California Arbor Week Contests Highlight the Importance of Trees Sacramento, Calif. – Two statewide contests are being held to celebrate California Arbor Week, March 7-14, a statewide celebration of trees. These contests are designed to increase awareness of and...
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State’s Right to Sell Carbon Permits Upheld
by California ReLeaf | Nov 19, 2013 | Advocacy, Updates
By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's environmental regulator can sell carbon emission permits at quarterly auctions as part of the state's cap-and-trade program, a state court said on Thursday, in a setback to businesses that argued that the sales...
Sacramento Tree Foundation Greenprint Workshop
by California ReLeaf | Nov 12, 2013 | Network, Resources, Updates
If you have never had the opportunity to attend one of the Sacramento Tree Foundation's Greenprint Summits, you should really make the effort this year. On January 30, 2014, people from all over the Sacramento region will gather in Citrus Heights for a day of...
Injury Symptoms Associated with the Shot Hole Borer
by California ReLeaf | Nov 7, 2013 | Research, Updates
The polyphagous shot hole borer (SHB), Euwallacea sp., and Fusarium dieback, Fusarium euwallaceae, are a new insect: disease complex causing injury and mortality to numerous native and ornamental hardwood trees and shrubs in southern California. The ambrosia beetle...
Getting Exotic in San Jose
by California ReLeaf | Nov 6, 2013 | Network, Resources, Updates
Saturdays in November in San Jose just got a little more exciting. Our City Forest, a California ReLeaf Network member in San Jose, is hosting free exotic tree tours from 2 to 3 p.m. on November 9 and 16 at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. Home to human...
Government Shutdown Hitting Close to Home
by California ReLeaf | Oct 10, 2013 | Advocacy, Updates
We recently received this letter from Sandy Bonilla, the Director of the Urban Conservation Corps for the Southern California Mountains Foundation. Sandy spoke to California ReLeaf Network members at our August 1 workshop. The audience was moved by the work that she...
Health in All Policies – A Guide for State & Local Governments
by California ReLeaf | Oct 3, 2013 | Advocacy, Research, Resources, Updates
A new guide for health in all policies for state and local governments is available. You may wonder why you're reading about this on a blog about urban forestry, but if you take a quick look at the cover of the guide, you'll quickly see that trees and greenspace are...
A New Era for EEMP
by California ReLeaf | Sep 26, 2013 | Advocacy, Grants, Press, Updates
California’s popular Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program (EEMP) was funded at $7 million in the 2013-14 State Budget through legislation signed by Governor Jerry Brown today. This is the only statewide local assistance funding for urban forestry for this...
California’s Water – Where does urban forestry fit in?
by California ReLeaf | Sep 25, 2013 | Advocacy, Network, Resources, Updates
I sometimes wonder how urban forestry can create and maintain a strong and resilient presence in such large-scale state issues such as improving California’s air and water quality. This is especially true when specific topics surface at the State Legislature such as...
WCISA Call for Presentations
by California ReLeaf | Sep 23, 2013 | Resources, Updates
The Western Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (WCISA) will be holding its 80th Annual Conference and Trade Show April 5-10, 2014 in Pasadena, CA. WCISA is partnering with the Utility Arborist Association (UAA) to bring a wider base of knowledge and...