San Diego
Jeff Nilson, Owner, Nilson Designs
Upcoming ANSI Z133 Safety Standards and Procedures – Bi-Lingual Workshop Series coming to Los Angeles
ANSI® Z133: The American National Standard for Arboricultural Operations — Safety Requirements (Z133) represents the industry standard for performing tree care operations. Because the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) is passionate about promoting safe and efficient work environments within the arboriculture profession, ISA designed the Z133 Safety Standards and Procedures Workshop, hosted by the Society of Commercial Arboriculture (SCA). Students will learn about the incidents that cause arborists the most injuries and fatalities, and become familiar with the Z133 standards that, if followed, could mitigate life-threatening issues.
Throughout the eight-hour workshop, students will engage in a variety of challenging, hands-on indoor and outdoor activities and discussions. Those who complete the workshop will receive CEUs, a copy of the Z133 (free of charge), and a student workbook for future reference.
For more info and to register visit – https://www.sca-trees.org/sca-and-the-z
Balboa Park Club
2150 Pan American Road West
Santa Fe Room
San Diego, CA 92101
This meeting will be held from 11am to 1:30pm
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Presented by:Annette Saul, City of Encinitas Parks Operations Manager.
Chris Kallstrand, Dudek Urban Forestry Specialist.
John Ugrob, City of Encinitas Public Works Operations Superintendent, CPM.
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“San Diegans can get a new tree, free of charge – all you have to do is identify a space in the public right-of-way that could benefit from a new tree and fill out and submit the form below. City horticulturists will evaluate the space and determine an appropriate tree selection.
Once the free tree(s) are planted, we ask that you help the City Water the tree for three years during the tree(s) establishment period.”
Visit https://www.sandiego.gov/blog/free-tree-sd for more info