Champion Dawn Redwood
The Virginia State Champion Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) at 3260 N. Ohio St., Arlington, is threatened by a builder's plan to subdivide the large lot, tear down the existing house and build two new houses. The tree is in a resource protection area (RPA) because of a nearby stream. The Williamsburg Civic Association and Arlington Tree Action Group are trying to save the tree by petitioning and writing to the County Board.
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Limbing Up, Tying Up at the Casey Trees Farm
Three Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria were among 10 volunteers who staked and pruned 1,000 saplings at the Casey Trees Farm near Berryville, Va., on June 30th. The pruning was not the usual structural pruning that Tree Stewards perform … Continue reading
Posted in Casey Trees, Out on a Limb, Tree Care, Uncategorized
Tagged Berryville, Casey Trees Farm, pruning, saplings, staking, Todd Woodfield
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Champion Dawn Redwood Threatened
In an effort to preserve a unique, mature tree in Arlington, the Williamsburg Civic Association and Arlington Tree Action Group have asked the County Board and county staff to not let the Commonwealth’s Champion Dawn redwood be removed by a … Continue reading
2018-19 Training Course Is Full
Enrollment for the 2018-19 training course for Tree Steward volunteers is full. Additional applicants will be added to a wait list and notified if any vacancy occurs. Please consider enrolling in the 2019-20 training sessions. What do Tree Stewards … Continue reading
A Bad Year for Forests Can Mean Hotter, Drier Climate
By Chelsea Harvey, E&E News Tropical forests suffered some of their worst losses in history last year, according to a new report from the monitoring group Global Forest Watch. About 39 million acres, or 61,000 square miles, of forest cover … Continue reading
Posted in Canopy Loss, Rainforest, Uncategorized, Worldwide
Tagged Chelsea Harvey, E&E News, Forest Climate Analytics, Global Carbon Projects., Global Forest Watch., International Climate and Forest Initiativ. Norway, Michael Wolosin, Nancy Harris, Nature Climate Change, Science. Andreas Dahl-Jørgensen, tropical forest loss, World Resources Institute
Upcoming events of interest to Tree Stewards and tree lovers Monday, July 9, 11 a.m., Mature Tree Campaign webinar, your computer Learn all about Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria’s new campaign to persuade homeowners to cherish and save their … Continue reading
Digging This Spring
Pre-schoolers from the Children’s International School in Rosslyn joined their parents and grandparents Sunday, April 29, in planting 32 trees in a previously weedy area along the southbound George Washington Memorial Parkway ramp to Key Bridge. Volunteers from Tree … Continue reading
Forestry Webinars to Watch
It may be sunny outside, but the light shines brightly from your home computer if you tune in to hear or participate in urban forestry webinars that are offered free. Most, if not all, are archived about a week after … Continue reading
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