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Meet the 2019 Recipients of the GCA Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry

Each year we’re proud to team up with the Garden Club of America to help promote their $5,000 scholarship for urban and community forestry efforts. This not only provides needed …

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Announcing the 2019 Canopy Awards Honorees

The Canopy Awards is not just a great party — it’s also our unique way of honoring the people and partners working to protect and promote D.C.’s tree canopy. We’re pleased to …

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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 …

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Help Keep Environmental Education Funded

It’s budget season people! We need you to tell our elected officials to continue to fund environmental literacy programs in the 2020 Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) …

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Celebrate the Magic of Peak Bloom!

Ladies and gentlemen, folks near and far, it’s here! Cherry blossom #PeakBloom, where the majority of Yoshino Cherry trees along the Tidal Basin have bloomed, engulfing downtown D.C. and the …

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Last Call for Early Bird Pricing for the Sixth Annual Canopy Awards

You have until midnight to get your discounted Early-Bird tickets to the Sixth Annual Canopy Awards, our annual celebration of the best and brightest in urban forestry. Sustainable cities are …

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Celebrate International Day of Forests with a Hardworking One – Your Urban Forest!

When we drink a glass of water, write in a notebook, take medicine for a fever or build a house, we do not always make the connection with forests. And …

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A Look Back at the Fun

As we continue to prep for our annual Arbor Day Eve bash celebrating our city’s tree heroes – the Canopy Awards – we couldn’t help taking a look back at …

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Our Spring Season Kicks Off (in Earnest!) This Week

Heading to an event of ours? First off, we can’t wait to see you! Secondly, here are some things we’d love for folks to keep in mind. We’ll see you …

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Merch Madness

March Madness starts tomorrow, and while we’re always here for a spring distraction we wanted to put a unique Casey Trees spin on this iconic event. So, ladies and gentlemen, …

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Get Involved with Casey Trees Without Getting Dirty

For the people person that loves Casey Trees and environmental stewardship: Join the Casey Trees team as we restore, enhance, and protect the tree canopy of our nation’s capital. We’re looking …

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Small Cells and 5G are coming to D.C. Help us make sure trees survive this.

We need you to tell DDOT to include protections for current and future trees in their plan for small cells. Submit your comments to help shape guidelines to include protections …

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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 …

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Roots to Rivers: We All Play a Part

This year the Canopy Awards is about more than just raising funds for our programs, we want to shed light on how we are all interconnected. A healthy, robust tree …

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Casey Trees Testifies at D.C.’s Performance and Oversight Hearings

February may be the shortest month, but our Science and Policy team was busy! Overall, we attended six Performance and Oversight Hearings at various District agencies to be sure trees …