The Partners in Community Forestry Conference is currently seeking speaking proposals for the upcoming conference Nov. 18-19 in St. Louis.  Any passionate speakers, community leaders and learners are encouraged to send a proposal submission. These speeches are an opportunity to share your expertise and passion about community forestry with others. The topics for this year’s speaker proposals include:

• Climate resilience and public health
• Community engagement
• Food forests/community orchards
• Multi-year projects (Innovative programs, progress updates, lessons learned)
• Natural disaster recovery and preparedness
• Public-private partnerships
• Safety
• Science/research
• Sustaining urban and community forestry
• Technology
• Tree nursery production and supply
• Urban forestry management
• Urban forestry research
• Urban wood utilization
• Workforce development
• Youth engagement