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...
Updates
Public Helps Track Sudden Oak Death
by California ReLeaf | Oct 20, 2010 | Updates
--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
by California ReLeaf | Oct 19, 2010 | Resources, Updates
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...
Finding New Life (And Profit) in Doomed Trees
by California ReLeaf | Sep 9, 2010 | Updates
Two Seattle men harvest local urban trees doomed by development, disease or storm damage, and turn them into custom furniture, each piece a distinct botanical narrative. Their business, started four years ago, bears all the markers that would seem to point toward...
Healthy CommuniTrees Planting
by California ReLeaf | Sep 6, 2010 | Resources, Updates
Western Chapter ISA has an exciting volunteer event around the corner - Healthy CommuniTrees will be planting 3300 trees in Fresno, San Diego, and the Central Coast on October 23rd. Certified Arborists are needed as planting supervisors at each site...and will earn 2...
Grants Enhance Bank Communities
by California ReLeaf | Apr 14, 2010 | Grants, Updates
Union Bank Foundation The Union Bank Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in the communities in which the bank has operations, primarily in the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. The Foundation's areas of interest include affordable housing,...
2010 Partners in Community Forestry Conference Call for Presentations
by California ReLeaf | Mar 2, 2010 | Events, Updates
The Arbor Day Foundation and the Home Depot Foundation will host the 2010 Partners in Community Forestry National Conference in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania in November. They are currently seeking proposals for presentations at this year's conference. this year's...
Trees Benefit from Federal Funding
by California ReLeaf | Feb 16, 2010 | Updates
In an effort to create jobs, improve the environment and stimulate the economy, the federal government in December awarded California ReLeaf $6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. The ARRA funding will allow California ReLeaf to distribute grants...
CUFAC Calls for Nominations
by California ReLeaf | Feb 3, 2010 | Updates
Recently, the California Community Forestry Advisory Committee (CCFAC) was replaced by the California Urban Forestry Advisory Committee (CUFAC). The new format reflects a desire for a wider range of advice for the Director of CAL FIRE and for the Urban Forestry...
Emerald Ash Borer University
by California ReLeaf | Feb 2, 2010 | Resources, Updates
Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, is an exotic beetle that was discovered in southeastern Michigan near Detroit in the summer of 2002. The adult beetles nibble on ash foliage but cause little damage. The larvae (the immature stage) feed on the...