NUCFAC is an appointed advisory council to the Secretary of Agriculture on urban forestry and related issues. The 1990 Farm Bill created NUCFAC to bring together the wide variety of voices raised about a common concern: the present health and future preservation of America's urban forests. NUCFAC was founded to synthesize the full spectrum of views into a consistent vision, as a foundation for practical policy on urban forestry.

For More information, visit the following links:

• 2010 Accomplishment Report [new]
• 2010 NUCFAC Annual Meeting - Agenda & Presentations
• 2009 NUCFAC Annual Report
• 2009 Challenge Cost-Share Grants Funded
• Annual reports
• Ten-year Action Plan 2006-2016 (PDF)
• Report to the Secretary of Agriculture on Catastrophic Storms and Urban Forests (PDF)
• Report to the Secretary of Agriculture, "A Comprehensive Look at Tropical Forestry (PDF)
• 2008 Challenge Cost-Share Grant proposals recommended for funding

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, (NUCFAC) announces the posting of the U.S. Forest Service 2012 Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share grant program.

Interested public may download a copy of the application and instructions from: www.grants.gov, reference: CFDA 10.675, or by following the links below:

• Application and Instructions
• SF 424 (Individual)
• SF 424 A
• SF 424 B

Applications are due to grants.gov by: 11:59 PM, EST, December 1, 2011.

By request, hardcopy applications are available. They are to be submitted via Courier Service 10 copies + a disk by the due date and time to:

Nancy Stremple

U.S. Forest Service,

Urban and Community Forestry

201 1400 Independence Ave.

Yates Building (1 Central) MS-1151,

Washington, DC 20250-1151

For more information or assistance, contact:

Nancy Stremple, Executive Staff

Phone: 202-205-7829

Email: nstremple@fs.fed.us