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Alabama Tree Recovery Campaign kicks off tree distribution in 16...
Last Monday, the Alabama Tree Recovery Campaign kicked-off the distribution of thousands of trees for people impacted by the April 27 tornado that swept North Alabama. The Campaign launch was held at...
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Volunteers and local workers make a difference as drought threatens Joplin’s...
Every year, natural disasters strike communities often resulting in a dramatic loss of trees that subsequently weakens the community’s environmental sustainability, economy, and sense of place. Photo...
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Foundation and Texas partners launch campaign to restore Lost Pines Forest...
Earlier this morning, we joined key Texas partners in launching the Lost Pines Forest Recovery Campaign, a multi-year public-private partnership to raise money to plant more than 4 million trees on...
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Summer storms keep disaster recovery top of mind
Strong storms, tornadoes, and wildfires have rocked communities all across the U.S. this spring and summer, leaving paths of destruction in their wake. In the past few weeks alone, thousands of acres...
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Urban Forestry Plan is Key to Weathering the Storm
Let’s face it: no one likes to think about natural disasters, with their potential for devastation of our homes, neighborhoods, communities, and livelihoods. We’ve shared on this blog before about some...
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The importance of trees to disaster-stricken communities
The tornado outbreak that ripped across the Midwest last weekend left thousands of residents with nothing more than shattered homes, trees, rubble — the only souvenir left by the disaster covers the...
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Winter’s Icy Arrival Devastates Tree Canopy
With the first series of ice storms pounding parts of Texas and Oklahoma, saying that winter is here would be an understatement. It’s mindboggling to think a few short weeks ago the South was...
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Robert Horton, Bastrop, Texas, Beneficiary of the Lost Pines Forest Community...
In 2011, wildfires devastated the Lost Pines Forest of Bastrop, Texas. The Bastrop County Complex fire was the most destructive wildfire in Texas history. Two people were killed by the fire, which...
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Allison Fisher, Neptune Township, New Jersey, and Bill Comery, Paramus, New...
The Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Tree Recovery campaigns have become an important resource to people affected by natural disasters. Since 2006, the Arbor Day Foundation has given nearly 1.6 million...
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