Lets Honor GREAT Work Together!
2008 Tree Steward Leader Clare Forseth with Governor Douglas and ANR Secretary Jonathan Wood.
Award Categories:
Community: A city or town in Vermont that has demonstrated outstanding commitment to, and achievement in, urban and community forestry.
Practitioner: An individual who, through the course of their professional work, has contributed to the improvement of urban or rural landscapes in a community or who has created or administered a program that has benefited the urban and community forestry initiative throughout Vermont.
Volunteer Group: An organization, team or ad/hoc group who, through their volunteer efforts, has shown outstanding dedication and commitment in introducing or sustaining an urban and community forestry project within their community.
Leader: An individual who, through their services to their community or organization, has shown leadership and dedication in carrying out a community or urban forestry objective.
Youth/Student: Recognition of an individual or group, from elementary to college, who has contributed in a noteworthy way to an activity, publication or ceremony, or has shown continued interest in the advancement of the goals of urban and community forestry.
Your 2010 Vermont Tree Stewards
Practitioner: Jayson Benoit
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Jayson Benoit, Northlands Stewardship Center director of land management. For the past 15 years, Benoit has helped promote forestry education and practices in Northeast Kingdom communities through his work at the Northlands Stewardship Center in East Charleston. He has worked with individual woodlot owners to develop viable forestry plans for their properties and presented a number of forestry-related programs on such diverse topics as exotic forest invasive plants,
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sugar bush management, and Vermont's Agricultural and Managed Forest Land Use Value Program. His work with, and promotion of, the Forest Stewards Guild and Vermont Coverts has been instrumental in advancing good stewardship of Vermont forests. A fifth generation Vermonter raised near St. Johnsbury, Benoit's efforts with the Vermont Land Trust led to the largest private donation of conservation easements in the land trust's history, preserving more than 1,300 acres of forested lands.
Community: City of South Burlington
City of South Burlington. The city was recognized for its outstanding commitment to, and achievement in, urban forestry including its success in passing a special tree ordinance that requires an inch-by-inch replacement for any tree removed within city limits. The city also has completed a detailed tree inventory and management plan and supports a volunteer-run tree nursery designed to supply healthy trees for planting to increase their urban tree canopy resource. South Burlington currently is seeking recognition as a Tree City USA, a program sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service's Urban and Community Forestry Program and the National Association of State Foresters.
Volunteer Group: Corinth Conservation Commission
Corinth Conservation Commission. The commission was selected for a 2010 Tree Steward Award for its continued commitment to beautification of the Orange County town of Corinth through tree planting, including at the local cemetery, and ongoing efforts to control invasive plant growth. In addition, they have worked with local landowners to establish woodland hiking trails for public use and regularly sponsor family-friendly informational hikes and presentations on everything from raptors and bird watching to identifying edibles in the woods.
Leader: Craig Lambert
Craig Lambert, South Burlington city arborist. Lambert was selected for this award for his ongoing support of the TREEage program, which promotes best maintenance practices for urban trees.
The program, now in its fourth year, is a collaborative effort of UVM Extension's Master Gardeners and Stewardship of the Urban Landscape tree stewards program and the General Electric Volunteer Project. In
2008 Lambert worked with the city of South Burlington to establish the TREEage Community Nursery. By 2011 the nursery will be at full capacity with more than 200 trees. He also has conducted forest pest workshops and pruning clinics for volunteers, among other educational trainings.
Youth/Student: Joshua Parker
Joshua Parker, UVM student. For the past six years, Parker has volunteered with Branch Out Burlington! (BOB!), a volunteer tree organization in Vermont's Queen City. Specifically, he has worked with the Community Tree Nursery, which was established more than 10 years ago to provide high quality trees at low cost for planting in public spaces around the city. The UVM junior started volunteering at the nursery while a student at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg. At UVM he set up the Tree Nursery Guild through the Greenhouse, his environmentally oriented dormitory, and recruited more than 20 UVM students, who have volunteered more than 100 hours of their time working at the nursery or promoting BOB! activities.
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We would like to thank Bartlett Tree Experts for their generous sponsorship for the 2009 Tree Stewards Awards Ceremony.
Awards Ceremony
Award recipients will be honored at an Awards Ceremony at the Statehouse in December.
Nomination Information - Nominations are due November 5, 2010
To submit a nomination, provide the following information:
Category:
Nominee information: (Address, Phone, Email)
Nominator information: (Address, Phone, Email)
Supporting information: Include a summary to justify the nomination for that given category. A brief biography is recommended if the entry is an individual.
Danielle Fitzko
Urban and Community Forestry Program
VT Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
103 South Main Street, 10 South
Waterbury, VT 05671
danielle.fitzko@state.vt.us
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Past Recipients
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