FUFC Events for Q1 of 2026
FUFC Committee Workshops
January 14, 2026 – Virtual
https://fufc.org/calendar/
WEBINAR: Watering the Roots of the Future Industry and Engaging Schools
FUFC and Project Learning Tree (FL-PLT)
January 30, 2026 – Virtual
See description below
FUFC Executive Committee Meeting
February 11, 2026 – Virtual
https://fufc.org/calendar/
WEBINAR: Trees & The Law – Tree Risk Assessment Standards
FUFC Foundation Friday Webinar
February 27, 2026
See description below
FUFC Committee Workshops
March 11, 2026
https://fufc.org/calendar/
CONFERENCE: Urban Forestry Institute (UFI) – Virtual
March 12 & 13, 2026
https://fufc.org/urban-forestry-institute/
Project Learning Tree: Watering the Roots of the Future Industry and Engaging Schools
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM ET
🎙️ Presented by: Emily Blum, Project Learning Tree
Join the Florida Urban Forestry Council for this one-hour Foundational Friday webinar focused on helping urban forestry professionals connect with teachers, schools, and students around Green Careers. Learn how Project Learning Tree (PLT) bridges education and industry through hands-on, standards-aligned resources that bring real-world environmental careers into the classroom.
Participants will gain practical strategies for school engagement and leave with a ready-to-use PLT activity they can immediately implement during classroom visits, career talks, or outreach programs.
What You’ll Learn
- How Project Learning Tree resources support Urban Forestry and Green Career education
- Effective strategies for engaging teachers, schools, and students
- Practical outreach approaches for classroom visits and career talks
- How to implement a PLT activity to support student engagement and career awareness
Who Should Attend
- Urban forestry professionals
- Municipal staff and arborists
- Educators and informal environmental educators
- Outreach, education, and workforce development professionals
- Anyone interested in promoting Green Careers and youth engagement
Reporting and Enforcing Within FS163.045 2026 Update and Future
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM ET
🎙️ Presented by: John Harris and John Snow
Tree Risk Assessment in Florida focuses on how to meet the requirements, the shalls and shoulds, stated in the current version of FL Statute 163.045. With years of experience meeting the terms of this statute, we all should be able to understand what it says for both the reporting professionals, CAs and LAs, and when applicable and credible, for review by municipal Code Compliance and other relevant staff requesting and reviewing Tree Risk Assessment reports written for FS163.045 allowed tree removals.
We will review the key terms, discuss terms to help us better understand what is and is not a compliant Tree Risk Assessment in field work and fora report, municipal codes written to be compliant (legal concurrency) with FS163.045, example reports to highlight professional practice that meets ethics, and that do not, and have time for Q&A about these topics.
