Updates

What’s new at ReLeaf, and an archive of our grants, press, events, resources and more

Arbor Week Poster Contest

Dec 9, 2010 | , ,

California ReLeaf announced the release of a statewide Arbor Week poster contest for students in 3rd-5th grades. Students are asked to create original artwork based on the theme “Trees Are Worth It”. Submissions are due to California ReLeaf by February 1, 2011. In...

Manteca Highway Gets Facelift

Dec 7, 2010 |

Within a year, the Highway 120 Bypass and Highway 99 corridor through Manteca will benefit from 7,100 new trees. And the transformation can be credited to some quick maneuvering by municipal staff and San Joaquin Council of Government bureaucrats to take advantage of...

UC Irvine Earns Tree Campus USA Designation

Dec 6, 2010 |

UC Irvine was built centered on Aldrich Park instead of the traditional college quad. Today, the university boasts more than 24,000 trees on campus - a quarter of them inside Aldrich Park alone. These trees have helped UC Irvine join other California universities UC...

Finding New Ways to Get Kids Interested in Trees

Nov 4, 2010 |

In October, the Benicia Tree Foundation tried something new. They gave away an iPad to get area youth interested in their urban forest. Students in 5th through 12th grade were challenged to correctly identify the most trees species within the City of Benicia....

What’s an Urban Tree Worth?

Nov 3, 2010 | ,

In September, the Pacific Northwest Research Station released its report "Calculating the Green in Green: What's an Urban Tree Worth?".  Research was completed in Sacramento, CA and Portland, OR. Geoffrey Donovan, research forester with the PNW Research Station,...

Palm Tree Killing Bug Found in Laguna Beach

Oct 29, 2010 |

A pest, which the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) considers to be "the world’s worst pest of palm trees," has been found in the Laguna Beach area, state officials announced on October 18. They said this is the first-ever detection of the red...

Tree Leaves Fight Pollution

Oct 28, 2010 |

The tree planting organizations in the ReLeaf Network keep reminding the public that we need to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases. But plants are already doing their part. Research published online earlier this month in Science shows that deciduous tree leaves,...

Tree Lodi Helps Green Park

Oct 27, 2010 |

Tree Lodi is in the middle of its campaign to raise money and supplies to plant 200 trees in DeBenedetti Park in Lodi. It is sending out envelopes asking people to donate money or gardening supplies, like gloves, fertilizer pellets, first aid kits, wheelbarrows, post...

Officials Refuse to Clear Levees of Foliage

Oct 25, 2010 | ,

In defiance of a federal policy intended to bolster the safety of California levees, some Bay Area legislators, regulators and water agencies said Monday that they refuse to remove shrubs and trees from the banks of numerous creeks and culverts. They say stripping...

GreatNonprofits

Oct 22, 2010 |

Ever wonder what people are saying about your nonprofit? Here's your chance to find out. GreatNonprofits is a place to find, review, and talk about great -- and perhaps not so great -- nonprofits. The website was designed so that people could rate and write reviews of...

Make a Difference Day

Oct 21, 2010 | , ,

Two tree initiatives, NeighborWoods Month and Healthy Communitrees, will join forces this weekend to plant 4,000 trees statewide. And that's just the beginning. Nationwide, over 20,000 trees will be planted to celebrate "Make a Difference Day". For more information...

Public Helps Track Sudden Oak Death

Oct 20, 2010 |

--The Associated Press Posted: 10/4/2010 University of California, Berkeley scientists are enlisting the public's help in tracking a disease that is killing off oak trees. For the past two years, scientists have been counting on residents to collect tree samples and...

Urban Forest Managment Plan Toolkit

Oct 19, 2010 | ,

The Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit website is now fully functional and ready for general use. The UFMP toolkit is a free online resource designed to help you develop an urban forest management plan for your area of interest, whether it's a city, campus, business...

Urban Forests Provide Americans with Critical Services

Oct 15, 2010 |

WASHINGTON, October 7, 2010 - A new report by the USDA Forest Service, Sustaining America's Urban Trees and Forests, provides an overview of the current status and benefits of America's urban forests that affect the lives of nearly 80 percent of the U.S. population....