• 2027 Municipal Forestry Institute Application

    Jekyll Island, Georgia | February 21-26, 2027

  • Thank you for your interest in the Municipal Forestry Institute! Please fill out the application form below. You will be able to save this application and come back to it at a later date.

    Want to see the applicaiton and questions before submitting? Head over to https://ucfsociety.org/mfi2027 and scroll to the bottom of the page to find a PDF.

    Applications are due October 2, 2026. 

    If you have questions or need clarification on parts of the application, or MFI in general, please email Karla Nagy at knagy@ucfsociety.org.

  • Registration Details

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  • Tell us about yourself

  • What is your age?*
  • Where do you work?*
  • How do you describe yourself? (Choose all that apply)
  • Do you identify as LGBTQIA+?
  • Are you an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist?*
  • Are you an ISA Certified Urban Forest Professional (formerly ISA Municipal Specialist)?*
  • Are you a Society of American Foresters (SAF) Certified Urban & Community Forester?*

  • Tell us about your work

  • What is your annual urban forestry program budget?*
  • How many people do you supervise?*

  • Tell us about your professional development

    If you'd like support as you answer the following questions, let us know. We have mentors who would be happy to review your answers and provide feedback! Reach out to Karla at the email address above.

  • In the text box below, please tell us about yourself - what motivates you and what challenges you in your work.

    Think beyond the technical side (like tree inventories or sourcing trees) and instead describe the personal and professional growth you are seeking from a leadership training program.

    The best answers will help us better understand your daily challenges and trimphs, highlight some of the key projects you're working on, will describe your history in urban and community forestry, and allow us to understand your hopes for growing as a professional in urban and community forestry.

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  • MFI Action Plan

  • In our work, big ideas or challenges that need to be addressed often take second place to daily emergencies or the latest thing that lands in the inbox. At MFI, you will develop a personal MFI Action Plan to delve into and start that one big thing you've been wanting to work on.

    Accepted applicants will be asked to bring a challenge or opportunity that will be developed into an MFI Action Plan. Throughout the Institute, attendees will develop a customized plan that can be implemented when they get back to their respective urban forest.

    In the spaces below, please share with us a little more about your potential challenge or opportunity. Don't worry, this can be changed before, or even during, MFI. 

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  • Please select a category that best fits your potential Challenge or Opportunity Action Plan.*

  • Last Steps

  • We are committed to making MFI accessible and offer a limited number of need-based scholarships. If financial assistance would make a meaningful difference in your ability to participate, please indicate your interest below. Because scholarship funding is limited, we encourage requests from those who genuinely need support. Please note that submitting a request does not guarantee a scholarship award.

  • Important Note

  • You will be notified via email about your acceptance, waitlist, or deferred status. Notification will be provide by November 20, 2026 at the latest. 

    If you are accepted, payment is expected within four weeks. UCFS will send an invoice. If you are not able to provide payment in that timeframe, you must communicate the reason why with UCFS. Please read the full cancelation policy here. If your payment is not received within this time, UCFS may put your name on a waitlist and offer your seat to another applicant.



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