Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 34(2): March 2008 Table 5. Indicators of state urban and community volunteer coordination in the 50 United States. Response statistics State U&CF volunteer coordination questions Does your state have one or more staff serving the role of U&CF volunteer/partnership coordinator? What is the educational background of the state U&CF volunteer/partnership coordinator? Bachelor’s Master’s Other degree/unknown Has frequent turnover (e.g., three or more employees in the past 10 years) occurred in the volunteer coordinator position? If no full-time volunteer coordinator staff, what best describes the primary mechanism of coordination of community volunteer/partnership? (check one) Occurring solely through the state urban and community forestry coordinator Part of the role of regional/district urban forestry staff Part of the role of other staff within your agency (name of role: regular forester) Occurring through the state urban forestry council Conducted through contract (describe: nonprofit, volunteer contractor) Other (name: U&CF coordinator and regional staff) Volunteer/partnership coordination is not currently occurring What responsibilities does the volunteer coordinator have? (check all that apply) Training volunteers or citizens Organizational assistance Arbor Day Outreach Marketing Newsletter Technical assistance to communities Media relations/communications Other (name) Other (name) State U&CF volunteer coordination questions (If yes) What percent of full-time is the volunteer/partnership position and if less than full-time, what other duties does the staff members(s) perform? How many years has the coordinator been in the current position? How many years of total experience does the state volunteer/partnership coordinator have in working with volunteers? U&CF Urban and Community Forestry. Volunteer and partnership coordinators served 77.7% of full- time in this role. Other duties in addition to volunteer/partnership coordination are regional U&CF work in (46.2% of states), tra- ditional forest management (23.1%), fire (15.4%), geographic information system (GIS) mapping, education center coordina- tion, conservation education, and rural cooperative forestry each in 7.7% of states (data not shown). The volunteer/partnership coordinator executes a variety of tasks with most providing out- reach, training volunteers or citizens, organizational assistance, technical assistance to communities, and Arbor Day assistance (Table 5). The volunteer/partnership coordinators, similar to state U&CF coordinators, have advanced U&CF training and experience. Most have a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree with most degrees in forestry, natural resources, or a related field (Table 5). Volunteer coordinators have been in their position a mean of 5.3 (median, 4) years, ranging from 1 to 13 years. Total experience in volunteer/partnership activities ranged from 1 to 40 years with a mean of 11 years. Frequent turnover defined as three or more people in the last 10 years in this position has been a suggested concern; however, 72.4% of states report this was not the case. The other respondents who indicated frequent turnover had oc- curred gave varying and no overall reasons, including low pay, lack of opportunities for advancement, relationship (poor im- plied) with the coordinator, and career change. Staffing Along with each state maintaining a U&CF coordinator, 73.2% of states use regionally assigned staff (Table 6). Fifty percent of these states reported they used trained U&CF specialists, 23.3% used general forestry specialists, and 26.7% of states used both types. Nearly 70% of regional staff report directly to a regional office rather than the state program coordinator. The U&CF staff duties range from 10% to 100% of full-time with a mean of 95.4% for U&CF coordinators, 85.4% for full-time staff, and 51.2% for part-time staff. Fire, forest stewardship, special projects, and forest health were most commonly given as other duties conducted by U&CF staff. Collectively, a mean 4.2 FTEs (median, 3.2; range, 1 to 11.5) were allocated for U&CF staff within a state. ©2008 International Society of Arboriculture Sample size (no.) 29 26 25 Response statistics Mean (median) Range 77.7 (100) 0–100 5.3 (4) 11 (10) 1–13 1–40 30 25 (83.3) 25 (83.3) 23 (76.7) 27 (90.0) 10 (33.3) 14 (46.7) 25 (83.3) 20 (66.7) 8 (26.7) 3 (10.0) 29 23 Sample size (no.) 41 26 No. yes (%) 30 (73.2) 12 (46.2) 10 (38.5) 4 (15.4) 8 (27.6) 6 (26.1) 12 (52.2) 1 (4.3) 0 (0) 3 (13.0) 1 (4.3) 0 (0) 79
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