By Clarisa Morales Roberts – Benicia.Patch.com Benicia is poised to have its first Heritage Tree if City Council approves a Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Commission recommendation made at their meeting, Wednesday night, February 9 at City Hall. The Benicia Tree Foundation recommended that a Coastal Live Oak in Jenson Park be designated as a Heritage […]
By JB Davis - Benicia.Patch.com The city's Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Commission is poised to recommend granting Heritage Tree status to a coastal live oak in the southwest quadrant of City Park. The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the Commission Room in BeniciaCity Hall, 250 East L St. The commission is also […]
By Ed Brennan, Benicia Patch. Benicia oversees the well-being of 4,320 trees, 43 of which should get the axe because of structural defects or poor health, according to a new inventory of the city’s trees. The report presented Thursday valued the city’s trees at nearly $13 million and named the Bradford pear as the city’s […]
California ReLeaf In October, the Benicia Tree Foundation tried something new. They gave away an iPad to get area youth interested in their urban forest. Students in 5th through 12th grade were challenged to correctly identify the most trees species within the City of Benicia. Ninth-grader Amanda Radtke won an iPad from the city for […]
November 1, 2010 In 2008, after a multi-year public process, the City of Benicia started its new tree program with the adoption of an updated tree ordinance. The goals of the program include completing an inventory of City trees, increased tree planting, adoption of a modern tree management plan that specifies proper maintenance practices, public […]
PORTLAND, Ore. November 1, 2010. Along with energy conservation and storm-water reduction, scientists may soon be adding crime-fighting to the list of benefits that urban trees provide. Researchers with the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest (PNW) and Southern Research Stations have published a new study that suggests that certain types of city trees may help […]
Some common and dangerous air pollutants found in cities can be absorbed by plants at far greater rates than ever suspected. The discovery has big implications for modeling how vegetation affects pollutants, as well as how particles in the atmosphere affect human health and global warming. The finding comes from a fruitful and unusual collaboration […]
