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Arbor Day: Canopy Report Reveals America’s Favorite Tree & More

On this Arbor Day 2024, did you know that If trees could talk, Americans would want them to sound like Morgan Freeman? This and more serious statistics can be found in the "The Canopy Report," a new consumer report on how America sees trees by The Arbor Day Foundation.

More Accurate Heat Mapping & Tree Planting In Philadelphia

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A new high-resolution heat map of Philadelphia, PA from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) more closely resembles the actual heat people feel on a hot urban summer day—and reveals how local landscape features affect temperature and humidity. The data for the new heat map was gathered in the summer of 2022 ...

2022 Hearts of STIHL Winners Announced

STIHL Inc. recently announced the winners of its 2022 Hearts of STIHL program, an initiative to care for the environment through the preservation of our nation’s state parks. The 2022 Hearts of STIHL winners, representing the nation’s six state park regions, have each been awarded a $20,000 grant to help ...

Queen Elizabeth II Tree Legacy: She Planted Over 1,500 Trees

Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, who was 96, died today at Balmoral castle in Scotland. Well known for her love of the outdoors, she leaves a rich legacy behind—not the least of which is over 1,500 trees planted throughout the world during the course of her reign—with over a million ...

Arbor Day: A USDA Forest Nursery Transplanted 3 Million Seedlings For Reforestation

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Happy Arbor Day! Here’s a great tree story: At the J. Herbert Stone Nursery in Central Point, OR, one of eight USDA Forest Service nurseries, employees took on a massive task to transplant nearly three million seedling plugs in an effort to further tree reforestation and post-fire recovery. The number ...

Arbor Day 2022: Bartlett’s 8th Year Of The Legacy Tree Program

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  This Arbor Day, Bartlett Tree Experts will give away more than 30,000 tree seedlings in communities across the U.S. as part of the Bartlett Legacy Tree Program. The Program, celebrating its eighth anniversary, has distributed over 515,000 tree seedlings since its inception in 2014. It was established by Bartlett ...

Improving Transplant Success Of Container-Grown Trees

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Cregg and Rouse are involved in a research project at Michigan State University on “Improving transplant success of container-grown landscape trees.” Here are some of the findings they’ve shared with Turf Tree Services. Trees provide a myriad of functions and benefits in landscapes including shading, screening unwanted views, serving as ...

Partnering To Plant 50,000 Trees

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Arbor Day Foundation & Founders Brewing To Help Restore Three Forests The Arbor Day Foundation is partnering with Founders Brewing Co. to plant a total of 50,000 trees in three forests across the U.S. in 2022. Each project – located in Florida, Michigan, and Oregon – will focus reforestation efforts ...

Davey Tree & NBA Cavaliers Team Up With “Trees For Threes”

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The NBA Cleveland Cavaliers and The Davey Tree Expert Company have teamed up for a new multi-year agreement highlighted by “Trees For Threes,” a community initiative to help make Northeast Ohio greener. Through the league-wide program, the two Northeast Ohio-based organizations have made a mutual pledge to plant one tree ...
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