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Regreening Wilmington

By Kim Peacock | May 5, 2022

two children pulling a wagon loaded with three trees to plant in their yard

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 Wilmington, North Carolina. And with each passing hurricane came more destruction and tree loss. Through a partnership with the Alliance for Cape Fear Trees, the Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Tree Recovery program has provided thousands of trees for local residents hoping to restore Wilmington’s once-lush tree…

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
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
Corporate Partnerships
Planting Purpose with the Arbor Day Foundation

Guest post by Dalila Wilson-Scott, Senior Vice President of Community Impact for Comcast Corporation. Comcast Cares Day is the nation’s largest single-day corporate volunteer effort and a powerful representation of Comcast NBCUniversal’s year-round commitment…

By Zach Kane | July 9, 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
Community Tree Recovery
Community Tree Recovery: How to Get Involved

Every year, natural disasters strike communities throughout the United States. Over the past three years, FEMA has declared over 256 individual domestic disasters. These disasters not only affect the people and the infrastructure of…

By Abbie Eisenhart | December 10, 2015
Community Tree Recovery
Restoring Hope to Disaster-Stricken Communities

How would your community work toward restoring the local ecosystem following a natural disaster? The terrible wildfires in the western part of the United States are the latest example of why this question remains…

By Abbie Eisenhart | August 28, 2015