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The strong partnerships established through the NEPA UCFP have brought together shared resources and expertise. All potential grantees are encouraged to discuss their grant proposal with program administrators or technical support advisors before formal grant submission. Contact information is listed below for Program Administrators and Technical Support Advisors. Links to partners, resources, academic institutions, and downloadable resources are also listed.

Program Administration - top of page -

Rachael Billingham Forest Program Specialist Rural & Community Forestry Section PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry 400 Market Street, RCSOB 6th floor Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552 Phone: (717) 783-0385 Email: rbillingha@state.pa.us Lynn Conrad Program Administrator NEPA Urban & Community Forestry Program Keystone College, PO Box 1636 LA Plume, PA 18440-1099 Phone: (570) 945-8099 Email: nepaurbanforestry@keystone.edu Donna Murphy Technology Transfer Specialist USDA Forest Service, State & Private Forestry, Mid-Atlantic Center Keystone College, PO Box 1466 LA Plume, PA 18440 Phone: (570) 945-8095 Email: dmmurphy@fs.fed.us Phillip Rodbell NA Forest Service Liaison USDA Forest Service Northeastern Forestry Service 11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200 Newtown Square, PA 19073 Phone: (610) 557-4133 Email: probell@fs.fed.us Benjamin Tresselt President, Pennsylvania Community Forests 110 Longbend Beach Road Hopewell, PA 16650 Email: btresseltjr@pennswoods.net

Technical Contacts - top of page -

Bernie Dincher Technical Specialist Certified Arborist 687 Cemetery Road Williamsport, PA 17701 Phone: (570) 323-1234 Fax: (570) 323-4506 Email: dinchertree@sunlink.net          totallytrees@chilitech.net Vinnie Cotrone, Urban Forester Penn State Coop. Extension 16 Luzerne Avenue West Pittston, PA 18643-2817 Phone: (570) 825-1701 Email: vjc1@psu.edu Brad Elison, District Forester PA DCNR, Bureau of Forestry 101 Penn Ave. Samters Bldg. Rm 401 Scranton, PA 18503 Phone: (570) 963-4561 Email: Belison@state.pa.us Bill Pencek Natural Resource Agent Wyoming County Penn State Cooperative Extension 71 Hollowcrest Rd., Suite 2 Tunkhannock, PA 18657 Phone: (570) 836-3196 Email: bpencek@psu.edu Jim Kessler Service Forester DCNR, Bureau of Forestry County Office Building Montrose, PA 18801 Phone: (570) 278-4600 ext. 270 Email: jkessler@state.pa.us Mary Baker Service Forester Stroll Natural Resource Center RR5, Box 5030 Towanda, PA 18848 Phone: (570) 265-9845 Email: marybaker@state.pa.us

Partner Links - top of page -

Pennsylvania Community Forests www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/pucfc/index.html PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us Penn State Cooperative Extension www.extension.psu.edu NEPA Tree Association www.patrees.org Keystone College - Watershed Atlas www.atlas.keystone.edu USDA Forest Service, National Program www.fs.fed.us USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry www.na.fs.fed.us USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry Morgantown Field Office www.fs.fed.us/na/morgantown/index.html

Resource Links - top of page -

National Arbor Day Foundation www.arborday.org/programs/ucf Common Trees of PA www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/commontr International Society of Arboriculture www.treesaregood.com Tree Link www.treelink.org Tree Care Industry www.treecareindustry.org PennScapes www.pennscapes.psu.edu/pennscapes Pennsylvania - Delaware Chapter of ISA www.penndelisa.org Society of Municipal Arborists www.urban-forestry.com/mc/page.do American Society of Consulting Arborists www.asca-consultants.org Society of American Foresters (SAF) www.safnet.org American Association of Landscape Architects www.asla.org Western Center for Urban Forest Research wcufre.ucdavis.edu Smart Growth PA www.smartgrowthpa.org Anti Tree Topping Campaign www.patrees.org Invasive Species www.invasiveplants.net

Academic Institutions - top of page -

Penn State University College of Agricultural Sciences www.cas.psu.edu Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania Flora Database www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/plantinformation2.html Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute (Structural Soils) www.hort.cornell.edu/department/faculty/bassuk/uhi University of Florida - Planting Trees in Landscapes by Dr. Ed Gilman www.hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/planting University of Washington - Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry by Dr. Kathleen Wolf www.cfr.washington.edu/research.envmind/transportation.html University of Illinois, Human-Environment Research Laboratory www.herl.uiuc.edu

Downloadable Resources - top of page -

How to Prune Trees www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/howtos/ht_prune/prun001.htm Bartlett Tree Experts Fact Sheets www.bartlett.com/i200.cfm?group=FactSheets Bring Life to Your Community Plant Trees Logo Campaign communitytrees.org/downloads/logos.html Penn State Ornamental Disease Fact Sheets www.ppath.cas.psu.edu/EXTENSION/PLANT_DISEASE Where are all the Cool Parking Lots? www.wcufre.ucdavis.edu/products/coolparking.pdf Missouri Anti-Topping Campaign http://agebb.missouri.edu/hort/meg/archives/v8n12/meg2.htm Planting Trees in Designed and Built Community Landscapes www.nh.gov/dred/divisions/forestandlands/reference/documents/community_landscape.pdf

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