Latest Urban forestry Stories

ATLANTA, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Grove (www.AmericanGrove.org), an online community that brings together nature enthusiasts to plant trees and protect the urban tree canopy, is now open to residents across the country, including all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. The Grove provides a nationwide community for citizens engaged in preserving and positively contributing to the United States' urban forest. The site enables...

DALLAS, Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Esurance is teaming up with the Texas Trees Foundation to bring greater awareness about trees and technology to the classrooms at two Dallas Independent School District schools. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090826/ESURANCELOGO) Students at Skyline High School and Seagoville High School will have the opportunity to plan and participate in a community planting project. This will include planting 30 trees on the school campuses, creating an...

Grants will support the development of new geospatial tools to enable cities to expand their urban forests in order to reap the benefits of stormwater infiltration, lower energy costs, improved air quality and more attractive places. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) September 30, 2011 Azavea, an award-winning geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company, was awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to create software tools that will assist in prioritizing urban...

HAYWARD, Calif., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Arborwell, California's leading professional tree management company, has announced the addition of Blaine Boccignone as a new Account Manager in its San Jose Region. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110727/SF42136) Boccignone, an ISA Certified Arborist, began his career in arboriculture at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in Natural Resource Management and a concentration in Urban Forestry. He then worked at ArborCare (now...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight distinguished professionals make up the circle of winners for this year's International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Awards of Distinction.ISA President Tim Gamma will present the awards at the 87th ISA Conference and Trade Show, July 23--27th in Sydney, Australia, honoring:Mark Hartley -- Award of Merit (New South Wales, Australia)Lauren Lanphear -- Award of Achievement (South Euclid, Ohio)Dr. Thomas Green -- Excellence in Arboriculture...

The Open Source Code, Named "˜OpenTreeMap' Is Now Available on GitHub.com and Is Designed to Be Implemented for Any City in the World Philadephia, PA (PRWEB) July 21, 2011 In April Azavea, a geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company launched PhillyTreeMap.org http://phillytreemap.org/ , a wiki-inspired geographic urban tree inventory application that enables the general public to collaborate with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society...

Free registration lets the public add and edit information to the current database of 175,000 trees Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) April 29, 2011 Azavea, a geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company announces the launch of PhillyTreeMap (http://www.PhillyTreeMap.org), a wiki-inspired web application that enables the public to collaborate with the project partners -- City of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), and the Delaware Valley...

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire- USNewswire/ -- A record number of colleges and universities received Tree Campus USA recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation for taking exemplary care of their campus forest. This spring, 115 colleges and universities were awarded Tree Campus USA status. To celebrate the growth of the program, the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota will hold large tree-planting events at four schools across the country this spring. The first tree-planting...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Register today to cycle in America's largest fundraiser for tree research, the STIHL Tour des Trees to benefit the Tree Research and Education Endowment (TREE) Fund, scheduled to roll through Virginia Oct. 2 to Oct. 8, 2011. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110308/PH61156LOGO ) The STIHL Tour des Trees returns to the East Coast in 2011 for a weeklong, 500-mile cycling tour through many of our nation's historic locales, including...

NAPERVILLE, Ill., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 60 cyclists took part in the 2010 STIHL Tour des Trees, America's largest fundraiser for tree research, raising more than $365,000 so far during this year's tour to benefit the Tree Research and Education Endowment (TREE) Fund. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/tree-fund/45578/ (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100805/MM46218 ) (Photo:...