On Monday, June 21, decision makers from around California met to hear Dr. Greg McPherson, Director of the Center for Urban Forestry Research, speak about how urban greening goes far beyond the obvious aesthetic qualities. Dr. McPherson showed how it can help improve air quality, save energy, protect water quality, and serve an important role in climate change mitigation and ...
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Thank you to those of you who VOTED for our Vallejo People’s Garden to win $25,000 of funding through the Justmeans contest online. Our Mare Island neighbors, the local newspaper, Mare Is Elementary School, and partners in Vallejo have rallied to support the USDA People’s Garden project here. I’ve been amazed: we have already beaten out hundreds of proposals from ...
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