Page 24 - Community Forestry Program News Today

Midcoast Conservancy is delighted to announce that they have been awarded a grant of $8,823.5 0 through the U.S.D.A. Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program. Under the Project Canopy Assistance Program, the grant recognizes the work...

Urban Corps said the funds will go toward planting 1,538 trees in Vista, Imperial Beach, Escondido, San Marcos, Lemon Grove, Lakeside and Cesar Chavez Park.

Shelburne Community School student Shea Bellezza’s drawing and essay on trees took the top prize in the Growing Works of Art contest’s grade 5 division.

KAANAPALI — Jen Maydan will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset’s meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, at the Royal Ocean Terrace

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Emerald ash borer causing towns be proactive about protecting trees

WOODSTOCK — Strolling down Pleasant Street toward downtown Woodstock, pedestrians can look up at an open canopy of ash branches. The village planted the stately trees after Dutch elm disease decimated the iconic American elm in the mid-20th...

Vermont, along with the rest of the country, will recognize National Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, May 22-28.

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Experts say Bradford pear trees out-compete other tree species and should be replaced with native plants.