NATIONAL URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY

                                            Release No. 0092.97
                                                               
                           Jim Petterson         (202) 720-4623
                           Suzanne M. del Villar (970) 928-9264


GLICKMAN NAMES NEW MEMBERS TO USDA'S NATIONAL URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY   
  ADVISORY COUNCIL

     WASHINGTON, March 21, 1997--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today
announced the selection of three members to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council.

     Two new members were appointed to the 15-member council, and another
member was reappointed.  The two new members are: 

     Richard L. Dube, President, Environmental Information and Design,
Inc., Lexington, South Carolina, and 

     James R. Fazio, Professor, Department of Forestry, University of
Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.

     The member reappointed to a second term is:

     Gordon Bradley, Professor, College of Forest Resources, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington.

     The council advises the Secretary on issues concerning forestry in
urban and community settings.  The council also works with federal and state
agencies and other partners to share information and technical assistance on
urban and community forestry from council-funded projects.

     Since the council's inception four years ago, it has developed both a
strategic plan and an action plan, and has participated in the awarding of
four cycles of competitive challenge cost-share project grants.  The council
was established under the provisions of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance
Act of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95-313).  It is currently chaired by
Genni Cross, director, California ReLeaf/The Trust for Public Land, Costa
Mesa, Calif.

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