Community Education & Engagement
The Inland Urban Forest Council (IUFC) provides outreach programs and educates about proper tree selection, planting, and care. IUFC has in the past obtained funding for tree plantings, coordinated community plantings, and provided training to communities about developing Urban Forest Management Plans. Council leaders provided free tree pruning workshops for Master Gardeners. Our speaker volunteers have worked to raise awareness at events such as “Ask the Experts”, Arbor Day, and Earth Day.
Operation Tree Canopy
IUFC supported Operation Tree Canopy, a citizen science program sponsored by Earthwatch Institute. Our council members led groups in collecting data and leaf samples. UC Riverside scientists then correlated the ground-collected data to high altitude photos taken by NASA. The scientists studied the cooling effects of different tree species for Southern California.