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.
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We Need Your Vote NOW
by California ReLeaf | 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
by California ReLeaf | 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...
Donation Solicitation Reporting
by California ReLeaf | 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
by California ReLeaf | 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
by California ReLeaf | 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
by California ReLeaf | 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
by California ReLeaf | 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
by California ReLeaf | 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
by California ReLeaf | 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,...