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NYC Street Tree Map : NYC Parks
Explore and learn about every street tree in New York City, including stewardship activities. See tree-map.nycgovparks.org/
Posted in Community Service, Education, Growing Tree Canopy, Tree Care, Tree ID, Volunteer
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Oak Decline in Virginia article.pdf – Google Drive
Oak Decline in Virginia article.pdf – Google Drive — Read on drive.google.com/file/d/19qdo-uDScON9H6Jel1Gi1vPr62_R7VgX/view
Posted in Canopy Loss, Mature Trees Are Valuable, Pests, Tree Care
Tagged arborist, certified arborist, drought, invasive, Oak decline, planting, species, tree care, tree diseases, tree maintenance, tree preservation, Virginia
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Forestry Webinars to Watch for CE Credit
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
Posted in Arlington Tree Canopy, Continuing Education, Education, Mature Trees Are Valuable, Tree Care, Webinar, Webinars
Tagged arborists, CE continuing education, community, street trees, training, tree care, Virginia, volunteering
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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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Enrollment for the 2019-20 training course for Tree Steward volunteers is open. Apply by completing the application form and reviewing the course synopsis below. Please consider enrolling in the 2019-20 training sessions. What do Tree Stewards do? Tree Stewards Increase … Continue reading
July 31, 2018
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How to Select an Arborist or Tree Service Company
While Tree Stewards do not recommend specific companies, we do provide advice for selecting a good service. Above all, we recommend contacting a certified arborist working with a bonded and insured tree company. You could ask for recommendations from neighborhood … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Tree Care
Tagged arborist, certified arborist, how to, pruning, tree care, tree maintenance, tree service
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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
Posted in Community Service, Events, Tree Care
Tagged #Alexandriavolunteers, #BenBrenmanPark, #Children'sInternationalSchool, #INTUSWindows, #NationalParkService, #Rosslyn, Alexandria
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It’s Invasive Species Week
By Alonso Abugattas, Natural Resources Manager, Arlington County, and Capital Naturalist blogger This is National Invasive Species Awareness Week (February 26 – March 2). Invasive species are non-native organisms that, often because they’re free from natural controls they had … Continue reading
Posted in Community Service, Events, Pests, Tree Care
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Christmas Tree Choices: Living, Cut, or Artificial
‘Tis the season in which many believe the holidays would not be complete without a decorated tree. For those who care about their own environmental impact, the good news is you can follow your traditional celebration with a clear conscious! … Continue reading
Can This Tree Be Saved?
How about it, Tree Stewards and arborists? What’s your prognosis for an Eastern redbud Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ with a see-through split trunk? Click each image for a better view: This perky redbud caught our fancy as we conducted the … Continue reading
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