News of the Week
06/26/2017

​Upcoming Events

• The Municipal Forestry Institute (MFI) - October 15-20, 2017. Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.
• Save The Date! - 2017 MNSTAC Field Day - August 17th, at the UFORE Nursery on U of M St. Paul Campus
• Greater & Greener 2017: Parks Connecting Cities, Cultures, and Generations - Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, July 29 - August 2, 2017
• Host City Project Based Internship Application - August 1, 2017

 
Grants & Funding & Papers

• New Partners for Smart Growth conference submission deadline - Friday, June 30th
• TCIA - Arborist Safety Training Institute - Workshop Grants - Deadline August 15, 2017

 
Webinars

• i-Tree Online Workshop: What's New with Landscape - June 26, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
• NUCFAC Highlights: Cultivating and activating a natural infrastructure workforce - July 19, 2017 | 1:00-2:15pm ET
• Drought and Urban Forests - July 25, 2017 1:00 pm Central / 2:00 pm Eastern (90 minutes duration)
• Urban Forest Connections Webinar Series - Ongoing, multiple dates
• Using i-Tree to Assess the Public Health Value of Trees - August 24, 2017 12:00 pm Central / 1:00 pm Eastern

 
Articles, Research, Reports

• Might Be An Ash? - a free phone app to help homeowners quickly ascertain whether their tree may be a potential target for EAB. 
• The latest issue of the i-Tree newsletter 
• A new version of Treesearch - with an improved search, a mobile-friendly design, and new features to help you find Forest Service research publications 
• The Latest The Morton Arboretum’s Plant Health Care Report - June 23, 2017
• The latest Illinois Urban Wood Update - May, 2017
• The videos presentations from the EAB and UNL Urban Wood Utilization Workshop
• Current Urban Field Station Topics - Spring 2017 | ISSUE #2 
• For Urban Foresters, Citizen Involvement Builds More Than Data Sets - Landscape Architecture Magazine

 
Jobs

• Cloquet Forestry Center Research Forester - University of Minnesota
• Forestry and Natural Resources Specialist - City of Eden Prairie
• GIS / Natural Resources Technician - Plan-It Geo, LLC 
• Tree Inventory Technicians (2-3 positions) - Plan-It Geo, LLC: One based in Maryland and one in Colorado. 
• Full Time Marketing & Communications Associate - Nebraska Forest Service
• Forestry positions including State UCF Coordinator - Hawaii
• SMA Job Board
• MSA Job Posts

 

MNSTAC Events Calendar

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General Membership Meetings

Two regular business meetings of the entire general membership of MnSTAC are held on the third Thursday of February and September of each year. These meetings provide an opportunity for members to interact with the MnSTAC Board of Directors and provide input relative to the fulfillment of MnSTAC’s constitutional purposes and development of consensus opinions, policies and reports put forth by MnSTAC. 

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