{"id":7653,"date":"2016-11-21T15:54:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T15:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=7653"},"modified":"2025-04-05T13:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T17:51:16","slug":"nasf-my-tree-in-urban-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/nasf-my-tree-in-urban-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"NASF Makes a Push for Tree Awareness in Urban Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7654 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-14-at-10.55.53-AM-231x300.png\" alt=\"NASF GN Photo\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-14-at-10.55.53-AM-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-14-at-10.55.53-AM-250x324.png 250w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-14-at-10.55.53-AM.png 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/>Both urban and community forests alike are indispensable staples of our ecosystem that we cannot live without. The\u00a0My Tree\u2014Our Forest\u00ae campaign, from The National Association of State Foresters, is an urban and community forestry campaign that aims to\u00a0increase\u00a0public understanding about the benefits that healthy forests offer to communities across the United States and the role that state forestry agencies play in protecting the nation\u2019s urban trees.<\/p>\n<p>For your next outreach event, consider downloading the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stateforesters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/My-Tree-Our-Forest-Fact-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>My Tree\u2014Our Forest\u00ae <\/em>fact sheet<\/a><\/strong><em>,\u00a0<\/em>a free pdf that takes a look at the amazing things trees do for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-489-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana&#8217;s Urban Woodlots<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-490-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Wood and Traditional Wood: A Comparison of Properties and Uses<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-531-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree selection for the &#8220;Un-natural&#8221; Environment<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/resources\/videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planting Your Tree Part 1: Choosing Your Tree<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Video, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-93-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lumber from Urban and Construction-Site Trees<\/a>, The Education Store<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateforesters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association of State Foresters<\/a>\u00a0(NASF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both urban and community forests alike are indispensable staples of our ecosystem that we cannot live without. The\u00a0My Tree\u2014Our Forest\u00ae campaign, from The National Association of State Foresters, is an urban and community forestry campaign that aims to\u00a0increase\u00a0public understanding about the benefits that healthy forests offer to communities across the United States and the role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,53],"tags":[465,466,71],"class_list":["post-7653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-urbanforestry","tag-nasf","tag-tree-awareness","tag-urban-forestry","audience-for-enthusiasts"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 07:55:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7653"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32797,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7653\/revisions\/32797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}