Show Your Mother Some Love This Earth Day
We are smack dab in the middle of Earth Month, Earth Day is exactly one week away, and Arbor Day is only ten days away. Phew! First celebrated in 1970 …
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What is Citizen Science and Why it’s Critical to Our Work
Citizen science is the collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world. At Casey Trees our citizen science volunteers traverse the city collecting and documenting tree data that …
Interactive Map: Where We Are This Spring
Keeping track of the amount and locations of events can be staggering and overwhelming, so we created this handy dandy map to help keep everything straight. Plus, we just really …
Our Latest and Greatest Publication: the Species Guide!
Whether you’re looking to become an outdoor enthusiast this year or already have an established interest in trees – chances are you want to get your hands on our latest …
Heat Mapping Study Featured by DCist
Remember when we called for volunteers to help out with a NOAA driven study on temperature difference throughout the city? And then it rained for (what felt like) the entire …
Urban Forestry Master Plan: The City Needs Your Input
Our city partner (and friends!) at the Urban Forestry Division of DDOT want your thoughts on our urban forest. Wish the city would tackle a common problem? Love how they …
Buggin’ Out: Bugs Trees and People Need to Look Out for This Summer
Longer nights, sunshine, rosé, baseball, roof decks – these are the welcome guests of summer. The unwelcome ones? Bugs! While some bugs are truly good for our urban ecosystem (shoutout …
We Need Your Help for an Urban Heat Island Study
Are you interested in helping your neighborhood beat the heat? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is conducting a field campaign to measure and map the urban heat islands …
Hogweed is Here: What it Is, What it Looks Like, and Why You Should Avoid it
Giant hogweed is one of three plants defined in Virginia as a Tier 1 noxious weed and is heavily regulated. (Noxious weeds are regulated by the state and can’t be …
Pheno Forecasts Guide Pest Insect Control Actions
We’re excited to welcome a guest post from the USA National Phenology Network all about maps they released to help estimate the appropriate time to treat pesky pests that haunt our …
Measure for Pleasure! Volunteer with Casey Trees this Spring and Summer
Join us at one of the many classes, workshops and park inventories throughout the District! Whether you want to get your hands dirty, learn more about trees, or pitch in …
Jessica Sanders is a Trail Blazer Award Finalist
Each year since 1972, the Arbor Day Foundation has presented awards at its annual recognition program for work at the international, national, state, and community levels to recognize conservation efforts …
2017 Park Inventories Recap
Did you know we don’t have a comprehensive inventory of the trees on public park lands? Our tree inventories were designed to ameliorate this by using citizen science volunteers to …
We Have Open Planting Slots and We’re Ready to Plant! Are You?
From colorful foliage to ideal bike-to-work temperatures, we’re big fans of fall at Casey Trees. It’s also one of our busiest times of year for Community Tree Planting and inventory …
2017 Weekly Watering Alerts Round Up
From May to September, we looked at prior rainfall, projected rainfall, and the general forecast to figure out one thing – whether or not you should water your young trees. …