Updates
What’s new at ReLeaf, and an archive of our grants, press, events, resources and more
Sacramento Tree Foundation Hiring
Job Opening: Project Manager Blue Heron Trails Visitor Contact Center (Grant Funded Project) Apply by Friday, June 22, 2012. Position Overview: The Project Manager works within the Native Trees in Urban and Rural Environments (NATURE) program and performs all...
Green Infrastructure Planning Webinar
Jun 11, 2012 | Resources, Updates
Thursday, June 21, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., EST The Planning for Growth and Open Space Webinar Series presents its third session: "Green Infrastructure Planning: Connecting Partners & Greenspaces". Join the webinar to explore Green Infrastructure Planning, how local...
California ReLeaf and Canopy Win a Grant from Odwalla
Jun 6, 2012 | Grants, Network, Updates
In April, California ReLeaf and Canopy teamed up to enter the Odwalla Plant a Tree competition. Over the course of two months, supporters were asked to choose their favorite tree planting project by voting for one of twenty entries. The top ten vote recipients will...
Benicia Branches Out to Improve Air Quality
Jun 4, 2012 | Grants, Network, Resources, Updates
Understanding And Valuing Benicia’s Urban Forest Jeanne Steinmann Before the gold rush in 1850, Benicia’s hills and flats made for a rather barren landscape. In 1855, humorist George H. Derby, an army Lieutenant, is reported to have liked the people of Benicia, but...
Fish and Game Sues to Keep Trees on Levees
May 31, 2012 | Advocacy
The California Department of Fish and Game sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday, arguing the Corps' policy of removing trees from federal levees violates the Endangered Species Act.
We Need Your Vote NOW
May 30, 2012 | Grants, Network, Updates
Tomorrow, May 31st, is the last day to vote in the Odwalla Plant a Tree Contest. The top ten vote recipients will each win $10,000 to plant trees. Right now, California ReLeaf and Canopy's planting project at Brentwood Academy in East Palo Alto is in 10th place and in...
Vote with Your Mission
May 24, 2012 | Network, Resources, Updates
Vote with Your Mission is a new campaign to have 100% of eligible nonprofit staff, board members, and volunteers vote. We call on nonprofits in California to sign on to the Vote with Your Mission campaign. Vote with Your Mission aims to galvanize the power of...
Tree Davis Hiring
Tree Davis is seeking a part-time Executive Director with the possibility of expansion to full-time status as additional funding is secured. Please email a cover letter and resume to David Robinson at employment@treedavis.org. Founded in 1992, Tree Davis’s...
Donation Solicitation Reporting
May 21, 2012 | Grants, Network, Research
Thousands of nonprofit organizations in the United States misreport how they solicit billions of dollars in donations, making it impossible for Americans to know how their gifts are used, according to a Scripps Howard News Service study of federal tax records. ...
Grants Available for Tree Planting and Tree Care Projects
May 21, 2012 | Grants, Network, Press
$250,000 AVAILABLE FOR TREE PLANTING AND TREE CARE PROJECTS Sacramento, CA, May 21st – California ReLeaf unveiled its new grants program today that will provide more than $250,000 to community-based groups and other organizations throughout California for urban...
University of Redlands Named Tree Campus USA
May 18, 2012 | Arbor Week, Resources, Updates
University of Redlands named Tree Campus Ed Castro, Staff Writer The Sun REDLANDS - The University of Redlands received nationwide recognition for embracing five standards that focused on campus tree care and community involvement. For its efforts, U of...
Beetle-Fungus Disease Threatens Crops and Landscape Trees in Southern California
May 17, 2012 | Research
ScienceDaily (May 8, 2012) — A plant pathologist at the University of California, Riverside has identified a fungus that has been linked to the branch dieback and general decline of several backyard avocado and landscape trees in residential neighborhoods of Los...
Network Well-Represented in SGC Grant Awardees
May 16, 2012 | Grants, Network, Updates
Multiple members of the California ReLeaf Network were awarded more than $4.5 million in grant funding from the Strategic Growth Council last week to support urban greening projects and planning in the Central Valley and Southern California. Numerous Network...
Mammoth Trees, Champs of the Ecosystem
May 16, 2012 | Research
By DOUGLAS M. MAIN It’s important to respect your elders, children are reminded. It seems that this goes for trees, too. Big, old trees dominate many forests worldwide and play crucial ecological services that aren’t immediately obvious, like providing...
Trees Grow Faster in Urban Heat
May 14, 2012 | Research
On an Urban Heat Island, Zippy Red Oaks By DOUGLAS M. MAIN The New York Times, April 25, 2012 Red oak seedlings in Central Park grow up to eight times faster than their cousins cultivated outside the city, probably because of the urban “heat island” effect,...