This post is the second in a series. Today, we hear from Joe Liszewski, the Executive Director of California ReLeaf. California’s state tree (along with the Redwood, its cousin) is one of my favorite trees, it’s really impossible to pick just one when you work in the tree business! They’re huge and perhaps the largest living trees on Earth. Giant ...
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To celebrate California Arbor Week, which begins later this week on March 7th, we’ll be bringing you a series of blog posts on the favorite trees of California ReLeaf board and staff members. Today, we hear from Gail Church, Executive Director of Tree Musketeers and a California ReLeaf board member.   Marcie the Marvelous Tree, the first planted by the ...
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Third, fourth, and fifth grade students throughout California are invited to participate in this year’s California Arbor Week Poster Contest. This year’s contest, “The Trees in My Community Are an Urban Forest” is designed to increase knowledge of the important roles of trees and the many benefits they provide to our communities.   For lesson plans, activities, and contest rules, download ...
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Boy Scouts plant trees for achievement, environment   By Ashley Archibald, Santa Monica Daily Press     A stand of young California sycamores, supported by poles nearly as tall as the trees themselves, line what used to be a dilapidated asphalt pad, sentinels against the waves of invisible chemicals and particulates emanating from the cars below.   The trees represent ...
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Sacramento City Forester Joe Benassini is the recipient of a 2012 Arbor Day Award honoring his outstanding contribution to tree planting, conservation, and stewardship. Benassini is one of 16 individuals and organizations being recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation this year. He is receiving a Champion of Trees Award in recognition of his leadership in advancing effective forestry public policy. ...
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