City of Orlando :: Families, Parks and Recreation:
The 10,000 Trees Initiative was created by the City of Orlando’s Parks Division, Green-Up Orlando, and Keep Orlando Beautiful to bring together individuals and resources to restore our precious tree canopy. It was developed in 2004 in response to the devastation to Orlando's urban tree canopy due to Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jeanne.
The goal of 10,000 Trees Initiative was to replace 10,000 trees by 2010. That goal was met on December 17, 2009 when Mayor Dyer planted the 10,000th tree at Wadeview Park. Mayor Dyer and City Commissioners raised awareness about Orlando’s urban tree canopy by planting the seven final trees during a week long celebration of the 10,000 Trees Initiative. The commemoration began with the 9,994th tree planting on Friday, December 11 and culminated in the 10,000th tree planting by Mayor Dyer on Thursday, December 17 at 3:30 p.m. at Wadeview park.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Galveston Tree Committee calls for replanting, offers assistance; Galveston, TX
The Galveston County Daily News:
A time to sow and a time to reap
By Heber Taylor
The Daily News
Published September 22, 2009
Where would you most like to see Galveston focus its efforts in planting all those trees lost during Hurricane Ike? We’re not talking long-range here. We’re talking about this winter’s planting season, November to March.
Would you like to see efforts focused on replanting on the 25th Street esplanade, arguably the most beautiful street on the island?
How about focusing on replanting in three parks: Schreiber, Wright Cuney and Adoue?
What about a “neighborwoods” program? In Galveston, the city owns the land next to the street that people consider their front yards. What if the city helped with the cost of planting trees in neighborhoods where the neighbors were willing and pledged to help care for the trees?
The Galveston Tree Committee really wants to know. Its members want to know where you would like to see effort focused in the first real planting season since the storm.
A time to sow and a time to reap
By Heber Taylor
The Daily News
Published September 22, 2009
Where would you most like to see Galveston focus its efforts in planting all those trees lost during Hurricane Ike? We’re not talking long-range here. We’re talking about this winter’s planting season, November to March.
Would you like to see efforts focused on replanting on the 25th Street esplanade, arguably the most beautiful street on the island?
How about focusing on replanting in three parks: Schreiber, Wright Cuney and Adoue?
What about a “neighborwoods” program? In Galveston, the city owns the land next to the street that people consider their front yards. What if the city helped with the cost of planting trees in neighborhoods where the neighbors were willing and pledged to help care for the trees?
The Galveston Tree Committee really wants to know. Its members want to know where you would like to see effort focused in the first real planting season since the storm.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Hugo remains the storm to measure all others by; Salisbury, NC
SalisburyPost.com - Area - Hugo remains the storm to measure all others by:
Gene Watson says it happened one, two, three.
His power went off about 6 a.m., the wind roared in and his cherished white oak tree was down.
The only remnant was a mammoth stump, which from his kitchen window looked like a front-yard statue.
Hugo had taken Rowan County's oldest and largest white oak, where Confederate soldiers had once sought the shade it provided off Sherrills Ford Road.
By 1989, the tree's canopy measured 150 feet wide, its trunk 8 feet across and the trunk's diameter about 28 feet around.
Miraculously, the tree missed Watson's house and a neighbor's car by 10 feet.
'I had a mess,' he recalls.
Some neighbors came to his rescue. They offered to clear the debris for free if they could have the wood.
'I put my hand out and said, 'You've got a deal,'' Watson says.
It took them two months of working in the afternoons and on weekends.
Gene Watson says it happened one, two, three.
His power went off about 6 a.m., the wind roared in and his cherished white oak tree was down.
The only remnant was a mammoth stump, which from his kitchen window looked like a front-yard statue.
Hugo had taken Rowan County's oldest and largest white oak, where Confederate soldiers had once sought the shade it provided off Sherrills Ford Road.
By 1989, the tree's canopy measured 150 feet wide, its trunk 8 feet across and the trunk's diameter about 28 feet around.
Miraculously, the tree missed Watson's house and a neighbor's car by 10 feet.
'I had a mess,' he recalls.
Some neighbors came to his rescue. They offered to clear the debris for free if they could have the wood.
'I put my hand out and said, 'You've got a deal,'' Watson says.
It took them two months of working in the afternoons and on weekends.
Monday, June 15, 2009
"Eco-disaster" awaits Galveston residents in wake of Hurricane Ike - up to 80% of canopy scheduled for removal; Galveston, TX
Thousands of dead Galveston trees need to be removed | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
By ALLAN TURNER HOUSTON CHRONICLE
June 9, 2009, 10:13PM
GALVESTON — With saws likely to start buzzing soon, Texas forestry officials this week hope to launch a triage program to determine how many of the 11,000 Hurricane Ike-damaged trees on city property can be salvaged.
The process will involve a tree-by-tree examination, the Texas Forest Service’s Pete Smith said. Candidates for cutting will include most tree varieties that have lost 50 percent or more of their canopy. Live oaks with at least 30 percent of their leaves may be spared. The live oaks, Smith said, are “either recovering or dying,” and more time is needed to determine which is the case.
Officials hope to remove doomed trees by the middle of September, thereby qualifying for federal payments that could cover up to 75 percent of the city’s removal cost.
By ALLAN TURNER HOUSTON CHRONICLE
June 9, 2009, 10:13PM
GALVESTON — With saws likely to start buzzing soon, Texas forestry officials this week hope to launch a triage program to determine how many of the 11,000 Hurricane Ike-damaged trees on city property can be salvaged.
The process will involve a tree-by-tree examination, the Texas Forest Service’s Pete Smith said. Candidates for cutting will include most tree varieties that have lost 50 percent or more of their canopy. Live oaks with at least 30 percent of their leaves may be spared. The live oaks, Smith said, are “either recovering or dying,” and more time is needed to determine which is the case.
Officials hope to remove doomed trees by the middle of September, thereby qualifying for federal payments that could cover up to 75 percent of the city’s removal cost.
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