UCFS Accreditation: Showcase Your Urban Forestry Program
Your community is doing great urban forestry work. Showcase your program to your community and a global audience of practitioners!
Join UCFS for an inside look at the fully launched UCFS Accreditation Program—an exciting opportunity for communities to demonstrate excellence, strengthen their urban forestry programs, and gain recognition for the work they do every day to grow, protect, and sustain their urban forests.
UCFS Accreditation provides an opportunity to benchmark your urban forestry program against professional standards and practices, demonstrate your team’s commitment to excellence, identify opportunities for continuous improvement, build civic pride, and strengthen support for urban forestry investments and stakeholder engagement.
UCFS Accreditation: Showcase Your Urban Forestry Program webinar will explore how accreditation can help your urban forests move from good to exceptional. You’ll learn what UCFS Accreditation is, what the standards mean for your program, how to apply, where you can get support, and what to expect through the entire process—from application and self-evaluation to documentation, site review, peer evaluation, and ultimately, recognition of your urban forestry program.
Join us to see what’s possible when your community’s urban forestry excellence is recognized. Whether you are considering applying, want to prepare your program for accreditation, or simply want to understand where your program stands, this webinar will give you the information and inspiration to take the next step.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe the purpose, structure, and standards of the UCFS Accreditation Program and opportunities to assess management strategies toward an international standard of practice.
- Identify the steps, documentation, and preparation needed to pursue accreditation for their community.
- Evaluate the potential benefits of accreditation for your urban forestry program including how to leverage accreditation status with multiple stakeholders.
This webinar is approved for one ISA CEU.