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The Upper Mississippi River Forest Partnership

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Your Role in the Partnership

How Can You Make a Difference?

See how can you make a difference in the region.

• Join a tree planning organization
  • The National Arbor Day Foundation
  • IA-Trees Forever
    
  • MN-Great River Greening
    
  • MN-Tree Trust
    
  • IL-Chicago Wilderness
    
  • IL-Open Lands
    
  • MO-Forest ReLeaf of Missouri
    
  • WI-Urban Open Space Foundation
    
  • WI-Greening Milwaukee
    
    
• Care for trees in your yard—mulch, prune, water when needed.
  These links can help:
  • TreeLink
  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  • Iowa Department of Natural Resources
    
  • Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
    
  • Missouri Department of Conservation
  • Backyard Woodlands-caring and managing the small scale forest (10 acres or less)
  • Tree Owner’s Manual
  • How to Prune Tree
  • Urban Forestry page
    
• Be a tree advocate—look for and notify your city or town parks department about changes in tree conditions.

• If you are a forest landowner, have a forester examine your property and help you develop a forest stewardship plan to make your dreams for your woods a reality. See NA’s Forest Stewardship site for more information.
• If you are a teacher there are many resources to teach about trees and water. Here are just a few:

• Project Learning Tree
• Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
• Give Water a Hand
• USDA Forest Service Conservation Education
• NA Conservation Education

• Locate your watershed