It is the mission of the Florida Urban Forestry Council (FUFC) to promote the value, enhancement and sound management of urban forests through leadership, collaboration, guidance, and education.
FUFC Foundational Friday Webinar:
Trees & the Law: Why Tree Replacement Values Differ by Municipality – presented by John Snow & John Harris
Date: Friday, June 26 at 12PM
Content deadline for The Council Quarterly volume 3
Date: June 15, 2026
FUFC Foundational Friday Webinar:
Engaging Private Organizations and Individuals in Urban Greening
🗓️ Date: Friday, April 24th
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM ET
🎙️ Presented by:  Ralph Ariza
Description
Unlock the power of partnerships in urban forestry with this dynamic session on engaging private organizations, community groups, and individuals in urban greening efforts. Learn why public-sector efforts alone aren’t enough—and how to build a strategic, scalable engagement ecosystem that drives real impact. From understanding stakeholder motivations to designing pathways that move participants from awareness to leadership, this webinar offers practical tools to strengthen partnerships, increase participation, and sustain long-term success. Walk away with actionable strategies you can immediately apply in your own community. 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.
FUFC Foundational Friday Webinar:
Is Your Tree Abuse the Same as Mine?
Determining Whether an Abused Tree Shall be Restored or Removed.
🗓️ Date: Friday, May 29th
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM ET
🎙️ Presented by:  John Harris & John Snow
Description
We are continuing to test our research results and our recommendations with our FUFC peer group by presenting more terms and definitions from our Model Municipal Tree Ordinance for Florida project. This session focuses on two terms that are key to the health and structure of our urban forests in Florida communities. Protecting trees from abuse and requiring industry standards for maintenance. This is as basic as it gets for why to have tree protection codes. Related to what is or is not Tree Abuse is the determination of whether a tree is Effectively Destroyed in codes that use that term. Let’s discuss the use of these terms and some of the conflicting decisions being made about prescribing restoration versus deciding that removal and replacement is the single action to prescribe.
Please let us know what urban forestry projects you have going on in your neck of the woods. The Florida Urban Forestry Council would greatly appreciate the opportunity to share your information in our newsletter. These articles can include:
New trends in the industry
News about tree advocacy groups
Volunteer projects
City tree programs
Letters to the Editor
Questions for “Stump the Forester”
We look forward to hearing from you on this or any other interesting topic related to the urban forestry industry and profession. Please send any articles or ideas to the FUFC newsletter editor. Thanks for contributing!
