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As the Woodland Joint Unified School District prepares to break ground on upcoming Measure Y projects, the district will receive a $9 million CAL FIRE grant to create cooler learning environments for five schools through a partnership with the Cool Schools Program and local tree-planting organizations.

WOODLAND — As Woodland Joint Unified School District prepares to break ground on upcoming Measure Y projects, the district will receive a $9 million CalFire grant to create cooler learning

Who pays for storm damage? As the Bay Area dries out, a new set of questions are facing residents.

Virtual campaign replaces annual Celebrate Davis event this fall The Davis Chamber of Commerce has shelved plans to…

Tree Davis will honor Lois Wolk Shares Lois Wolk has dedicated her career to public service and stewarding the environment. As a founding member of Tree Davis, mayor of Davis and state legislator, she has been a stalwart advocate of urban forestry, urban greening and climate change mitigation. Tree Davis invites the public to honor Wolk at a virtual dedication of the Wolk Grove at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1. The Zoom event will be limited to the first 100 people to sign up through EventBrite at ht...

Letter: Tree Davis thanks Genentech Shares Tree Davis has received a $5,000 Philanthropic charitable grant from Genentech, a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. This grant will support Tree Davis’ Urban Forestry Education Program that it is pursuing in collaboration with the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, with additional financial support from Congregatio...

Home Improvement: Let’s plant trees 6 minute read This landmark Kentucky coffee tree was planted 50 years ago as an experiment by the Tree Commission and was selected for propagation by an Oregon nursery because it was podless, heat- and drought-tolerant, tolerant of clay soils, and relatively fast-growing with a large, vase-shaped crown form. Courtesy photo Support Local Journalism Special to The Enterprise One of the simplest actions you can take to improve your neighborhood, increase your...

Council adds trees to landmark list 1 minute read This landmark Kentucky coffee tree was planted 50 years ago as an experiment by the Tree Commission and was selected for propagation by an Oregon nursery because it was podless, heat- and drought-tolerant, tolerant of clay soils, and relatively fast-growing with a large, vase-shaped crown form. Courtesy photo Support Local Journalism At its Tuesday meeting the City Council approved adding 12 trees to the City Landmark Tree List, bringing the to...

The transition to a new year can often be a good time to evaluate existing habits and to look to adopt new ones. If you’re still trying to think of some good New Year’s goals or resolutions to shrink your environmental footprint in 2021, here are our favorite 10 ways to conserve resources, reduce pollution and support our local wildlife in Davis! 1. Keep wildlife wild — do not feed them. While feeding wildlife might sound like a good thing, it often leads to human vs. wildlife conflict an...

Environmental update: Here are a few New Year’s environmental resolutions 4 minute read Patwin Elementary sixth-grader Grace Swift describes the solar-powered horse water trough that she built as her renewable energy engineering design project at the Patwin Science Fair in April 2019. Other students built solar cars, solar ovens, a hydro pump, a solar-powered dollhouse, potato-operated party lights, solar USB chargers, a solar drone changer, solar hand warmers, and a cranked generator-powered...