<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><i class="">Sent on behalf of Leslie Berckes, Program Manager & Field Coordinator, Trees Forever:</i></div><br class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Leslie Berckes <<a href="mailto:lberckes@TREESFOREVER.ORG" class="">lberckes@TREESFOREVER.ORG</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Spreading the Canopy: Promoting Nature as Key to Healthy Communities</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hello.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I wanted to share the Spreading the Canopy guide with the members of this listserv. The intended audience for the guide is other forestry organizations from across the country to assist them in taking steps to start or deepen their work in making the tree/health connection. Trees Forever (Marion, IA), Friends of Trees (Portland, OR), The Greening of Detroit, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, and the Sacramento Tree Foundation, each completed projects under the Spreading the Canopy program, a U.S. Forest Service funded grant, to help promote nature as key to healthy communities. You can find lessons learned, in-depth case studies, and sample materials from each organization in the Trees Forever Spreading the Canopy guide:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.treesforever.org/Canopy" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.treesforever.org/Canopy</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><img class="" apple-inline="yes" id="E6B6FC94-2FFB-4512-8565-A24024E531F7" height="88" width="104" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D15A92.E992C490"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Leslie Berckes<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 5pt;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">Program Manager & Field Coordinator | Trees Forever<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">(515) 681-2295 |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:lberckes@treesforever.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">lberckes@treesforever.org</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">*****</span><br class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;">Adrina C. Bardekjian, MFC, PhD<br class="">Urban Forestry Researcher, Writer and Educator</span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;">Totten Fellow, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;">USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, </span>New York City Urban Field Station</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">UVR Working Group, Shade Policy Committee, Toronto Cancer Prevention Coalition</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">Board of Directors, Ontario Urban Forest Council</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><a href="http://www.adrina.ca/" class="">www.adrina.ca</a></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><div class=""></div></span></div></div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""></body></html>