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Citywide environmentalism.


AMERICAN FORESTS American Forests is a nonprofit conservation organization that promotes healthy forests and urban tree planting.

The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens
 took its CITYgreen environmental education program to Louisville, Kentucky

“Louisville” redirects here. For other uses, see Louisville (disambiguation).
, earlier this year to train a spectrum of users from schoolkids to city workers. The idea was to open the lines of communication "Lines of Communication" is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Synopsis
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 between different city departments; the training was also a means of introducing students who intend to seek internships with the city.

Jefferson County Public Schools Jefferson County Public Schools can refer to a U.S. public school system in several states, including:
  • Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado)
  • Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
  • Jefferson County Public Schools (Tennessee)
 in Louisville currently has four high schools that teach Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. The goal is expand that to all 130 schools and teach GIS and environmental education via CITYgreen, a GIS application that allows localities to map their trees, plan for new plantings, and calculate the dollar value in benefits from those trees.

Funding for the project came from fines Jefferson County Jefferson County is the name of 25 counties and one parish in the United States. The following are named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States:
  • Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Jefferson County, Arkansas
  • Jefferson County, Colorado
 did not have to pay for Clean Water Act violations from one of its sewage treatment plants. Instead, the state allowed the county to use that money for public environmental education.
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Title Annotation:News from the world of Trees
Publication:American Forests
Date:Mar 22, 2005
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