As the sun sank down below the horizon last night, Tu Bishvat, sometimes referred to as Tu B’Shevat or the Jewish "New Year for Trees", began. Originally used to calculate the age of fruit trees, recently the Jewish holiday has come to be less pragmatic and more...
Updates
Urban Waters Ambassador Position Available
The Urban Waters Federal Partnership is seeking its first Urban Waters Federal Partnership Pilot Ambassador to be placed in Los Angeles in early 2012. This is an exceptional professional opportunity for an individual to work in a highly challenging and rewarding...
Learn to Prune Trees the Right Way, Young Tree Care Workshop in Goleta on January 21st
Keep your trees healthy with proper pruning techniques taught by experienced professionals at a free public workshop. Goleta Valley Beautiful, California ReLeaf, Santa Barbara Unified School District and the Central Coast Urban Forest Council are among the...
Sacramento Greenprint Summit
For over six year, the Sacramento Tree Foundation has been working in the greater Sacramento area to build the best regional urban forest and plant over five million trees. On Wednesday, January 18, you're invited to find out how you can get involved. For more...
Common Vision: A Year in the News
Common Vision, a ReLeaf Network member, travels around California in two vegetable oil-powered buses to teach children about sustainability, environmental stewardship, and fruit trees. They're also very successful at getting the news to take notice. Take a look at...
Winds Topple Trees in Southern California
During the first week of December, windstorms devastated communities in the Los Angeles area. Several of our ReLeaf Network members work in these areas, so we were able to get first hand accounts of the wreckage. In total, the windstorms caused more than $40 million...
Western Chapter ISA Calls for Nominations
Recognize the extraordinary work of your colleagues by nominating them for a prestigious Western Chapter ISA Award. There are categories to fit a variety of accolades from service to education - from project to program. Take a moment to reflect on past recipients and...
New Grant Program for ACTrees Member Organizations
Alliance for Community Trees is pleased to announce the Alliance for Community Trees People's Garden Grants, a new program designed to explore and deepen the connections between community trees and urban agriculture. Now in their pilot year, the ACTrees People's...
Forest Service Chief Talks About Meeting Challenges
USDA Forest Service Chief, Tom Tidwell, recently spoke at the Society of American Foresters annual meeting. This is what he had to say about urban and community forests: "With over 80 percent of Americans living in metropolitan areas, the Forest Service is expanding...
City of Palo Alto Job Opening – Urban Forester
Urban Forester This Tree City USA is endowed with a large population of trees composed of magnificent native and non-native trees on public and private properties, and trees are one of the cities greatest natural resources. A community of approximately 64,000...