Animals: the World’s Best Reforesters! A recent study in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Biological Sciences journal discovered that animals of all kinds play a key role in reforestation! By focusing on a deforested area of rainforest in Central Panama over 100 years, the researchers
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Scott Baker, founder of Tree Solutions, a tree consulting company in the Pacific Northwest, shared these fabulous photographs he captured while visiting the Redwood Sky Walk at Sequoia Park Zoo, Eureka, California. Scott has worked with trees for over 45 years. His extensive experience spans commercial arboriculture,
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Path to Becoming An Arborist — What, How, and Why? by Snousha Glaude (TREE Research Associate, Snousha’s Instagram) Snousha (author of this blog) climbing trees. “UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” —
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Dr. Margaret (Meg) Lowman, Executive Director of the Sarasota-based TREE Foundation, has been awarded the 2023 Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize by the Tällberg Foundation. Lowman was selected for this honor in recognition of her “scientific, educational and advocacy work globally to protect and restore forests.” The Prize
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TREE Foundation Executive Director and Mission Green founder Meg Lowman gave a virtual keynote talk during the 8th International Canopy Conference held October 15-19, 2023, in Xishuangbanna, China. Meg’s talk was delivered during the Canopy Education sessions of the conference, and was focused on using Mission Green’s
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TREE Foundation’s Mission Green initiative awarded its first recognition of a canopy walkway to the Vermont Institute of Natural Science’s new walkway in Quechee, Vermont. TREE Foundation executive director Meg Lowman presented a Mission Green plaque to the Institute, which has now been installed along the walkway.
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Meg Lowman and TREE board member DC Randle took individuals and families on a week-long citizen science trip to Peru in July 2023. The trip began with an exploration of Lima before the group traveled deep into the Amazon to experience the rainforest. The journey was an
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The TREE Foundation welcomes Melanie Herrera as a Research Associate. Melanie is pursuing a Bachelor degree in Human Development and Family Studies and a minor in Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is co-captain of the UNCG women’s soccer team and serves as
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This blog contributed by TREE Research Associate Snousha Glaude. What is the difference between conservation and afforestation? Afforestation is planting new trees. Whereas conservation is protecting and maintaining mature trees. But a tree is a tree, right? Not exactly. We often overlook how mature trees offer benefits
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