Casey Trees Report Card
The headline for the 17th Annual Casey Trees Report Card for Washington, DC.
Planting Day
…Casey Trees in Washington DC offers an Advocacy Handbook and training to help them succeed. And the Girl Scouts have published a guide to to the why’s and how’s of…
Leveraging Volunteer Resources
…volunteers, new edition released in 2024 by a broad public-private coalition. Volunteers can be mobilized as advocates for tree equity. Casey Trees provides the tools, training and opportunities for them…
What’s in a Tree Protection Ordinance
…be constructed differently for different purposes. For example, some communities define “significant trees” as trees of 6” DBH or greater; “specimen trees” as 24 inches DBH or greater, and “heritage…
Cool Corridors Action Guide Step Five:
Act With, Not for People
…in school yard or school yard without trees — Are more trees in schoolyards better than fewer trees? Trees (or absence of trees) on key walking route to public transit,…
Typical threats to forest health
…and take care to compare costs and benefits of maintaining old trees against planting new trees. Over the long haul, strive for a tapestry of trees of different ages and…
Cool Corridors Action Guide Step Six:
After Planting, Work Continues
…To cool these routes, cities can rely on street trees but many require front yard trees in new construction and permits to remove shade trees from existing private properties. Atlanta…
Recruit an Anchor Institution
…York City: New York Restoration Project Greater Washington, DC: Casey Trees Downtown Washington, DC: Golden Triangle Business Improvement District (BID) Greater Los Angeles: Amigos de Los Rios Indianapolis: Keep Indianapolis…
Quality Assurance for Volunteer-Led Programs
…in 2024 — is one of the most comprehensive. Often these same volunteers can be mobilized to act as advocates for tree equity. Advocacy. Casey Trees in Washington DC offers…
Key Elements of an Urban Forest Plan
…Forester position. Celebrate and support the ways communities are engaging with trees: Engage cultural, spiritual, and arts institutions, support access to food-producing trees, and support diverse communities in sharing their…
Learn by Listening, Understand by Seeing
…near trees. Talking Points: We’re on the wrong side of that divide. When I look out my window, I don’t see many trees, and I suspect that many of you…
Getting the word out
Residents must be directly engaged in urban forest initiatives. Without their collaboration, local expertise, vision and goals, plans can fail and trust in city governance can erode. Below are three…