Auburn Area Urban Forestry Group The Auburn Area Urban Forestry Group (AAUFG) was recently formed as a subcommittee of the Auburn Ravine/Coon Creek Watershed group. It's mission is "to create, nurture, and sustain a community where a variety of healthy trees are abundant in all areas, providing beauty, serenity, cooling shade, and good health to residents and visitors for generations to come." You are invited to join the AAUFG, which consists of arborists, landscape architects, foresters, community leaders and planners, backyard gardeners, and interested citizens. The group focuses its efforts on a wide geographic area, from Penryn to Colfax, bounded by the Bear River to the north and the American River to the south.

Through its work and outreach activities, the AAUFG goals are to:

• Increase public awareness and appreciation of trees in an urban forest setting
• Increase tree owner awareness of the unique importance of trees to personal and public well-being and to property values in both private and commercial settings
• Provide education and assistance in appropriate tree selection for specific uses and spaces
• Encourage continued and successful stewardship of trees by stimulating awareness of the diversity, sensitivity, and importance of a tree's canopy and root system to its health and longevity

Current activities of the AAUFG include the Treasured Tree Project and the annual Arbor Day Celebration. For further information, contact the Auburn Area Urban Forestry Group c/o UCCE Placer County Master Gardeners (530) 889-7388 / email ceplacer@ucdavis.edu Treasured Tree Program