Come grow with ACT! Join our vital coalition of organizations dedicated to the same cause - restoring community forests for the benefit of all people. ACT is the only national organization solely focused on the needs of nonprofit and community organizations engaged in urban forest protection. Our work is improving the environment where 86% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million trees with help from 450,000 volunteers.
Membership Benefits
ACT is a membership association. Our independent, community-based members are planting, preserving, and maintaining the tree canopies of all major metro markets and many towns in between.
Influence: ACT serves as a collective voice in urban forestry.
Education: ACT provides formal training seminars and workshops.
Networking: ACT is the perfect venue for giving advice, making new contacts, and sharing ideas.
The conference proceedings and presentations from the Alliance for Community Trees' 2008 Member Rally & NeighborWoods Academy in Atlanta are now available.
Blacksburg, VA (November 15, 2008)- A 2004 NUCFAC-funded, technology transfer study has just been released. It is titled, Development of a Green Infrastructure Technology that Links Trees and Engineered Soil to Minimize Runoff from Pavement. The project was a collaborative effort between Virginia Tech, Cornell University, and the University of California at Davis.
