TREE CITY USA 



What Ls Tree City USA? 



A national award presented to 

 communities throughout the 

 country recognizing their 

 community tree program. 

 How many Tree City USA 

 communities are there in the 

 United States? 

 Approximately 1,500. 

 Which state has the most Tree 

 City USA communities? 

 Ohio, with 135 communities. 

 Hmv many Tree City USA 

 communities are there in Neu' 

 Hampshire? 



1 1 (eleven): C^laremont, Durham, 

 Hanover, Lyme, Dover, Nashua, 

 Plymouth, New London, 

 Wolteboro, Manchester, and 

 Keene. 



How; long has Netv Hampshire 

 participated in the Tree City USA 

 awards program? 



13 (thirteen) years, since 1978; 

 Durham became the first 

 community in 1978. 

 How long have other Neu^ 

 Hampshire Tree City USA 

 communities participated in the 

 program? 



Durham, 13 years; Keene, 12 years; 

 Hanover, 1 2 years; Wolfeboro, 9 

 years; Plymouth, 7 years; 

 Manchester, 7 years; New London, 

 5 years; Dover, 3 years; Lyme, 3 

 years; Nashua, 2 years; Claremont, 

 1 year. 



How can my town become a Tree 

 City USA community? 



The Tree City USA Program is a 

 ■national community improvement 

 project spons<.)red by the National 

 Arbor Dav Foundation in 

 cooperation with the U.S. Forest 

 Service and the National 

 Association of State Foresters. The 

 awards program recognizes towns 

 and cities throughout the United 

 States which meet the standards of 

 the Tree City USA Program. 



Tree City USA has been designed 

 to recognize those communities 

 that are effectively managing their 



community tree resources. Just as 

 important, it is geared to encourage 

 the implementation of local 

 community tree management 

 programs based on the Tree City 

 USA Standards through the 

 professional leadership ot 

 participating State Foresters ot the 

 National Association of State 

 Foresters. Public Law 92-228 of 

 1972 gives the State Foresters 

 authority and responsibility for 

 providing technical assistance for 

 the "protection, improvement, and 

 establishment ot trees ;ind shrubs in 

 urban areas, communities, iind 

 open spaces". 



The Tree City USA Standards are 

 basic. Many communities are 

 already eligible for recognition 

 since, according to the Standards, 

 they: 



1. have a legally constituted tree 

 body (a department, board, 

 commission, or other authority) 

 with statutory responsibility for 

 developing and administering a 

 comprehensive community tree 

 program; 



2. have adopted a community 

 ordinance or statute providing for 

 tree planting and maintenance; 



3. have an active, comprehensive 

 community tree program, supported 

 by a minimum of two dollars per 

 capita public funds; and 



4. have a tormal Arbor Day 

 proclamation by the Mayor/ 

 Selectmen and have a community 

 tree planting each year. 



The award is not simply for pretty 

 trees, but also for the program that 

 makes trees handsome and 

 functional. 



The designation of Tree City USA 

 IS made to communities upon 

 recommendation by the State 

 Forester. Winning communities 

 receive a Tree City USA flag, a 

 walnut-mounted plaque, and signs 

 to place at the community 

 entrances. 



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For funher information about the 

 Tree City USA Program in New 

 Hampshire and applications 

 contact Man' K. Reynolds, State 

 Forester's Office, Division of Forests 

 and Lands, New Hampshire 

 Department ot Resources and 

 Economic Development, PO Box 

 856, Concord, NH 03302-0856. 

 Telephone: 603/271-2214. 

 What is the deadline for Tree City 

 USA award applications? 

 DECEMBER 31, 1991 



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