By Ashley on November 09, 2009 in Network Events

Tree Musketeers was awarded the California Urban Forestry Award for Outstanding Urban Forestry Project of the Year for their “Trees to the Sea” project. The award, given by the California Urban Forests Council, is presented to an organization or community which completed an urban forestry project that: • Addressed two or more environmental or public safety issues • Involved the community ...
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By Ashley on November 03, 2009 in Advocacy, homepage post

On October 2, 2009, Congresswoman Doris Matsui was awarded the California Urban Forestry Award for Community Building with Trees. This honor is awarded by California Urban Forests Council to a corporation or public official whose mission is not urban forestry related but has demonstrated a significant and noteworthy level of contribution to a community, region, or the State of California utilizing ...
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By Ashley on November 03, 2009 in homepage post, Network Events

On October 17, Goleta Valley Beautiful hosted a tree care and landscaping event at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta. Twenty-one volunteers contributed 67 service hours to plant six Coast Live Oak trees, extend the irrigation system and move a truckload of mulch to prevent erosion. They also planted flats of rosemary along with adjustments to the weedblock and mulch. Several natal plum bushes were also planted. ...
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