July 2019 TreEnews

Water-Wise Tips for Summer

Help your trees thrive this summer with water-wise tree care

Follow Canopy’s four tips for happy and healthy trees: Water deeply and infrequently to conserve water Replenish mulch Prune for strong growth Inspect overall tree health Continue reading on the Canopy blog...

From the Field

Great Oak Count volunteers have surveyed 1,000 native oaks! A huge thank you to our volunteers for helping us reach that milestone. The data being collected will help guide recommendations and re-oaking efforts for the coming decades. Check out Canopy’s Tree Plotter map to explore the surveyed oaks.  Interested in becoming a survey volunteer? Stay tuned for group survey dates coming up in August and September on the Canopy Event Calendar .

Volunteer Spotlight

Meet Great Oak Count volunteer, Christine Baker! She's an amazing “oak spotter”, surveyor, and educator who helped to lead our “Get to Know Your Native Oaks” workshop. Continue reading on the blog to find out more about her passion for trees and how she got involved with Canopy .

Trees for Climate Change

The role of trees in fighting climate change has become a hot topic in the news lately. This month, Curbed shared an article, How trees can save us, that explores how trees planted where people need them the most, is an effective and immediate form of climate action. While Live Science reported on new research released by the Science Journal on the importance of global tree restoration. The researchers found that there is 3.5 million square miles of land to spare for trees. Last month, Meet the Tree Whisperer honoree, Dave Muffly, shared his message on the importance of planting resilient trees in the face of climate change threats. That presentation is now available to the public, view it over at his website, Oaktopia .  Missed seeing Dave in June? Dave will again be sharing his passion for oaks at Canopy's Stanford Tree Walk in October. Reserve your spot today.

We're Hiring

Canopy is seeking hard working, dedicated people to join our team and fill four AmeriCorps Public Allies positions! Check out the job announcement and learn more about the Public Allies program .

June Tree Gifts & Grantors

Suzanne Garadis in honor of John Erving  Claire Hayes in honor of Mary Hayes Karen Kwan in honor of Ms. Anju Vriksha-Joseph Thank you to the following grantors for their support of Canopy's programs! Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation The Seed Fund

Take a Trip. Plant a Tree. Did you know that air travel is a major contributor to climate change? Trees are nature's answer!* Consider carbon offsets.  A gift to Canopy goes to tree plantings and tree care, one of the best ways to combat global climate change. Balance your round trip across the U.S. for $60, or to Europe for $110, or calculate your own trip at 1 penny per mile. (Based on rounded up mileage and conservative rate of $10 per ton of CO2 emission averted.) Designate your donation as "Carbon Offset". Make a Carbon Offset Donation *“An approximate value for a 50-year-old oak forest would be  30,000 pounds  of carbon dioxide sequestered per acre,” said Timothy J. Fahey, professor of ecology in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. “The forest would [concurrently] be emitting about  22,000 pounds  of oxygen." For more information, contact Katie Rummel at  katie@canopy.org

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