DC Tree Summit seeks to increase capital's canopy Washington Examiner:
How to increase the capital's tree canopy will be the subject of a tree summit later this month.
The March 25 summit is being organized by Casey Trees, a Washington-based not-for-profit committed to restoring, enhancing and protecting the tree canopy of the nation's Capital.
Increasing tree canopy coverage has a number of environmental benefits. Trees not only provide shade, helping keep cities cooler and saving on air conditioning costs, they also help control runoff and improve air quality, among other benefits.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
New program empowers residents to plant trees; Denver, CO
New program empowers residents to plant trees > Nonprofit > Stories > Denver > YourHub.com:
In a coordinated effort to enhance and preserve Denver's urban tree canopy, The Park People and Denver Parks and Recreation have teamed up to launch a new training program that empowers individuals to lead tree planting and tree care activities within the community.
The original community forester program was established in 2003 to educate residents on how to properly care for trees. This year, The Park People and the City have elevated the status of the program by expanding the training to a new level of depth and sophistication.
Once trained, community foresters can lead and participate in tree planting and care projects in their neighborhoods as well as activities for The Park People, Denver's Forestry Division, and the Mile High Million tree planting initiative. These new high-level volunteers will help ensure that Denver's prized urban environment does not decline despite the economic challenges faced by many cities.
In a coordinated effort to enhance and preserve Denver's urban tree canopy, The Park People and Denver Parks and Recreation have teamed up to launch a new training program that empowers individuals to lead tree planting and tree care activities within the community.
The original community forester program was established in 2003 to educate residents on how to properly care for trees. This year, The Park People and the City have elevated the status of the program by expanding the training to a new level of depth and sophistication.
Once trained, community foresters can lead and participate in tree planting and care projects in their neighborhoods as well as activities for The Park People, Denver's Forestry Division, and the Mile High Million tree planting initiative. These new high-level volunteers will help ensure that Denver's prized urban environment does not decline despite the economic challenges faced by many cities.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Plant a tree, build community in city ranked 30th in canopy cover among 30 largest US cities; San Francisco, CA
Plant a tree, build community in S.F.:
A motley collection of volunteers planted western red bud, silktassel, toyon, and blue blossom trees beside Rosa Parks Elementary School on Saturday. The trees were all native to California, but not to San Francisco, a city still struggling to overcome its heredity as an arid haven for scrub brush, grasses and sand dunes.
But, then again, in the school's Western Addition neighborhood, overcoming history is part of the fabric of every day.
In this neighborhood, waves of various ethnic groups have come - and sometimes been pushed out by force. The elementary school once served as a way station for Japanese Americans being shipped to internment camps during World War II. The school sits next to an apartment complex that neighbors said was built during the city's infamous redevelopment schemes a half-century ago, which pushed out African Americans.
So Karen Kai was moved by the sight of the eclectic collection of folks coming together to plant trees: children, parents, teachers, school secretaries, neighbors and people from around the city; black, white, Japanese American and others.
'It really is the vision we had for the school,' said Kai, 55, a Japanese American who now lives in the city's Eureka Valley neighborhood. 'It's bringing the community together.'
And it was for trees.
A motley collection of volunteers planted western red bud, silktassel, toyon, and blue blossom trees beside Rosa Parks Elementary School on Saturday. The trees were all native to California, but not to San Francisco, a city still struggling to overcome its heredity as an arid haven for scrub brush, grasses and sand dunes.
But, then again, in the school's Western Addition neighborhood, overcoming history is part of the fabric of every day.
In this neighborhood, waves of various ethnic groups have come - and sometimes been pushed out by force. The elementary school once served as a way station for Japanese Americans being shipped to internment camps during World War II. The school sits next to an apartment complex that neighbors said was built during the city's infamous redevelopment schemes a half-century ago, which pushed out African Americans.
So Karen Kai was moved by the sight of the eclectic collection of folks coming together to plant trees: children, parents, teachers, school secretaries, neighbors and people from around the city; black, white, Japanese American and others.
'It really is the vision we had for the school,' said Kai, 55, a Japanese American who now lives in the city's Eureka Valley neighborhood. 'It's bringing the community together.'
And it was for trees.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Leader of New York Restoration Project Named Next PHS President; Philadelphia, PA
Leader of New York Restoration Project Named Next PHS President « The Philadelphia Flower Show Blog:
Drew Becher, Executive Director of New York Restoration Project (NYRP), who has spearheaded New York City’s renowned MillionTreesNYC greening initiative, will become the 36th president of the venerable Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS).
Becher will succeed Jane G. Pepper, PHS leader since 1981, who raised the stature of the Flower Show internationally and guided Philadelphia Green into a national model for urban revitalization.
NYRP was founded by entertainer and environmentalist Bette Midler in 1995. Becher has led the non-profit NYRP since 2006, and during his tenure has been a respected leader in the city’s greening and beautification initiatives.
In 2007, Becher and NYRP partnered with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to launch MillionTreesNYC, which has led to the planting of more than 310,000 trees in New York City’s five boroughs to date. Becher is also responsible for raising millions in revenue for capital projects; revamping NYRP’s environmental educational programs for more than 10,000 children in underserved communities; and expanding the organization’s programs for community gardeners and volunteers.
Drew Becher, Executive Director of New York Restoration Project (NYRP), who has spearheaded New York City’s renowned MillionTreesNYC greening initiative, will become the 36th president of the venerable Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS).
Becher will succeed Jane G. Pepper, PHS leader since 1981, who raised the stature of the Flower Show internationally and guided Philadelphia Green into a national model for urban revitalization.
NYRP was founded by entertainer and environmentalist Bette Midler in 1995. Becher has led the non-profit NYRP since 2006, and during his tenure has been a respected leader in the city’s greening and beautification initiatives.
In 2007, Becher and NYRP partnered with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to launch MillionTreesNYC, which has led to the planting of more than 310,000 trees in New York City’s five boroughs to date. Becher is also responsible for raising millions in revenue for capital projects; revamping NYRP’s environmental educational programs for more than 10,000 children in underserved communities; and expanding the organization’s programs for community gardeners and volunteers.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Non-profit recreates historic street scape designed by Kessler in 1920; Terra Haute,IN
Terre Haute News, Terre Haute, Indiana- TribStar.com - TREES meeting with Ohio Boulevard homeowners:
Ohio Boulevard homeowners will meet Thursday to learn about plans to rebuild the historic area’s tree canopy.
TREES Inc., in cooperation with the City of Terre Haute, will plant 100 shade trees along the boulevard March 27. The spring planting will be the first of several projects TREES Inc. will complete this year in celebration of its 20th anniversary.
City Forester Bill Kincius will have maps of the area showing potential planting sites and will discuss the types of trees that will be planted.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, the Ohio Boulevard-Deming Park Historic District was designed in 1920 by one of America’s best-known landscape architects, George Kessler. Sites for the new trees will be based on Kessler’s landscape design for the boulevard.
Ohio Boulevard homeowners will meet Thursday to learn about plans to rebuild the historic area’s tree canopy.
TREES Inc., in cooperation with the City of Terre Haute, will plant 100 shade trees along the boulevard March 27. The spring planting will be the first of several projects TREES Inc. will complete this year in celebration of its 20th anniversary.
City Forester Bill Kincius will have maps of the area showing potential planting sites and will discuss the types of trees that will be planted.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, the Ohio Boulevard-Deming Park Historic District was designed in 1920 by one of America’s best-known landscape architects, George Kessler. Sites for the new trees will be based on Kessler’s landscape design for the boulevard.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
President of Tree Stewards group says take care of trees like they are pets; Arlington/Alexandria, VA
Tree Stewards:
Nora Palmatier is president of the Tree Stewards Arlington /Alexandria chapter. The organization works to preserve Arlington/Alexandria’s tree population and teaching local residents to do the same.
How long has Tree Stewards been in existence?
The Arlington / Alexandria group started in 2001. It’s a state-wide group and probably the earliest one of those started in ‘95.
How did you become involved with Tree Stewards?
My parents were involved in Tree Stewards in Indiana and I was always involved whenever something would come up. I heard they were doing one here, I immediate signed up back in 2001.
Nora Palmatier is president of the Tree Stewards Arlington /Alexandria chapter. The organization works to preserve Arlington/Alexandria’s tree population and teaching local residents to do the same.
How long has Tree Stewards been in existence?
The Arlington / Alexandria group started in 2001. It’s a state-wide group and probably the earliest one of those started in ‘95.
How did you become involved with Tree Stewards?
My parents were involved in Tree Stewards in Indiana and I was always involved whenever something would come up. I heard they were doing one here, I immediate signed up back in 2001.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Denver Digs Trees offering no or low cost street trees; Denver, CO
Living Urban in Denver » FREE Trees:
Applications are due for The Park People’s annual Denver Digs Trees Spring Street Tree Distribution on February 15!
Apply for a street tree that will beautify your neighborhood, improve your property value, filter air pollution, and cool your neighborhood in the summer.
Trees this size usually sell for more than $100, but Denver Digs brings them to Denver residents for only $25 each!
Trees are FREE for residents in target neighborhoods. These neighborhoods, chosen for their particularly low canopy cover.
Applications are due for The Park People’s annual Denver Digs Trees Spring Street Tree Distribution on February 15!
Apply for a street tree that will beautify your neighborhood, improve your property value, filter air pollution, and cool your neighborhood in the summer.
Trees this size usually sell for more than $100, but Denver Digs brings them to Denver residents for only $25 each!
Trees are FREE for residents in target neighborhoods. These neighborhoods, chosen for their particularly low canopy cover.
Friday, January 15, 2010
City creates non-profit to link community, business and government in efforts to turn brownfields into green; Richmond, VA
City hails progress of local nonprofit urban renewal program – Richmond Confidential -- Richmond, California News, Information, Art and Events.:
Owing in part to its industrial legacy, Richmond is a city with urban environmental challenges.
Which is why Mayor Gayle McLaughlin hails the establishment of a local nonprofit dedicated to cleaning, restoring and reusing urban parcels of land that lay dormant.
The new nonprofit, named Groundwork Richmond, will “operate in areas adversely affected by industrialization and within poor urban communities with significant numbers of brownfields,” McLaughlin said during a ceremony Monday at City Hall celebrating the completion of a feasibility study and strategic plan. The completion of the documents is a key step toward securing funding, she said.
Groundwork Richmond is part of a network of independent community ventures aimed at improving urban environments through local action by linking local people, business, government and other organizations, according to a program summary.
Owing in part to its industrial legacy, Richmond is a city with urban environmental challenges.
Which is why Mayor Gayle McLaughlin hails the establishment of a local nonprofit dedicated to cleaning, restoring and reusing urban parcels of land that lay dormant.
The new nonprofit, named Groundwork Richmond, will “operate in areas adversely affected by industrialization and within poor urban communities with significant numbers of brownfields,” McLaughlin said during a ceremony Monday at City Hall celebrating the completion of a feasibility study and strategic plan. The completion of the documents is a key step toward securing funding, she said.
Groundwork Richmond is part of a network of independent community ventures aimed at improving urban environments through local action by linking local people, business, government and other organizations, according to a program summary.
Friday, January 8, 2010
The Delaware Center For Horticulture seeks to fill Urban Forest Administrator post; Wilmington, DE
The Delaware Center For Horticulture - About - Job Openings:
Delaware Center for Horticulture, Trees for Wilmington
Urban Forest Administrator
Job Announcement
DATE: January 5, 2010
POSITION: Urban Forest Administrator
START DATE: TBD
SALARY: $45,000 per year with full benefits, negotiable
CONTACT: Jen Bruhler, Assistant Director of Urban Forestry
Organizational Description: The Delaware Center for Horticulture (DCH) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working with neighborhoods, community groups, and businesses to grow a greener Wilmington through planting and educational programs, environmental leadership, advocacy and by building community capacity.
Position Summary: The Urban Forest Administrator (UFA) will implement the street tree planning, regulation, and urban tree canopy expansion for the City of Wilmington. The UFA will work closely with diverse groups of people throughout the city of Wilmington to manage, maintain and plant trees along streets and in public spaces and parks. The UFA will report to the Commissioner of Public Works. The UFA will have workspace at the headquarters of Wilmington Department of Public Works offices.
Delaware Center for Horticulture, Trees for Wilmington
Urban Forest Administrator
Job Announcement
DATE: January 5, 2010
POSITION: Urban Forest Administrator
START DATE: TBD
SALARY: $45,000 per year with full benefits, negotiable
CONTACT: Jen Bruhler, Assistant Director of Urban Forestry
Organizational Description: The Delaware Center for Horticulture (DCH) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working with neighborhoods, community groups, and businesses to grow a greener Wilmington through planting and educational programs, environmental leadership, advocacy and by building community capacity.
Position Summary: The Urban Forest Administrator (UFA) will implement the street tree planning, regulation, and urban tree canopy expansion for the City of Wilmington. The UFA will work closely with diverse groups of people throughout the city of Wilmington to manage, maintain and plant trees along streets and in public spaces and parks. The UFA will report to the Commissioner of Public Works. The UFA will have workspace at the headquarters of Wilmington Department of Public Works offices.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Casey Trees is hiring Arborist/Auditor to fulfill residential urban stormwater program goals; Washington, DC
Alliance for Community Trees : Jobs:
Casey Trees is working in partnership with the District's Department of Environment on the implementation of a new environmental initiative, RiverSmart Homes. District residents who enroll in the RiverSmart Homes program are eligible for a stormwater audit, where various river-friendly landscaping techniques are prescribed to reduce erosion and stormwater flows. DC DOE refers homeowners interested in tree planting to the Casey Trees arborist-auditor who evaluates those homeowners' properties for tree planting opportunities. Eligible homeowners pay a nominal co-pay for any tree to be planted by Casey Trees. The Casey Trees arborist-auditor will coordinate all aspects of this tree planting effort.
Casey Trees is working in partnership with the District's Department of Environment on the implementation of a new environmental initiative, RiverSmart Homes. District residents who enroll in the RiverSmart Homes program are eligible for a stormwater audit, where various river-friendly landscaping techniques are prescribed to reduce erosion and stormwater flows. DC DOE refers homeowners interested in tree planting to the Casey Trees arborist-auditor who evaluates those homeowners' properties for tree planting opportunities. Eligible homeowners pay a nominal co-pay for any tree to be planted by Casey Trees. The Casey Trees arborist-auditor will coordinate all aspects of this tree planting effort.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Atlanta BeltLine official praises Trees Atlanta and others for role in walkable city; Atlanta, GA
Carless in Atlanta — seeing city’s streets and neighborhoods on foot « SaportaReport:
By Guest Columnist E. FRED YALOURIS, director of design for Atlanta BeltLine Inc.
I am often asked about my decision to move to Atlanta without a car, and, if there is time, I like to take the opportunity to bore my listener with the story of how I made this decision.
I had come to Atlanta a month before starting work at the BeltLine to attend a public meeting at City Hall. It was on a beautiful spring day, Saturday afternoon, May 2, 2008. The sun was shining, the outside temperature was 64 degrees, and you could smell the spring blossoms in the air.
It was such a nice afternoon, that, after an excellent public meeting, I decided to walk the nine or ten blocks up Peachtree to my hotel. To my naïve surprise, except for a few homeless folks, I saw no one on the sidewalks over the roughly one mile walk through downtown Atlanta!
Secondly, although it was a salubrious spring day, all the cars on the street had their windows up. Curiously, this experience helped me to understand one of the key underlying missions of the BeltLine vision: get people out of their cars and allow them to walk.
By Guest Columnist E. FRED YALOURIS, director of design for Atlanta BeltLine Inc.
I am often asked about my decision to move to Atlanta without a car, and, if there is time, I like to take the opportunity to bore my listener with the story of how I made this decision.
I had come to Atlanta a month before starting work at the BeltLine to attend a public meeting at City Hall. It was on a beautiful spring day, Saturday afternoon, May 2, 2008. The sun was shining, the outside temperature was 64 degrees, and you could smell the spring blossoms in the air.
It was such a nice afternoon, that, after an excellent public meeting, I decided to walk the nine or ten blocks up Peachtree to my hotel. To my naïve surprise, except for a few homeless folks, I saw no one on the sidewalks over the roughly one mile walk through downtown Atlanta!
Secondly, although it was a salubrious spring day, all the cars on the street had their windows up. Curiously, this experience helped me to understand one of the key underlying missions of the BeltLine vision: get people out of their cars and allow them to walk.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Grow Boston Greener offers tree planting grants to non-profits; Boston, MA
NorthEndWaterfront.com - News & Views for Boston's North End & Waterfront - Tree Grants for Non-Profits:
Are you a non-profit that wants to plant trees?
The Grow Boston Greener initiative is offering grants of $250 to $2,500 to plant and maintain new trees for non-profit organizations such as community development corporations, school foundations, community health centers and local open space and environmental groups.
Are you a non-profit that wants to plant trees?
The Grow Boston Greener initiative is offering grants of $250 to $2,500 to plant and maintain new trees for non-profit organizations such as community development corporations, school foundations, community health centers and local open space and environmental groups.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Casey Trees launches on-line tool to help connect people to trees deemed special due to size, history, or personal significance as well as register trees planted to help achieve tree canopy goal; Washington, DC
TREE SPEAK: OH MY THAT IS A NOTEWORTHY TREE.:
In April 2009, Casey Trees launched the Casey Trees Map, an interactive online tool to help users determine the existing Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) and planting opportunities for any address in the District and identify every tree Casey Trees has planted since 2003.
Just today in a soft launch we rolled out an enhanced version of Casey Trees Map featuring our new Trees of Note program and Add-A-Tree feature.
Trees of Note is a program that connects people to trees in the District deemed special because of their size, history and/or personal significance. Anyone can nominate or locate trees in three distinguished categories – Big Trees, Witness Trees and My Tree.
In April 2009, Casey Trees launched the Casey Trees Map, an interactive online tool to help users determine the existing Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) and planting opportunities for any address in the District and identify every tree Casey Trees has planted since 2003.
Just today in a soft launch we rolled out an enhanced version of Casey Trees Map featuring our new Trees of Note program and Add-A-Tree feature.
Trees of Note is a program that connects people to trees in the District deemed special because of their size, history and/or personal significance. Anyone can nominate or locate trees in three distinguished categories – Big Trees, Witness Trees and My Tree.
Management to facilitate tree growth, new tree plantings part of resevoir restoration plan; Roxborough, PA
Montgomery News:
Maintaining the site as open space has been a prime neighborhood goal. To this end Upper Roxborough Civic began to establish stewardship of the site two years ago, clearing some areas of invasive plants and planting natives. This year, utilizing funds from a city activities grant secured with the assistance of 4th District Councilman Curtis Jones Jr., whose office has been very supportive of these efforts, 1400 feet of woods on Summit Ave. from Lare St. to Eva St. were cleared of underbrush so that the tree canopy can expand. Several areas with no trees will be replanted next year. This effort is a textbook example of the potential benefits when we have cooperation between community volunteers, a concerned and expert non-profit (The Schuylkill Center), and local government, The Council Office and Fairmount Park Commission.
Maintaining the site as open space has been a prime neighborhood goal. To this end Upper Roxborough Civic began to establish stewardship of the site two years ago, clearing some areas of invasive plants and planting natives. This year, utilizing funds from a city activities grant secured with the assistance of 4th District Councilman Curtis Jones Jr., whose office has been very supportive of these efforts, 1400 feet of woods on Summit Ave. from Lare St. to Eva St. were cleared of underbrush so that the tree canopy can expand. Several areas with no trees will be replanted next year. This effort is a textbook example of the potential benefits when we have cooperation between community volunteers, a concerned and expert non-profit (The Schuylkill Center), and local government, The Council Office and Fairmount Park Commission.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
ConnDOT Commissioner takes Tree Alliance's complaints about Merritt Parkway tree-cutting under advisement; Wilton, CT
Tree Alliance joins fight against Merritt tree-cutting - Wilton News - Wilton Villager - Wilton's Newspaper: "The Norwalk Tree Alliance has joined the effort to get the state Department of Transportation to trim back its tree cutting along the Merritt Parkway.
The Tree Alliance, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote Norwalk's urban forest canopy, expressed its position in an e-mail to ConnDOT Commissioner Joseph F. Marie and other state officials. Marie has taken the conservancy's concerns under advisement, according to the alliance.
Dave Tracy, the president of the Tree Alliance, told Marie that 'the irreparable cutting down of trees is removing the defining elements of the parkway,' according to a statement released by the alliance.
Tracy asked ConnDOT to work with the Merritt Parkway Conservancy and 'professional consultants to replant the appropriate trees and shrubs to restore the parkway's unique bucolic character which he reported has already been damaged in Fairfield and Trumbull.'"
The Tree Alliance, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote Norwalk's urban forest canopy, expressed its position in an e-mail to ConnDOT Commissioner Joseph F. Marie and other state officials. Marie has taken the conservancy's concerns under advisement, according to the alliance.
Dave Tracy, the president of the Tree Alliance, told Marie that 'the irreparable cutting down of trees is removing the defining elements of the parkway,' according to a statement released by the alliance.
Tracy asked ConnDOT to work with the Merritt Parkway Conservancy and 'professional consultants to replant the appropriate trees and shrubs to restore the parkway's unique bucolic character which he reported has already been damaged in Fairfield and Trumbull.'"
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
iPhone and iPod Touch users can help TreeLink with new NTRconnect Remote access; World
iPhone and iPod Touch Users Log In and Branch Out With New NTRconnect Remote Access to Business and Home Computers Linux: "DALLAS and BARCELONA, Spain, November 24 /PRNewswire/ -- NTRglobal today introduced NTRconnect Remote Access for the iPhone and iPod touch (www.ntrconnect.com). The application is available on the iTunes App Store for US$1.99 and at the NTRconnect Website. With every download, NTRglobal will donate US$1.00 to TreeLink, an organization devoted to raising awareness for healthy urban and community forests. The accumulated donations from NTRglobal will help create TreeBanks, which are online accounts that fund local urban reforestation organizations.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081111/NTRGLOBALLOGO)
'Now, Apple iPhone and iPod touch users around the world can remotely access and control their home or work computers by simply logging in and branching out with NTRconnect Remote Access. Today's mobile and connected lifestyle require the ability to take care of business anytime, anywhere,' said Luis Font, CEO of NTRglobal. 'Our customers gain secure remote access to all of their work and home-based computers, files and applications, and they are also helping urban reforestation groups grow and branch out in their own backyards.'"
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081111/NTRGLOBALLOGO)
'Now, Apple iPhone and iPod touch users around the world can remotely access and control their home or work computers by simply logging in and branching out with NTRconnect Remote Access. Today's mobile and connected lifestyle require the ability to take care of business anytime, anywhere,' said Luis Font, CEO of NTRglobal. 'Our customers gain secure remote access to all of their work and home-based computers, files and applications, and they are also helping urban reforestation groups grow and branch out in their own backyards.'"
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Take Root helps increase UTC in urban core, seeks to double UTC; Chattanooga, TN
11/21/2009 - Great Things Are Happening At Battle Academy - Opinion - Chattanoogan.com:
Saturday morning, students, parents and staff members planted eight beautiful trees on our campus. Take Root donated the trees and offered help and instruction with the planting. Take Root's mission, to increase the tree canopy in the urban core, directly affects our students; kids who live in areas with dense urban forests, for instance, have a lesser prevalence of asthma. In addition, trees have been shown to decrease crime and litter as well as to slow vehicular traffic. For a school in the heart of the city at the corner of Main and Market Streets, these benefits are priceless.
Saturday morning, students, parents and staff members planted eight beautiful trees on our campus. Take Root donated the trees and offered help and instruction with the planting. Take Root's mission, to increase the tree canopy in the urban core, directly affects our students; kids who live in areas with dense urban forests, for instance, have a lesser prevalence of asthma. In addition, trees have been shown to decrease crime and litter as well as to slow vehicular traffic. For a school in the heart of the city at the corner of Main and Market Streets, these benefits are priceless.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Group Planting Hundreds Of Trees In Detroit; Detroit, MI
WWJ Newsradio 950 - Group Planting Hundreds Of Trees In Detroit:
Group Planting Hundreds Of Trees In Detroit
Detroit (WWJ) -- There will soon be a new look to Jefferson Avenue in Detroit thanks to hundreds of volunteers who are spending their Saturday planting trees.
WWJ's Stephanie Davis reports the nonprofit group Greening of Detroit is hoping to plant 540 trees along the roadway between the Detroit-Grosse Pointe Park border and I-375. Workers also have a planting day planned for next Saturday, November 21st.
'We come out today to get dirty and help plant and make our city beautiful,' one volunteer said.
Group Planting Hundreds Of Trees In Detroit
Detroit (WWJ) -- There will soon be a new look to Jefferson Avenue in Detroit thanks to hundreds of volunteers who are spending their Saturday planting trees.
WWJ's Stephanie Davis reports the nonprofit group Greening of Detroit is hoping to plant 540 trees along the roadway between the Detroit-Grosse Pointe Park border and I-375. Workers also have a planting day planned for next Saturday, November 21st.
'We come out today to get dirty and help plant and make our city beautiful,' one volunteer said.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Great Tree Canopy Comeback relies on volunteers, NGOs, agencies to reach its goals; Fort Wayne, IN
Volunteers needed for Great Tree Canopy Comeback The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne IN:
The Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department is looking for volunteers and donations for its 8th Annual Great Tree Canopy Comeback on Saturday.
Departmental staff and a local group called Friends of the Parks will plant more than 250 multi-species trees across several city and county parks – Johnny Appleseed, Shoaff Park, and Salomon Farm in Fort Wayne; Werling Park in New Haven; and Metea County Park.
“The more volunteers we have, the better,” Parks Department spokeswoman Sarah Nichter said. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for families to come out and for parents to teach kids how important trees are in the community. Donating is an option for people who aren’t able to come out and volunteer but still want to help out.”
The Great Tree Canopy Comeback is a grass-roots movement to combat the critical loss of trees in Fort Wayne. Since the 1940s, the city’s tree canopy had decreased by almost 50 percent, a hired consultant told the Parks Department in 2002, Nichter said. Diseases wiped out trees and budget cuts wouldn’t allow for total replacement.
The Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department is looking for volunteers and donations for its 8th Annual Great Tree Canopy Comeback on Saturday.
Departmental staff and a local group called Friends of the Parks will plant more than 250 multi-species trees across several city and county parks – Johnny Appleseed, Shoaff Park, and Salomon Farm in Fort Wayne; Werling Park in New Haven; and Metea County Park.
“The more volunteers we have, the better,” Parks Department spokeswoman Sarah Nichter said. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for families to come out and for parents to teach kids how important trees are in the community. Donating is an option for people who aren’t able to come out and volunteer but still want to help out.”
The Great Tree Canopy Comeback is a grass-roots movement to combat the critical loss of trees in Fort Wayne. Since the 1940s, the city’s tree canopy had decreased by almost 50 percent, a hired consultant told the Parks Department in 2002, Nichter said. Diseases wiped out trees and budget cuts wouldn’t allow for total replacement.
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