Staff from the Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) ecently traveled to Portland, Oregon to showcase Frederick County watershed forestry projects at the 2009 Partners in Community Forestry National Conference, sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation and The Home Depot Foundation. The annual conference was attended by more than 300 participants and presenters.

Bryan Seipp, Watershed Manager with CWP and MCWA partner, converses with fellow presenters at the 2009 Partners in Community Forestry National Conference in Portland, Oregon. (Photo taken by the Arbor Day Foundation Conference Team)

CWP's powerpoint presentation- Urban Watershed Forestry and On-going Efforts in Frederick County, Maryland- is currently available on the Arbor Day Foundation website. Click here to access the presentation.

CWP also recently offered an Urban Watershed Forestry webcast that introduced participants to various urban watershed forestry tools and featured two guest speakers: Cindy Blain, Greenprint Relations Director for the Sacramento Tree Foundation and Heather Montgomery, Community Restoration Coordinator for Frederick County Division of Public Works. Cindy discussed her Foundation's regional approach to Urban Tree Canopy goals in California, while Heather discussed the Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) Greening Initiative and the school district's progress towards its 20% tree canopy goal. CWP will post the archived webcast on here in the near future.

For additional Urban Watershed Forestry resources developed by CWP, please visit www.cwp.org or www.forestsforwatersheds.org.