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Fiscal Year 2017 Ohio Urban Forestry Statistics Chief Boyles, Robert Assistant Chief Lane, David Deputy Chief Assistant Chief State Forests & Fire Management Balser, Daniel Guess, Greg Urban Forestry Cooperative Forest Northern District Forest Southern District Forest Coordinator Management Coordinator Manager Manager Stevenson, Tyler Randall, Cotton Maxfield, Douglas Jester, Nathan Forest Manager Forest Manager Financial Analyst Northern District Service Forestry Coordinator Supervisor Sanders, Chad Cawood, Courtney Windle, Teri John Kehn Forest Manager Forest Manager Southern District Service Schmenk, Donald Kelly, Brian Forestry Coordinator Rist, Stephen Forest Manager Forest Manager Law, Justin Egbert, Charles Forest Health Administrator Forest Manager Macy, Tom Glass, David Forest Manager Forest Manager Morgan, Matt Kelley, Ben Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry 2045 Morse Road, H-1 Information & Education Program ................................................................................... 2 Urban Forestry Program ..................................................................................................... 3 Northwest Ohio Field Windbreak Program ...................................................................... 6 Service Forestry Program ................................................................................................... 8 Fire Program ...................................................................................................................... 9 Cooperative Forest Health Program ................................................................................. 11 State Forest Management ................................................................................................. 14 State Forest Land Inventory ..................................................................................... 14 State Forest Recreation ........................................................................................... 15 Land Management Report ...................................................................................... 17 Annual Stumpage Payments ................................................................................... 19 Fiscal ................................................................................................................................. 20 1 The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry’s Information & Education program provides the public with opportunities to learn about and experience the best that the division and Ohio’s forests have to offer. For example, in autumn of 2016 the division revived the Hocking State Forest Fall Color Tour event, with a fresh look at current forestry topics and a plan to continue the event each October in the years to come. The public enjoyed an October Saturday of fun amidst the beauty of the Hocking State Forest, beginning at the newly renovated historic Hocking Forest Cabin. They visited educational displays such as chainsaw demonstrations and wildfire fighting equipment, while enjoying bean soup and cornbread. They rode on wagon tours through the forest highlighting tree identification, natural oak regeneration, forest practices to encourage healthy tree growth and wildlife habitat, tips for woodland owners, threats to the Hocking region’s hemlock trees and successful efforts to preserve them, as well as invasive species control. All-in-all they celebrated fall with our foresters and learned about the history, ecology and care of this state forest gem in southeast Ohio. Following are some more of the opportunities offered to the public this year: • Four Issues of The Ohio Woodland Journal • More than 370 educators and youth leaders participated in a Project Learning Tree-Ohio workshop in 2017 impacting thousands of Ohio youth in their work/volunteer efforts in their communities throughout Ohio • Added 24 new Project Learning Tree-trained volunteer facilitators; 22 at October training hosted by Toledo Metro Parks in partnership with PLT; & 2 individually mentored facilitators • Ten colleges across the state hosted/integrated Project Learning Tree workshops into their curriculum/ programs in 2017 • Sample of events hosted by and/or with participation from ODNR Division of Forestry: 1st annual Thunder in the Hills wild turkey hunt @ Pike State Forest NWTF Wheelin’ Sportsman Turkey Hunt @ Blue Rock SF ODNR Division of Forestry’s Teacher Field Days @ Vinton Furnace State Forest Conservation Day in Crawford County for 5th graders Ohio Forestry and Wildlife Conservation Camp Ohio State Fair Farm Science Review Gold Star Mother’s Club Annual Pilgrimage, Ohio Memorial Shrine ODNR Division of Forestry’s Miami Trace 3rd Grade Forestry & Wildlife Field Day Paul Bunyan Show ODNR Division of Forestry’s Forest of Honor ODNR Division of Forestry’s Pike County 5th Graders Forestry Field Day Tree Farm tour for Tree Farmer of the Year A Day in the Woods — 2nd Friday Series Smokey Bear messaging programs 2 Ohio’s Urban Forestry Assistance Program provides community officials and allied agencies with the organizational and technical assistance to effectively manage the trees and land within their communities. Ohio’s statewide network of regional urban foresters help develop and support sustainable urban forest management programs and empower communities to manage their urban forest resources to meet their local needs. The division’s urban foresters also act as liaisons for the Tree City USA Program of the Arbor Day Foundation. For more information on the Urban Forestry Assistance Program, please visit the program website at forestry.ohiodnr.gov/urban Fiscal Year 2017 Ohio Urban Forestry Statistics Total Urban Forestry Assists ................................................... 642 Total Community Assists ........................................................ 547 Total Communities Assisted ................................................... 227 2017 Tree City USA Community Statistics Tree City USA Communities .................................................. 243 Growth Awards ......................................................................... 43 Tree Campus USA .................................................................... 19 Tree Line USA ............................................................................ 5 Volunteer Hours ................................................................. 50,983 Trees Planted ..................................................................... 27,249 Trees Pruned ...................................................................... 81,152 Trees Removed .................................................................. 29,048 Community Expenditures .......................................... $40,816,478 The division’s urban foresters also continued to provide formal training for Ohio Tree Commissions and municipal staff through the national award-winning Tree Commission Academy (TCA). TCA embodies the “teach people to fish” philosophy by empowering communities to build sustainable urban forestry programs from within. TCA marked a new milestone in 2017 through the enrollment of the one-thousandth student since the academy’s inception in 2009. The program also embarked on a new partnership with the Ohio Independent Arborist Association to assist with program registration. In FY17, the urban foresters conducted 36 TCA classes for 115 students from 57 communities. Urban Forest Strike Team Mock Disaster Exercise In October 2016, ODNR continued its support and development of the Urban Forest Strike Team (UFST) initiative through hosting and assisting the US Forest Service in a Mock Disaster Exercise in Toledo. The UFST initiative provides assistance to communities on urban tree damage assessment following natural disasters. Urban Forest Strike Teams are self-contained, professionally trained Certified Arborists or urban foresters from state forestry agencies, other state and municipal agencies, consulting and commercial arboricultural firms, the USDA Forest Service, and other federal agencies 3 that are specifically trained to assess risk on storm- damaged trees using International Society of Arboriculture Tree Risk Assessment standards. These teams are deployed to document trees that meet FEMA debris management criteria for Public Assistance reimbursement, assist communities with risk mitigation of storm-damaged trees, and retain as many viable trees as possible. The assessments help communities plan needed recovery work and document the amount of damage and cost of clean-up. This efficient and nationally-accepted process helps communities obtain financial assistance more quickly through FEMA and begin the recovery process following a significant storm Urban Foresters Sue Motl and Lola Lewis collect storm damage data during the UFST event. Mock Disaster Exercise, October 2016 ODNR hosted the trial deployment along with several partners, including the Lucas County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Penn State Extension, the Massachusetts Tree Wardens’ and Foresters’ Association, and the U.S. Forest Service, Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry. The two-day, mock disaster exercise was conducted out of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at the Lucas County EMA with field crews practicing tree damage assessment protocol and data collection using tablets and ArcGIS Online along streets around the EMA office, in the Old West End neighborhood, and on the Toledo Museum of Art grounds. UFST Task Specialists and
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