Working with the Media: A Guide for Volunteer Organizations and Commissions
By Pennsylvania legislative act (P.L. 143), approved June 19, 1941, and amended on April 11, 1961, the day designated for Arbor Day is the last Friday in April. The legislature also designated the week of Arbor Day as Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock Memorial Conservation Week. During this week, citizens are encouraged to consider through suitable activities the broader subject of the conservation of natural resources from which the wealth of Pennsylvania is derived.
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NEWS RELEASE
GREENSBURG TREE COMMISSION—Date
CONTACT: JOHN MAPLE, TREE COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, 000-6216
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(NAME OF MUNICIPALITY) RECOGNIZED FOR COMPLETION OF COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROJECT
Since 1991, a nonprofit organization known as the Pennsylvania Urban and Community Forestry Council, which advises the state Bureau of Forestry and provides leadership to a statewide program, has provided over 700 municipalities and volunteer groups in the commonwealth with $1.5 million in grants to plant more than 175,000 trees. Last year, the (city/borough/town-ship) of was one of a number of communities that were awarded a council grant and planted about (number of trees) trees throughout the community.
The Pennsylvania Urban and Community Forestry Council also provides communities with technical assistance through a partnership with Penn State Extension. Extension urban foresters meet with shade tree commissions to help them develop planting projects, implement tree inventories, and perform tree maintenance. In conjunction with Penn State and local organizations, the council sponsors many educational workshops and conferences throughout the year and distributes Urban Forestry News, a free newsletter, and Sylvan Communities, a magazine written by and for council members. Membership in the Pennsylvania Urban and Community Forestry Council is open to all who wish to support the planting and care of trees and natural resources within Pennsylvania communities.
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NEWS RELEASE
GREENSBURG TREE COMMISSION—Date
CONTACT: JOHN MAPLE, TREE COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, 000-6216