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Community Tree Recovery Urban and Community Forestry

Rooted in Resilience: Recovering from a Derecho

By Kyle Zart | August 9, 2022

three community volunteers plant a street tree in a suburban neighborhood of Cedar Rapids to help with derecho recovery

When it comes to the natural beauty of a community, the citizens of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, are a prideful bunch. “I love my neighborhood. It had beautiful trees, lots of shade,” said Alice, a Cedar Rapids resident. “The trees lined our street, so when you drove down, it felt cozy and protected.” For those who have lived in Iowa’s longest-designated Tree City USA, many reflect on that same sense of safety and comfort when walking among their community’s tree canopy.…

Community Tree Recovery Urban and Community Forestry
Regreening Wilmington

One North Carolina community’s road to recovery after 3 hurricanes HURRICANE FLORENCE IN 2018. Hurricane Dorian in 2019. Hurricane Isaias in 2020. Each of these storms made their way through the coastal city of…

By Kim Peacock | May 5, 2022
Community Tree Recovery Corporate Partnerships Urban and Community Forestry
On the Road to Canopy Recovery with Texas Roadhouse

When natural disasters occur across an entire community, looking through the wreckage towards the path of rebuilding can feel daunting. It can take years for a community’s natural environment to properly recover what had…

By Kyle Zart | June 29, 2021
Community Tree Recovery Corporate Partnerships Wildfire Recovery
Helping Regreen Australia — One Tree at a Time

This is a guest post provided by John Stanton, Senior Manager – Regional Operations Australasia, FedEx Express. Thanks to John, we get a local perspective on the devastating fires that raged through Australia…as well…

By Arbor Day Foundation | June 17, 2021
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Changing Lives In A Positive Way

Two years ago this September, Hurricane Florence swept in from the Atlantic and devastated large sections of the eastern seaboard with terrifying winds up to 150 mph. Just as bad was the precipitation. South…

By Arbor Day Foundation | August 31, 2020
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Trees Help East Hawaii Recovery

HILO AND OTHER COMMUNITIES on the east side of the Big Island suffered a double whammy of disasters in 2018. In May, 2,000 residents were sent fleeing from earthquakes and a major lava flow…

By Arbor Day Foundation | April 27, 2020
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Helping Restore Florida's Panhandle

This story is from the March/April Arbor Day Foundation Newsletter. Sign up for the Arbor Day e-news to get more stories right to your inbox. OCT. 10, 2018, WAS A TERRIFYING DAY for the residents of…

By Arbor Day Foundation | February 12, 2020
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The Journey to Recovery in the Wake of Hurricane Michael

The Arbor Day Foundation has worked with the Florida Forest Service for years, but our partnership for tree recovery in the wake of Hurricane Michael began immediately after that call.…

By Matt Spitsen | January 29, 2019
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The Time to Plant is Now: Help us Restore our Forests

As we continue to experience record-setting fires each year, the Arbor Day Foundation knows that it will take a multi-faceted approach to restore the natural landscape that has been destroyed in communities and to…

By Erin Mousel | October 19, 2018
Community Tree Recovery Replanting Our National Forests
A Day in the Life of a Tree Planter

This year, we reached a new milestone by planting our 60 millionth tree on our nation’s forests. These trees are planted with the help of tree planters, who spend long days in varying terrain…

By Melissa Wilson | December 19, 2016