Casey Trees

Press Releases
- Summer Intern Climbing and Tree Stewardship Event with Bartlett Tree Experts announced, 7/08/08
- Casey Trees Summer Events announced, 6/03/08
- Mike Galvin is Casey Trees new Deputy Director, 4/29/08
- Planting with Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy and Mayfair Mansions 2005 Tenant Association, Inc., announced, 4/03/2008.
- Rebate announcement for DC residents planting a tree on private property, 3/12/2008.
- Spring events announced; community plantings, rebate and Homeowner Workshop, 2/22/2008.
- Casey Trees plants trees with Iranian couple bicycling around the world for peace and environmental conservation, 1/04/2008.
- Casey Trees announces move to Brookland neighborhood, 12/21/2007.
- Casey Trees announces its rebate offer partnership with the District Department of the Environment, 10/30/2007
- Casey Trees announces their Fall planting schedule, 10/07/2007.
- DC Mayor Adrian Fenty announces School Garden Week, 9/20/2007.
- Casey Trees announces their Summer Stewardship Events, 6/07/2007.
- Northampton Oak Aces Out Montrose Park Tulip Poplar as District’s Largest Tree, 11/2/2006
- DC Arbor Day Celebration Friday, April 28th at Moten Elementary School, Ward 8, 4/28/2006
- Largest known DC trees, and sole National Champion to be identified on Arbor Day, Friday, 10:30 a.m. at Frederick Douglass House, Anacostia, 4/28/2006
- Casey Trees offers free volunteer training for summer tree inventory, 4/20/2006
- Tree planting ceremony to beautify historic campus and honor Duke Ellington's birthday, 4/19/2006
- Casey Trees, the Downtown DC Business Improvement District, and UFA to launch new partnership for downtown trees, 4/18/2006
- Community Plants Trees April 1 for “New” Marvin Gaye
Park , 3/31/2006
- 9-11 Victims memoralized through tree groves, planted by volunteers in DC, 11/07/2005
- AWC and Casey Trees Announce River Terrace Park
clean-up and planting, 11/01/2005
- DC School Tree Plantings Continue Oct. 16 in
Ward 8. 10/14/2005
- Casey Trees Issues Drought Alert, 10/6/2005
- Media Advisory: D.C. Summer Elm Disease Survey
Launch. 6/16/2005
- Casey Trees and Earth Conservation Corps Partner for Youth Environmental Leadership Development. 5/13/2005
- Tree Planting Projects announced for April., 3/24/2005
- Pennsylvania Ave. elm plantings conclude. 3/18/2005
- American elms coming to Pennsylvania Ave. 1/19/2005

Fact Sheets, Testimonies and Reports
- GIS Director Holli Howard's article in City Trees magazine July/August 2007 issue on using GIS to track trees.
- Read the American Forest article on the American Elm by Director of Communications, Dan Smith. Spring, 2007
Click here for magazine cover page>>
Also see the American Elm documentary website for more info. link.>>
- Washington Post article on White Oak winner, 11/9/06
- Examiner article on "City of Trees" champion tree announcement,, 11/3/06
• Champion trees map>>
• List of 26 species champs>>
- Education Coordinator testifies before the DC Board of Education about the Superintendent's Master Facilities Plan, 12/6/2006
- Director of Education testifies before the DC Board of Education about the Superintendent's Master Facilities Plan, 11/26/2006
- Executive Director testifies at DDOT Director’s Confirmation Hearing, 7/5/2006
- Jim Lyons talks about making the new ballpark environmentally-friendly, 3/29/2006
- Report on DC trees highlights quality and energy savings benefit, 8/2/05
- Powerpoint presentation on making the ballpark green, 3/21/2005
- Casey Trees / Limno-Tech report showing water and air quality benefits provided by green roofs, 8/24/2005
- UFORE report on DC trees highlights air quality and energy savings benefits, 8/02/2005
-Statement by Jim Lyons on the UFORE report, 8/02/2005
- Testimony to DC Council on Schoolyard improvements, 7/07/2005
- Letter to Superintendent Dr. Clifford Janey on Schoolyard Improvements, 7/01/2005
- Fact Sheet on Dutch elm disease
- Restoring American Elms to DC
- Staff list and bios
- Programs
- The Case for Trees
- About Casey Trees
- Testimonial on proposed changes to the Forest Hills
   Zoning Regulations

Casey Trees in the News
- Casey Trees efforts are mentioned in an article on new and existing trees in the District on the DCist site, 04/29/08.
- WUSA Channel 9 filmed a segment for their 'Living Green Now' series from our planting with the American University's Child Development Center, 4/09/08.
- Washington Business Journal covered the announcement of our new office in Brookland, 12/21/2007.
- WUSA's Jennifer Ryan did a segment on Casey Trees rebate program for Channel 9's 'Going Green' program, 10/30/2007.
- DC Mayor Adrian Fenty decalred Oct. 15-20 School Garden Week. Read the Northwest Current article
- We were featured on NBC's Nightly News for our work to help restore the majestic American Elm, 8/10/07
- Examiner article on the urgency of watering trees during our hot, dry summer weather, 8/7/07
- WPFW's Earthbeat radio show on our High School internship proogram, 7/10/07
- Examiner article on Casey Trees efforts to increase tree populations in the District, 7/5/07
- District’s spring planting season welcomed by residents.
- Washington Post article>>
- Tree-Planting Drive Seeks To Bring a New Urban Cool
Washington Post>>
- DC Examiner highlights Big Tree Event, 11/3/2006
- DC Examiner focuses on DC trees and urban forestry, 4/28/2006
- Value of DC’s trees featured in Christian Science Monitor during Earth Week, 4/26/2006
- What's going on? NE park named for Gaye, 4/02/2006
- Jim Lyons talks about trees on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, 2/06/2006
- New York Times, 1/30/2006: New Laws Crack Down on Urban Paul Bunyans
- DC - City of Trees, 10/28/2005
- Technology and Trees, 9/12/2005
- Dutch elm disease takes toll, Washington Times, 8/18/2005
- To Advocates, Money Does Grow on Trees, Washington Post, 8/4/2005
- D.C. Aims to Staunch Dutch Elm Disease, 6/17/2005
- Executive Director Jim Lyons on public affairs show
- Return of the Native (elms), Washington Post, 3/31/2005
- Elm Trees Stage a Comeback, NPR, 03/13/2005Yes
- Pepco tree trimming draws rebuke from Post columnist
- Neighbors Silence Pepco, Washington Post, 09/30/2004
- On K Street a Building with a Culitivated Facade,
   Washington Post, 06/28/2004            
- GreenRooftops, WAMU Radio Metro Connection, 06/18/2004
- Volunteers Dig in to Buffer Anacostia's Banks                     
   Washington Post, 04/19/2004
-  Barren City gets a transfusion of green                   
   Washington Times, 01/19/2004                                            
-  Revitalizing the City's Trees               
   In The News, Executive Office of the Mayor, 01/09/2004
- City's Trees expected to Gain Ground in '04                   
   Washington Post, 01/01/2004                                                         

Newsletters
- Summer 2008 (*new* e-newsletter)
- Summer 2007
- Spring 2007
- Fall 2006
- Summer 2006
- Winter 2006
- Fall 2005
- Spring 2005
- Winter 2004/05
- Fall 2004
- Summer 2004
- Spring 2004  

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Casey Trees
1425 K Street, NW, Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.833.4010
Fax: 202.833.4092
Email:friends@caseytrees.org

Partner Organizations
   - DC Urban Forestry Administration
   - National Park Service
   - Metropolitan Washington COG

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