Currently, the California ReLeaf Network is 78 members strong and funding from this grant will allows them to: outreach to emerging groups through a unique Mentoring Program that will link new organizations with existing tree groups; and enhance grassroots efforts through a strategic search to identify a permanent funding source for urban forestry in California. On the recommendation of the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program awarded a $27,150 grant to the $55,290 project. For further information, contact Martha Ozonoff, California ReLeaf, P.O. Box 72496 , Davis , CA 95617 . Phone: (530) 757-7333. E-mail: mozonoff@californiareleaf.org.

(2006 Grassroots Funding Initiative)