1. Please call (1.) your state senator, (2.) Senate President Thomas
Birmingham 617-722-1500 State House Room 332; (3). Senate Ways and Means
Committee Chairman Stanley Rosenberg 617-722-1481 State House Room
212. And express your support "FOR THE DURAND/FARGO AMENDMENT TO THE FY1998
CAPITAL RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR DEM TO
SUPPORT COMMUNITY TREE-PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE EFFORTS
Again, we need lots of calls very quickly to support funding for urban
forestry in the senate. Senator Durand was not successful in
getting a new
line item in the Senate version of the budget. So Senators Fargo
(Lexington,
Wayland, Waltham, Chelmsford etc) and Durand (Acton, Marlboro, Maynard
etc.)
are pursuing funding for an unknown amount, somewhere between $370,000
'approved' in the House and the full request of $740,000. This
vehicle will
not give us a line item, therefore funding will be a one-time appropriation.
The bill will most likely be taken up on Tuesday so CALL NOW!!!
The funding, as it was in the House proposal will be used for:
* matching grants to municipalities and non-public entities for
tree- planting
*matching grants to municipalities and non-public entities for
tree pruning
*an assessment study to determine storm-related tree damage and loss and readiness planning to better coordinate municipal response to future storms affecting the urban forest
2. Cambridge Tree Project, North Cambridge Stabilization Committee, RCMP Association, North Cambridge Senior Center Concilio Hispano, Cambridge Community Development, and Department of Urban Forestry invite you to a
Tree Walk of
North Cambridge
Sat. June 13
Demo at 9 a.m.; Walk 10-12 a.m.
Meet at Churchill and Massachusetts Avenue
with Larry Acosta, Cambridge City Arborist, our Urban Forester. If
you cannot make a walk in your neighborhood, you are welcome to join other
walks. Walks will include neighborhood tree care demonstration at 9 a.m.
and a tree identification and common problem analysis walk 10-12 a.m.
Sat. March 21 Area 4: Sennott Park on Broadway
Sat. April 4 Strawberry Hill/ Fresh Pond: Red House Huron
& Park
Sat April 18 Agassiz: Playground on Oxford St next to School.
Sat. May 9 Central Square/ Cambridgeport: Meet at Green &
River St.
Sat. May 30 East: Cambridge St. at Sciarappa St.
Sat. June 13 North: Clarendon St. & Park and Massachusetts
Ave
Sat. June 21 Magazine Beach parking lot & Charles River to
Weeks Bridge
Sat. Sept 19 Mid Cambridge
Sat. Sept. 26 Porter Square and Area 9
Sat. Oct.3 Riverside
Sat. Oct. 24 To be determined
Our goals are to teach you to 1.) provide basic care for trees and identify “green teams” around the city who will help care for trees; and, 2.) identify some common trees and tree problems so you can help us be the eyes and ears for our city’s trees. For information, to register for a walk, or to join a green team to care for our street trees or a tree inventory team or to help develop policies and plans to protect and maintain our trees in Cambridge, call 547-1413 or fax 876-8991 or email. Please don’t forget to give us your name, address, telephone number, email if you have it, and interests. Thanks!
3. Please Post: To Artists, Sculptors who work with wood
Select wood for your works of art
Wed. June 3 from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
After the terrible loss of trees from the blizzard last year, Mount Auburn Cemetery, in conjunction with the Cambridge Tree Project cooperated to set up a program to transform the sorrow from this terrible loss into works of beauty. Mount Auburn invites you to choose from the branches and wood in exchange for a small donation to Cambridge Tree Project. This wood is not appropriate for milling or most furniture making.
We will be having selection sessions on the first Wednesdays of the month from 9:30-10:30 a.m. In return we will have an exhibit of the works of art sometime next fall or winter and we just ask that 20% of what you sell the item you make for, goes to pay for the replanting of trees. Just ask the purchaser to make out two checks: one 80% to you and one 20 % to Cambridge Tree Project, which will be used to replant new trees and maintain old ones.
We will hold the exhibit with the help of some local gallery, we will publicize it and we will photograph the collection in memory of your work in helping us all transform sadness into beauty. If for some reason your work doesn’t sell, you are of course not obligated to contribute anything, but we hope you will encourage others to contribute to the replanting of trees and the preservation of our urban forest by contributing to the Cambridge Tree Project.
If you are interested in selecting wood, please Call 547-1413 for directions.1. Send your name, address, telephone number, and fax and email if you have it to Cambridge Tree Project. 2. Please tell us how you imagine you might use the wood. 3. We would also like to receive a brief resume of the work you have done.. Thanks.
4. PUBLIC Meeting: Are you Concerned about the Loss of Open Space and Backyard Open Space? We need your perspective! Tuesday June 9 , 7 p.m. Senior Center at 806 Massachusetts Avenue. Cambridge Tree Project members are working with the City Wide Growth Management Advisory Committee and Cambridge Community Development to develop new zoning proposals which protect trees and the open space they need for growth.
5. Caring for Community Trees: an urban forestry workshop for community
volunteers. Sat. June 13, 8:30- 11:30: Street Tree selection, Partnerships,
Hazard Tree Identification, Forest Management/Conservation and brown bag
lunch. 12:45-3:00 p.m.
Franklin Park Zoo Community Center, Main Gate at Blue Hill Avenue.
Send $5 to Massachusetts Community Foresty Council, 240 Beaver St. Waltham,
MA 02154 or call 1-888-307-TREES. Karen Carmean wants to go; who else from
Cambridge?
6. Cambridge Greenspace/Openspace Alliance meets Wed. June 17 , 57 Inman St ( entrance on Broadway) 3rd floor conference room 7-9 p.m. Join us! Send replay email if you wish to be on the email mailing list.
7. Two community volunteers involved in Cambridge Tree Project were given awards by Cambridge Public Works Dept. at their awards ceremony Thursday May 21. Astrid Dodds for her pedestrian work and Karen Carmean for her tree work.
8. In response to Kathy Born’s request, Cambridge Tree Project is working with Mass Releaf to in the Mass Releaf Memorial Tree Program.
9. Chris Dewart has gotten several bids for tree identification system as part of Cambridge Tree Project’s educational outreach.
10. If you have requests for materials or supplies for Cambridge Tree Project, please contact Karen Carmean as soon as possible. We must submit receipts by the end of the month.
Cambridge Tree Project Calendar:
Wed. June 3 from 9:30-10:30 a.m Wood Selection for Artists at Mount Auburn Recycling Center. Call 547-1413 for directions.
Wed. June 3 and 6: Tree Inventory training and workdays, Manchester by the Sea. Contact Margot Parot 978-526-1525.
Tues. June 9 Open Space Public Meeting 7 p.m. Senior Center at 806 Massachusetts Avenue. 349-4640
Sat. June 13: North Cambridge Tree Walk: Clarendon St. and Mass Ave. demo: 9-10, walk 10-12. 547-1413
Sat. June 13, Caring for Community Trees 8:30- 3:00. Franklin Park Zoo. 1-888-307-TREES. Workshop given for $10 on June 23 in Pittsfield, July 8 in Sturbridge, July 9 in Walpole, and July 16 in Danvers. 1-888-307-TREES.
Wed. June 17 Cambridge Greenspace/Openspace Alliance meets 7-9 pm 547-1413
Sat. June 20 Tree Walk Along Charles River with MDC Ranger Russ Geer 9-12. Meet at parking lot at Magazine Beach.547-1413
Wed. July 8 5-6 p.m. Plant Materials: Fast Growers: Dennis Collins, Mount Auburn Cemetery $8 for non-members. 547-7105
Thurs. July 23 5:30-7:30 p.m. Summer Blooming Trees and Shrubs.
Mount Auburn Cemetery $8 for non-members 547-7105