Benicia Tree Foundation in the News
Earth Day 2023 at Lake Herman Open Space
Employees from Sutter Health showed up at the Lake Herman Open Space project on April 20 to celebrate Earth Day 2023. These volunteers completed maintenance work on 40 native trees in the 125-tree open space project. Bio-degradable cloth weedblock effectively minimizes weeds around the trees, so a 2ft-square sheet of weedblock was added to trees […]
Annual Report for 2022 Released
The Benicia Tree Foundation Board of Directors has released its Annual Report for 2022. This report describes our accomplishments this past year and our goals for 2023. We would like to thank all the volunteers, donors and supporting organizations that helped us with all that we accomplished in 2022. 2022_annual_report
Owl Boxes in the Open Space
While surveying tree locations in the Lake Herman Open Space, volunteers found signs of another owl box being occupied by a Barn owl. Owl scat was found beneath a box where none had been found before. This was good news because rodents are still eating trees in the open space. (Note, the top picture is […]