Updates

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

2023 Arbor Week Press Conference

2023 Arbor Week Press Conference

California ReLeaf held an Arbor Week press conference on Tuesday, March 7th, at South Prescott Park in Oakland with our partners, CAL FIRE, USDA Forest Service, Edison International, Blue Shield of California, Common Vision, and Oakland community leaders. Please see...

2023 Arbor Week Poster Contest Winners

2023 Arbor Week Poster Contest Winners

Tree Cheers to our Contest Winners! Budding artists from all over the state made colorful and joyful posters with the theme of “Trees Plant a Cooler” while learning about the benefits of trees and celebrating our urban forests. The Poster Contest Winners were unveiled...

Advocacy: AB 57 Pocket Forests for California

Thanks to Assemblymember Ash Kalra, we have a chance to grow wild and diverse forests across California! His Assembly Bill 57 creates a pilot program to deliver pocket forests statewide. To make sure the bill passes, California ReLeaf is helping coordinate a letter to...

City Trees Magazine is Now Accessible to Everyone!

City Trees Magazine is Now Accessible to Everyone!

City Trees is the magazine of the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) and is now freely available to everyone. Here’s how you can access City Trees, an international, bimonthly online magazine about all things urban forestry: The Jan/Feb 2023 City Trees is here You...

Sacramento Tree Foundation is Hiring a Community Liason

Sacramento Tree Foundation is Hiring! Community Liason Position Job Summary The Community Liaison serves as the relational connection between the Tree Foundation and community members, business partners, and community leaders. The Community Liaison is responsible for...

Growing Green Communities 2023 Grant Award Winners

Growing Green Communities 2023 Grant Award Winners

California ReLeaf is thrilled to announce this year’s grantees for the 2023 Growing Green Communities Grant! We look forward to their tree planting and tree education events, made possible by the generous sponsorship of Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)....

2023 Learn Over Lunch Series

2023 Learn Over Lunch Series

Learn Over Lunch (LOL) is back for Network Members in 2023! This year, we will host Learn Over Lunch sessions over zoom every other month on select Wednesdays from 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. LOLs are a great opportunity to learn about what Network Members are doing across...

Welcoming Shannon McDonald to California ReLeaf

Join us in welcoming Shannon McDonald, our new Finance & Operations Program Manager!   Shannon joined California ReLeaf in late 2022 with over seven years of nonprofit management experience. At California ReLeaf, Shannon is responsible for financial administration...

Our 2022 Annual Report

Our 2022 Annual Report

Dear Friends of ReLeaf, Thank you for being a champion of California’s urban forests. We greatly appreciate your support of California ReLeaf. Over the last year, we’ve celebrated transformative community-based canopy projects of our grantees and ReLeaf Network...

2023 Network Retreat

2023 Network Retreat

Retreat Information The Network Retreat is the annual get-together for California’s urban forest nonprofits and community organizations dedicated to improving the health and livability of California cities by planting and caring for trees. Network Reception:...