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Volunteer Training Begins
They were early arriving, eager to learn how to become trained volunteers with Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria. Five interns who began classes last winter joined 25 new students to fill the training room at Fairlington Community Center on … Continue reading
Posted in New Training Class, Training
Planting at the Casey Trees Farm
Six Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria transplanted dozens of trees Saturday at the 75-acre Casey Trees Farm near Berryville, Virginia. The farm grows trees primarily for use in helping the District of Columbia achieve 40 percent tree canopy by … Continue reading
Posted in Casey Trees, Community Service, Future, Planting, Re-Tree, Volunteer
Tagged Bonnie Petry, Casey Trees Farm, Catherine Harris, Pattee Ryan, Volunteers
Economics
Western MD Paper Mill Closes When a paper mill closes, the impact is felt by more than its jobless employees. Forest owners and loggers also are scrambling to find feasible outlets for their products, including those grown in Virginia. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Paper mill
Tagged Allegany County, The Delmarva Farmer, Verso Corp.
Misperceptions
Fill in the knowledge gap about forest products. Continue reading
Posted in Wood
Tagged Paper, Poll, Two Sides, Working forests
Cool
Wood Engineered at UMD Saves AC Costs Continue reading
Great Long Read
IS GMO a Bad Word or the Way of the World? Darling 58 is on a path to become the first genetically modified tree to be released in the wild. Should we worry about this new American Chestnut? Or should … Continue reading
Posted in Chestnut, Future, GMO
Tagged American chestnut, Darling 58, genetically modified tree, Rowan Jacobsen
CE for All
Webinars on Your Computer Archived webinars are an easy way to meet some of your required Continuing Education credits. All but trainees and recent graduates need to log 8 CE hours per year. Each webinar runs about an hour. TREE … Continue reading
Posted in Continuing Education, Webinars
Tagged Northeast Climate Hub, TREE Fund, US Forest Service, USDA, Watch at home
Trees and Stream Restoration: What’s the Connection?
Everything. Eroding stream banks can expose tree roots, eventually killing trees, which can fall into streams, blocking water flow and reducing precious tree canopy. But many mature trees often are lost when streams are “restored.” They cannot be replaced with … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Arlington Tree Canopy
Tagged Gulf Branch, provide feedback, public meeting, stream restoration
Spring Doings
Meet Our Graduates The Training Committee is incredibly proud of the intrepid students who learned all about trees, from planting to pruning, during our first try with training in modules. They stuck with it through three seasons. They became friends, … Continue reading
Posted in Training
Tagged Graduates, Mod Squad 2018-19, Three Season Training
Spring Doings.1
Picnic in the Rain To celebrate our graduates and express our gratitude for our valued community partners, we held a picnic last Fort Ward Park in Alexandria on a rainy May 5th. Fortunately, there was a pavilion to keep guests … Continue reading
Posted in Rainfall
Tagged Civic partners, Fort Ward Park, Graduates, picnic