American Forests

New Study Shows Trees Save Portland Region Millions
18 Oct 01 | At a news conference today in Portland, Oregon, American Forests (americanforests.org) released a new study showing how the tree canopy of the Willamette/Lower Columbia Region provides hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental and economic ...

American Forests Unveils the National Urban Tree Deficit
05 Sep 01 | 2. American Forests also demonstrates a detailed analysis of the urban forest of Washington, DC, called the Gray to Green Scale, using the next generation of satellite imagery and latest technology. "Gray to Green: Reversing the National Urban ...

Warning to Holiday Vacationers: Prevent Wildfires
02 Jul 01 | Officials at American Forests (americanforests.org) are reminding vacationers this July 4th to use caution and help prevent wildfires in national forests and other rural, fire-prone areas. Dennis Pendleton, Forest Service Director of the National...

Environmental Benefits of Urban Trees Illustrated By Lucille's Nest
22 Jun 01 | In 1999, American Forests released an Urban Ecosystem Analysis of the Washington, DC, region that detailed the decline of urban tree canopy during a 24-year period. American Forests recommends urban areas retain 40% tree cover.

Eddie Bauer Leads National Effort to Restore Wildfire-Damaged Ecosystems
18 Jun 01 | "Eddie Bauer's commitment to replanting forests burned by wildfires could not come at a better time," said Deborah Gangloff, executive director of American Forests. Every dollar donated through Eddie Bauer's "Add a dollar, Plant a tree" program, ...

2,300 VFW Posts Honor America's Veterans through Operation Silent Witness
24 May 01 | Operation Silent Witness is the largest memorial tree-planting effort in the history of American Forests, the nation's oldest non-profit conservation organization. "These majestic trees have stood as silent witnesses to history," said Mary ...

Bipartisan call for collaborative approaches to forest restoration and wildfire management
10 May 01 | "Understanding Community-Based Forest Ecosystem Management," (edited by Gerald Gray of American Forests, Maia Enzer of Sustainable Northwest, and Jonathan Kusel, Forest Communication Research) outlines how new collaborative approaches are ...

American Forests Responds to Roadless Rule Implementation
04 May 01 | American Forests applauds the Bush Administration for upholding the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule is part of a larger transition for Western national forests and communities from a timber-based to a ...

Front Range Trees Provide Millions in Benefits
18 Apr 01 | American Forests analyzed satellite images from 1986 and 1998 for a 2.24 million-acre area from Denver to Ft. Collins and a more developed 425,000 acres around Denver. Growing this urban forest to an average 25 percent tree cover would increase ...

Olympic Champion Seeks Support For Sarajevo Trees
24 Mar 01 | Trees can be planted online at www.americanforests.org or by phone through the Global ReLeaf tree-planting hotline, 1-800-545-TREE. Founded in 1875, American Forests is a world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration through its ...

Earth Day 2001 Goal: One Million Trees
20 Mar 01 | American Forests (americanforests.org), the country's oldest nonprofit conservation organization, has launched a campaign to plant one million trees for Earth Day. Every dollar donated online, or through the Global ReLeaf hotline at 1-800-545-...

Treesfortigers.org lets wildlife lovers restore rare snow tiger habitat
14 Mar 01 | Trees for Tigers is the newest Global ReLeaf environmental restoration campaign from American Forests, the nation's oldest nonprofit conservation group. For every dollar donated via treesfortigers.org, one native Korean pine tree is planted in ...

Environmental Education Program Gears Up for Earth Day
07 Mar 01 | A classroom learning guide and poster on trees and tree planting is available free of charge this spring from American Forests (americanforests.org), the world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration. "Last spring, over 1300 ...

American Forests Unveils 50 New U.S. and Global Environmental Projects
14 Feb 01 | The planting of tens of thousands of trees in Louisiana's Natchitoches Parrish kicks-off American Forests' (americanforests.org) tree-planting projects for the year 2001. "Four million locally grown, native trees will be planted in projects ...

Help Plant One Million Trees for Earth Day
14 Feb 01 | An Earth Day campaign to plant 1 million trees in environmental restoration projects in the United States and around the world will soon be announced by American Forests, the world leader in planting trees for the environment. American Forests, ...

American Forests and Forest Service seek proposals for Chesapeake Bay region
19 Jan 01 | American Forests (www.americanforests.org) and the U.S. Forest Service are seeking proposals for conservation projects in the Chesapeake Bay region. Chesapeake ReLeaf is a project of American Forests and the U.S. Forest Service in cooperation ...

Conservation Grants Help Restore Chesapeake Bay and Educate Citizens
02 May 00 | Chesapeake ReLeaf provides funds to public and private organizations to plant trees in restoration projects to actions to protect existing forests and to manage those forests in order to maintain forest health. Tree-plantings and educational ...