City of Vancouver Urban Forestry Commission

Urban Forestry Commission Neighborhood Liaison List

This letter is a reminder of the Urban Forestry Commission's continuing commitment to its Susan Sanders partnership with all of Vancouver's neighborhood associations. We serve the community Chair by assisting in the development of policies and programs for managing the urban forest, the City's natural infrastructure. We developed a partnership with you to become more Susan Law effective in communicating these opportunities and the services we may provide, such as: Vice Chair

Clif Barnes  Educating the public on the benefits of trees, Melissa Johnston  Identifying participants for the NeighborWoods Program, Ben Joner  Assisting in the incorporation of urban forest and trees in neighborhood action plans, Dylan Saito Assisting in the writing and implementation of grants for tree planting or management, Chuleana Wheeler   Reviewing and responding to citizen feedback on application of the Street Tree Ordinance and Tree Conservation Ordinance,  Expanding the Heritage Tree Program to include worthy candidates in your

neighborhood,  Providing public outreach with basic tree care and tree selection information for citizens,

 Achieving other objectives as identified in the Vancouver Urban Forestry Work Plan.

For more information, please contact your neighborhood’s Urban Forestry Commission

liaison (current assignments are listed below).

Susan Sanders; 360 314-4899 Arnada, Carter Park, Central Park, Esther Short, Fruit Valley, Hough, Lincoln, Northwest, Rose Village, Shumway.

Dylan Saito; [email protected] Burnt Bridge Creek, Cimarron, Columbia Way, Countryside Woods, East Mill Plain, Hudson's Bay, Marrion, Parkside, Parkway East.

Susan Law; 406 270-7470 Burton Evergreen, Burton Ridge, First Place, Forest Ridge, Landover-Sharmel, Old Evergreen Hwy, Riveridge, Lewis and Clark Woods.

Clif Barnes; 360 907-0312 Columbia River, Evergreen Shores, Fisher’s Creek, Fisher's Charles Ray Landing East, Mountain View, Northfield, Village at Fisher's Landing, West Minnehaha. Urban Forester

Public Works Chuleana Wheeler; 360 947-4912 Dubois Park, Edgewood Park, Evergreen Highlands, Department Father Blanchet Park, Harney Heights, Hearthwood, Northwood, South Cliff, Vancouver Heights. 415 W 6th St P.O. Box 1995 Melissa Johnston; 206 240-0725 Fourth Plain Village, Image, Kevanna Park, Vancouver, WA 98668 Maplewood, Meadow Homes, Northcrest, North Image, Oakbrook, Ogden. (360) 487-8328 TTY: (360) 487-8602 Ben Joner; [email protected] Airport Green, Bella Vista, Cascade Highlands, WA Relay: 711 Cascade Southeast, Ellsworth Springs, Fircrest, North Garrison Heights, Riverview, Fax (360) 487-8305 Wildwood.