Tree Corps News Today

Tree Corps looks beyond short-term, feel-good projects. Instead, it works to build an army of community volunteers, and help them plant 100,000 trees across McLean County within a decade. That’s being tackled as 10,000 trees a year, for at least 10 years in a row.

A community activist and environmentalist who was instrumental in improving the quality of life of Bedford Stuyvesant.

Jeff Howard, who is a volunteer steward with his wife, Terrie, said the variety of habitats at the preserve is what makes the area special.

The public is invited to help Urban Corps of San Diego and Tree San Diego plant 20 trees at the park Wednesday morning

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.

Families in Baja California form their own search groups to find missing children. Meanwhile, monkeypox cases are growing nationwide, but remain low in San Diego County. Plus, the city of San Diego has a new street vendor ordinance in place.

Extra funding is on the way for three parks and outdoor projects in Bloomington-Normal. The money is coming from the State Farm Century of Good Grant.

Gardening, like knitting and quilting, is often portrayed as a harmless hobby for frail retirees: genteel ladies in flowered dresses fussing over sickly roses and so on.But anyone who has witnessed the unfurling of a sprout from the spring ground...

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A Tree Grows in Richmond: Southside Moves from Redlining to Greening A nonprofit-led project seeks to address environmental injustices and improve water quality with targeted tree planting. Kenny Fletcher/CBF Left: Southside, Richmond, Virginia, courtesy of Southside ReLeaf; Right: previous (2018) tree plantings led by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at Branch’s Baptist Church in Southside. At the peak of a Virginia summer, the difference between the sun and shade is stark. High urban temper...