Casey
Trees Citizen Programs
Citizen involvement is vital to the success
of Casey Trees’ mission to restore, enhance, and protect the
tree canopy of Washington, DC. These programs form the core of our
efforts:
- Citizen Forester training
- Community Tree Plantings
- Student Internships
- Planning & Design research
- Tree Inventory analysis
Citizen
Forester
Casey Trees offers this program free of
charge for training volunteers to conduct tree inventories and to
provide a variety of care for our city's trees. Through a combination
of classroom instruction and hands-on field work, Citizen Foresters
learn tree science, including tree identification, anatomy, and
biology; tree care, including planting, mulching, and pruning; and
methods for promoting and protecting the city’s green infrastructure.
The Citizen Forester Program is led by Sue Erhardt.
More information >>
Community
Tree Planting
Each fall and spring, Casey Trees joins
with neighborhood groups, concerned citizens, and trained Citizen
Foresters to develop and conduct community tree-planting projects.
Enabling residents to plant and care for trees in their neighborhoods
is an important part of our mission, and is essential for the long-term
health of our trees. Jim Woodworth, Director of Tree Planting and Stewardship,
welcomes volunteers
to join us in the spring and fall to restore historic elm trees
in each of the city’s eight wards.
More information
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Student
Internships
Every summer, Casey Trees hires college
students and recent college graduates to serve as leaders for teams
of high school interns. The paid interns, selected from all across
the city, receive instruction about trees and tree care, and then
work outdoors in city neighborhoods caring for trees and teaching
residents how they can help regreen DC. Buffie Brownstein recruits high school interns in the spring. More information >>
Planning & Design
The policies and plans that guide growth and redevelopment in the District greatly impact its existing and potential tree canopy. To ensure that trees remain an essential part of DC’s landscape, Casey Trees engages and collaborates with government, community groups, developers, designers, and the business community so that plans, designs, and construction practices protect existing trees and forests, and create spaces capable of sustaining large, healthy trees. Heather Whitlow is the Director for Planning & Design. More information >>
Inventories
To properly restore, enhance, and protect our city's tree canopy, we must have detailed information about each tree. In 2002, hundreds of citizens participated in an unprecedented survey of the city’s street trees. Using hand-held computers and a state-of-the-art mapping system, volunteers walked 955 miles of city streets to document the condition and location of 106,000 trees and 25,000 potentially plantable spaces. The database resulting from the survey is now used by the Urban Forestry Administration to plan and manage its care for these trees. Maps displaying every street tree surveyed are posted on the MapBook page on this site. A report of the findings was issued in April 2003.
In 2003 we partnered with the National Park Service to map and measure the trees in the Monumental Core of the city, which boasts some of the most well-known trees in the country.
Holli Howard leads our inventory programs and coordinates our efforts to expand the inventory to additional areas of the city. More
information >>
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Apply for a Planting in your Neighborhood
Applications for our next Community Tree Planting (CTP) grants are due June 15.
Download the CTP application form >>
Water a tree, save a tree.
Join us this summer as we work to ensure the survival of DC's youngest trees.
Sign-up to adopt trees to water this summer>>
Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for
gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel.
- Aldo Leopold
The best friend of man is the tree: when we use
the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest
resources of the earth.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
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Casey
Trees Programs
