United States

Department of

Agriculture

Forest Service

FS-804

September 2004

Urban and 

Community Forestry

Accomplishment

Report, FY 2003
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Executive Summary.............................................................1

Program Overview...............................................................3

Regions 1 and 4, Northern and Intermountain Regions

Regional Overview................................................................5

Idaho ......................................................................................7

Montana.................................................................................9

Nevada .................................................................................10

North Dakota .......................................................................12

Utah .....................................................................................13

Region 2, Rocky Mountain Region

Colorado ..............................................................................15

Kansas..................................................................................17

Nebraska ..............................................................................19

South Dakota .......................................................................20

Wyoming..............................................................................21

Region 3, Southwestern Region

Regional Overview..............................................................23

Arizona ................................................................................24

New Mexico ........................................................................25

Region 5, Pacific Southwest Region

Regional Overview..............................................................27

American Samoa .................................................................28

California.............................................................................29

Federated States of Micronesia: 

Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap....................................30

Guam ...................................................................................31

Hawaii..................................................................................32

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands...............33

Republic of Palau ................................................................35

Region 6, Pacific Northwest Region

Regional Overview..............................................................37

Oregon .................................................................................38

Washington ..........................................................................39

Region 8, Southern Region

Regional Overview..............................................................41

Alabama...............................................................................43

Arkansas ..............................................................................44

Florida..................................................................................45

Georgia ................................................................................46

Kentucky..............................................................................47

Louisiana .............................................................................48

Mississippi...........................................................................49

North Carolina.....................................................................50

Oklahoma ............................................................................51

South Carolina.....................................................................52

Tennessee.............................................................................53

Texas ....................................................................................54

Virginia ................................................................................55

Region 10

Alaska Region .....................................................................57

State and Private Forestry, Northeastern Area

Overview .............................................................................59

Connecticut..........................................................................62

Delaware ..............................................................................63

District of Columbia............................................................64

Illinois..................................................................................65

Indiana .................................................................................66

Iowa .....................................................................................67

Maine...................................................................................68

Maryland..............................................................................69

Massachusetts ......................................................................70

Michigan..............................................................................71

Minnesota ............................................................................72

Missouri...............................................................................74

New Hampshire ...................................................................75

New Jersey...........................................................................76

New York .............................................................................78

Ohio .....................................................................................79

Pennsylvania ........................................................................80

Rhode Island........................................................................82

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Vermont ...............................................................................83

West Virginia .......................................................................84

Wisconsin ............................................................................85

International Institute of Tropical Forestry

Overview .............................................................................87

Puerto Rico..........................................................................88

U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................................91

Earmarks

Overview .............................................................................93

Northeast Pennsylvania Urban Forestry Program ...............94

Chicago Wilderness.............................................................95

GreenStreets ........................................................................96

Memorial Tree Groves in the Southern Region ..................97

Revitalizing Baltimore.........................................................98

Champion Tree Project........................................................99

Forest Preserve, District of Cook County, Illinois ............100

The National Urban and Community

Forestry Advisory Council.............................................101

Contact Information

Washington Office, Urban and Community 

Forestry Staff..................................................................103

Urban and Community Forestry Federal Coordinators.....103

The National Association of State Foresters .....................106