BENICIA — Students here have a shot at winning an iPad in two tree-related contests tied to the city’s Arbor Day celebration next month, organizers have announced. The 2011 Tree Art and Science Challenge is open to students in grades five through 12 residing and attending schools in Benicia. To win the art challenge, students […]
Shade does more than protect children’s skin. A growing number of advocates say it also may help kids stay more active. At a time when one-third of children are obese or overweight, a movement is growing to provide more shade at playgrounds, parks and pools, both to reduce future cancer risk and promote exercise, says Richard […]
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BENICIA — Volunteers are being sought to support a major tree-planting effort at Benicia High School on Friday, the Benicia Tree Foundation has announced. The workday will involve staking, digging irrigation trenches and watering trees planted earlier this year by students and community members. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon. Read […]
By Tony Burchyns, Times-Herald BENICIA -- An effort is taking root to plant 1,000 trees by the end of next year. "Never has such an attempt been made to so substantially increase the forest canopy in Benicia," said Wolfram Alderson, executive director of the nonprofit Benicia Tree Foundation. The initiative is being led by local […]
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter for the Benicia Herald The Benicia Tree Foundation aims to plant 1,000 trees in Benicia by the end of 2012, said Wolfram Alderson, executive director. “We’re just getting started,” Alderson said of the project to increase what he called Benicia’s urban forest. “We’re close to 10 percent of the goal.” The […]
Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes is the largest public housing development in the world. The Robert Taylor Homes consist of 28 sixteen-story apartment buildings. Most of the complex is an urban desert- concrete and asphalt cover the spaces between the buildings- but there are pockets of trees here and there. In 2001, Frances Kuo and Bill […]
BENICIA — Say trees! Err, “cheese.” Tree advocates are snapping a picture of the city’s first heritage tree on Saturday, and residents are invited to crowd into the shot, the Benicia Tree Foundation says. “Honoring this tree and recording the moment will take no more time than posting your status on Facebook, but carry far […]
A group of tree-minded citizens helped celebrate Benicia’s first Heritage Tree. By JB Davis A small group of tree enthusiasts congregated at City Park Saturday morning, May 21 to help commemorate the city’s first Heritage Tree. Wolfram Alderson, Executive Director of the Benicia Tree Foundation, spoke briefly about the tree, a California Live Oak estimated […]
