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DECEMBER 2008
Arbor Day Poster Contest
Deadline to submit posters is December 12.
Fifth graders are invited to submit posters to the National Arbor
Day Poster Contest themed "Trees are Terrific..." Winners will be selected to represent the
City of Fort Worth, Cross Timbers region, state and national
categories. No sign up is necessary.
Find out more about the contest.
Deadline for poster submissions is Friday, December 12.
For more information, please contact Michelle Villafranca via e-mail
at
michelle.villafranca@fortworthgov.org or phone 817.871.5729.
JANUARY 2009
Citizen Forester Program
Deadline to submit applications is January 16.
Training classes run from January through May.
The Citizen Forester program presents a wonderful opportunity for
individuals to become skilled at planting, pruning, and maintaining
trees. It also provides interested persons with the chance to get
involved with local city and county municipalities and help their
community take care of its public trees. Among many other projects,
Citizen Foresters will be capable of assisting with city tree
inventories, training and pruning of newly established trees,
measuring street trees for clearance, pruning crape myrtles on
public property, mulching trees in public parks, and participating
in city or county tree planting programs and tree give-away events.
Citizen Forester application deadline is January 12.
Learn more about this hands-on
training/volunteer program.
For more information or if you would
like to volunteer,
please contact Melanie Migura via e-mail at
melanie.migura@fortworthgov.org or phone 817.871.5739.
MAY 2009
Mayfest - Tree Booth
Saturday, May 2 & Sunday, May 3
Each
year Forestry collaborates with several local non-profit groups to
provide up to 2,000 free tree seedlings at Mayfest (Botanical
Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth Garden Club, Fort Worth
Botanical Society, Cross Timbers Urban Forestry Council, and Fort
Worth Star-Telegram). The
Tree Booth gives free seedlings away every hour from 1pm to 5pm
on Saturday, May 2 & Sunday, May 3 during Mayfest at Trinity
Park.
For more
information or if you would like to volunteer, please phone 817.871.5729.
If
you've received a free tree at Mayfest, we'd love to hear your story
about the tree.
You may e-mail your Mayfest tree story & photos to
:
City of
Fort Worth
Parks & Community Services Department
4200 S. Freeway, Suite 2200
Fort Worth, Texas 76115
ATTENTION: Forestry
Volunteering...
Events will be added to the calendar as the information becomes
available. In the meantime, please visit our
volunteer page for
opportunities. To see possible volunteer projects &
opportunities, please click
here for a downloadable pdf brochure.
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