The Britton Fund, Inc. Releases Two RFPs for Technical Reports

The Britton Fund, Inc. announces the release of two Request for Proposals.

1. Preparation of Ten Technical Informational Sheets on topics of interest and importance to Western Chapter ISA arborists. Examples are managing trees during drought and water-use restriction, managing infrastructure conflicts with trees, responsible wood waste management, and maximizing benefits of trees in hot climates.

2. Prepare a series of Species Failure Profiles for species commonly encountered in the Western Chapter ISA region. Using data from the International Tree Failure Database, these reports will describe key structural characteristics, environmental conditions, and management activities that have contributed to tree failure, as well as characterize failures that have caused the greatest amount of damage.

The completed Ten Technical Information Sheets and Species Failure Profiles will be available to Western Chapter ISA members through the WCISA’s web site at www.wcisa.net and the Britton Fund, Inc. website at www.thebrittonfund.org.

The projects will be funded by The Britton Fund, and administered by the Research and Education Committee under the direction of The Britton Fund Board of Directors.

Qualified applicants must be a member of the Western Chapter ISA. The applicant must have superior knowledge in the subject areas and demonstrated ability to write clearly and concisely.

Proposals must be received by The Britton Fund by December 15, 2009. Proposals are evaluated by The Britton Fund Research and Education Committee.

Evaluation criteria include:

· the appropriateness of the project approach,

· demonstration of qualifications of the applicant, and

· reasonableness of the budget to compete the project.

Recommendations for grant awards will be forwarded to the Britton Fund Board of Directors for ratification in January 2010. Grantees will be notified by February 1, 2010.