Street trees have many benefits, but their climate impact is becoming more important all the time. The cooling impact of a single healthy tree from evaporation and absorbing sunlight “is equivalent to ten room-size air conditioners operating 24 hours a day,” according to the US Department of Agriculture. This is one of the facts about streets […]
Tip from an arborist at Traverso Tree Service If you have mushrooms growing on your tree, you need to read this advice from Traverso Tree Service. Click here to read more.
Members of the Benicia Tree Foundation Board of Directors will present the Foundation's Annual Report for 2021 at the February 15th City Council meeting. This report describes our accomplishments this past year and our goals for 2021. 2021_annual_report
A book about discovering the wisdom of the forest by Suzanne Simard Suzanne Simard is a Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia and grew up in and around a forest. She knew then that a forest isn’t just about trees, but it is a whole living biome with each organism contributing […]
Benicia Tree Foundation hosts Sustainable Solano Youth Program Participants in Sustainable Solano’s Youth Environmental Leadership Fellowship were given a hands-on tour of the Lake Herman Open Space project on Saturday, January 29, 2022. Members of the Benicia Tree Foundation’s Board of Directors reviewed the history of the project and demonstrated the tasks involved in expanding […]
Valero Funds Supplies for Deer Cages The first 3rd Thursday Tree Care Day of the year involved seven volunteers building and installing deer cages to protect oak trees that were being damaged by deer using the trees to rub the velvet off their new antlers. Click here to read more about the deer problem. The […]
Unprotected trees are targeted by wildlife. When trees are initially planted in the open space, cages protected them from goats and other predators. As the trees grew, the cages became too small and were removed. Damage has been observed on these unprotected trees this past year. There are about 17 trees without cages in the […]
BTF cancels event, then reopens it to volunteers willing to carry the trees and tools to the site. The event was cancelled because vehicle access to the site could not be obtained. Then event organizer decided to re-open the event to volunteers without support from a vehicle. Event organizers were surprised to see 16 volunteers […]
Youth Program in Benicia may include urban forestry. Benicia Tree Foundation and Sustainable Solano see the potential for including an urban forestry project in the Youth Environmental Leadership Program that Sustainable Solano will be launching in January. The Program seeks high school students passionate about the environment and the community to enroll in a 10-week […]
