Strafford courities. This fall, training will be added 

 at the Society's headquarters in Concord to include 

 communities in the center of the state. 



In addition to the Steward program, this season's 

 Community Conservation Camp (also conducted by 

 the Society) concentrated on urban and community 

 forestry management. Participants spent nine days in 

 June in hands-on sessions. Designed for students as 

 well as adults, the camp aimed to build a knowledge 

 base and also confidence and leadership skills. The 

 program for these Steward Associates includes fol- 

 low-up community activities with trained stewards. 

 In addition to providing the perfect site for Com- 

 munity Tree Steward training, the Urban Forestry 

 Center in Portsmouth runs weekly educational pro- 

 grams geared to the general public. The Center con- 

 sists of 150 acres of gardens, trails and forestry dem- 

 onstration areas. There is also a library available for 

 use Monday-Friday. It's well worth a visit if you've 

 never been there. 



Dovetailing with the Community Tree Steward 

 program is the Small Business Administration 

 (SBA) Tree Planting Program. Administered in New 

 Hampshire by the Division of Forests and Lands, 

 this cost sharing program is designed not only to as- 

 sist communities in planting trees on public land, 

 but it also aims to funnel money to the small busi- 

 nesses actually doing the work. In 1991, nine com- 



munities received a total of $64,680. Thirty-one 

 grant applications were received for the 1992 funds. 

 Community Tree Stewards can be of great assistance 

 to a town that is putting together plans for a grant 

 application. And once a town has an active tree- 

 planting program, it may be motivated to become a 

 Tree City or apply for New Hampshire's Beautifica- 

 tion Award. In fact, the entire Urban and Commu- 

 nity Forestry Program in New Hampshire is like a 

 big interwoven web. A small amount of enthusiasm 

 in a community might mean an initial contact with 

 the Steward program; an attempt to put in place a 

 long-term tree planting and maintenance plan might 

 draw on the technical expertise of an Extension 

 Educator; a community plan might mean the hiring 

 of local professionals to do some work, or it could 

 mean an application for SBA funds; an active pro- 

 gram might lead to some classes in the schools; 

 then a couple of kids could want to go to camp 

 and give back some time to the community. There's 

 no doubt that an active program tends to engender 

 more and more enthusiasm, and it doesn't take 

 much to get it started. Pretty soon you have some- 

 thing pretty exciting going on. Possible? Probable? 

 Well.. .ask them in Exeter what it's all about. 



Margaret Pratt Hagen is Extension Educator, Agriculture, 

 at Hillsboro County Extension in Milford. She can be 

 reached at (603) 673-2510. ^ 



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