The Benicia Tree Foundation’s efforts to establish the first heritage tree in Benicia were recognized on the California ReLeaf web site. Click here to view the article. More BTF in the News Benicia’s First Heritage Tree [Edit] August Tree Care Day at BSRA [Edit] Caltrans Approves Adopt-a-Highway Tree Permit [Edit] Second Saturday Tree Care Day […]
By Tony Burchyns, Times Herald BENICIA — Five summers ago the removal of trees from Benicia High School caused a local controversy. Now the school is welcoming the arrival of 80 new trees — nearly three times the number chopped down around the ball fields in 2006 due to disease or roots deemed too near […]
By JB Davis, The Benicia Patch The Benicia Tree Foundation has partnered with the Benicia Unified School District to plant 80 trees at Benicia High School. The project will be implemented in three phases, with the first volunteer-based event Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Click here to read the entire story in the Benicia […]
By Donna Beth WeilenmanStaff Reporter – The Benicia Herald Benicians will celebrate their trees Saturday with Arbor Day music, tours, climbing and planting demonstrations, as well as the awarding of a prize in the Great Benicia Tree Challenge. It is only the second year Benicia has marked Arbor Day, an event that was started in […]
The contest was announced in Benicia High teacher Teresa Finn’s Academic Decathalon class and started with a simple quiz. The questions: What does jpeg stand for? What are the coordinates of Benicia High School? What binomial nomenclature is included in the botanical name of a tree? The contest, the Great Benicia Tree Science Challenge, is […]
City staff is pleased to present the Tree Report to the City Council for adoption on September 15, 2009. The Tree Report chronicles the history, actions and recommendations of community members, City staff, and arboriculture professionals charged with the task of developing Benicia’s tree program. You can download a copy of the Tree Report here. […]
