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May 11, 2013 - BTF News
Join us the morning of Saturday, May 11th to help with weeding, pruning and staking our two year...

April 27, 2013 - BTF News
This workshop will be held at Henderson Elementary School, 650 Hastings Drive, Benicia from 9AM to...

March 31, 2013 - BTF News
Benicia Tree Foundation, in partnership with BUSD and the Semple Parent-Teacher Group has...

October 20, 2012 - BTF News
The 2012 Annual Tree Challenge Winners were announced at the Third Annual Arbor Day Celebration....

May 31, 2012 - Trees in the News
Before the gold rush in 1850, Benicia’s hills and flats made for a rather barren landscape. In 1855...

May 20, 2012 -
BENICIA -- Air pollution's blowin' in the wind, but so, say organizers, is the fate of a community...

May 1, 2012 -
2012 Annual Green Waste Clean-up The Benicia Fire Department and Allied Waste Disposal, Inc. are...

April 24, 2012 - Trees in the News
City streets can be mean, but somewhere near Brooklyn, a tree grows far better than its country...

April 12, 2012 - Trees in the News
TREES are on the front lines of our changing climate. And when the oldest trees in the world...

April 9, 2012 - Trees in the News
Every tree in urban Tennessee provides an estimated $2.25 worth of measurable economic benefits...

February 17, 2012 - BTF News
Seventy-five kindergarten students at Joe Henderson Elementary School planted twenty-two trees on...

February 16, 2012 -
Joe Henderson Elementary Students Flex Their Environmental Muscles

January 26, 2012 - BTF News
The Benicia Tree Foundation (BTF) has partnered with the Benicia Unified School District (BUSD) to...

January 26, 2012 - BTF News
The Benicia Tree Foundation (BTF) has partnered with the Benicia Unified School District (BUSD) to...

January 13, 2012 - BTF News
One more tree will be added to Benicia High School’s landscape, and 80 others that were planted...

January 12, 2012 - BTF News
The Benicia Tree Foundation (BTF) has partnered with the Benicia Unified School District (BUSD) to...

October 19, 2011 - BTF News
Times-Herald staff report BENICIA -- Two local eighth graders won iPads in an art contest at...

October 19, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff ReporterSome Benicia Girl Scouts are hoping residents with...

October 13, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Tony Burchyns / Times-Herald

October 11, 2011 - Trees in the News
Benicia Arbor Week includes Tree City ceremony, study of inventory, master planBy Donna Beth...

October 4, 2011 - Trees in the News
WHEREAS, in 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to theNebraska Board of Agriculture that a special...

October 1, 2011 - BTF News
“Our Community, Our Trees” Will Be Biggest EverThe list of twenty-two participants in Benicia’s...

October 1, 2011 - BTF News
Benicia Tree Foundation held a tree planting in the Community Park on Thursday, October 13th, with...

September 27, 2011 - Trees in the News
Dear Editor:No tree lover likes to see trees cut down. Unfortunately, in many urban environments,...

September 27, 2011 - Trees in the News
NO TREE LOVER likes to see trees cut down. Unfortunately, in many urban environments, trees often...

September 7, 2011 -
BENICIA -- Students here have a shot at winning an iPad in two tree-related contests tied to the...

August 9, 2011 - Trees in the News
Shade does more than protect children's skin. A growing number of advocates say it also may help...

July 17, 2011 -
BENICIA NEWS RELEASE : BENICIA NEWS RELEASE : BENICIA NEWS RELEASE...

June 22, 2011 - BTF News
BENICIA -- Volunteers are being sought to support a major tree-planting effort at Benicia High...

June 13, 2011 - BTF News
By Tony Burchyns, Times-HeraldBENICIA -- An effort is taking root to plant 1,000 trees by the end...

June 9, 2011 - BTF News
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter for the Benicia HeraldThe Benicia Tree Foundation...

May 29, 2011 - Trees in the News
"People have an intuitive sense that trees are good things," Geoffrey Donovan said. "Being a...

May 29, 2011 - Trees in the News
Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes is the largest public housing development in the world. The Robert...

May 22, 2011 - BTF News
BENICIA -- Say trees!Err, "cheese."Tree advocates are snapping a picture of the city's first...

May 22, 2011 - BTF News
A group of tree-minded citizens helped celebrate Benicia's first Heritage Tree. By JB Davis

May 18, 2011 - BTF News
For a few minutes Saturday morning, cameras will be trained on a large and stately oak tree in...

April 27, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter, Benicia HeraldLast month, vandals chopped through...

April 24, 2011 - BTF News
By Jeanne Steinman, Benicia Magazine.

April 21, 2011 -
 A Billion Acts of GreenEarth Day 2011 in BeniciaThursday, April 21stYou are Invited…Join the...

April 21, 2011 - BTF News
By David Ryan Palmer, Assistant EditorTree lovers, a heads-up: Saturday is your chance to help...

April 20, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter for the Benicia HeraldBenicia has been recognized as a...

April 12, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff ReporterThe reward for information leading to the...

April 12, 2011 - Trees in the News
The City of Benicia has received it's third annual Tree City USA designation. Additionally,...

March 29, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Judith DonaldsonEVEN THE RAIN DOESN’T DEPRESS ME me here in Benicia. I lived most of my life in...

March 20, 2011 - BTF News
Benicia’s Leadership in Urban Forestry Stands Tall as a Tree

March 18, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Benicia Herald Staff ReporterA day after 18 of 20 newly planted tulip...

March 17, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff ReporterBenicia is offering a $500 reward for information...

March 16, 2011 - Trees in the News
In an effort to apprehend those responsible for the egregious and willful destruction of 18 tulip...

March 15, 2011 - Trees in the News
EIGHTEEN CITY-OWNED tulip trees along Chelsea Hills and Panorama drives were destroyed over the...

March 13, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Tony Burchyns/Times-HeraldBENICIA -- Elected officials are set to name the city's first "...

March 6, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter for the Benicia HeraldThe International Society of...

March 2, 2011 - BTF News
It seems like everyone wants to lead a "greener" lifestyle these days, except those in denial about...

March 1, 2011 - BTF News
Source: Benicia Herald    VOLUNTEERS — including Larry Lamoreux, above, and Benicia...

March 1, 2011 - BTF News
By Alison Fleck, Benicia Patch.   Oh boy, are we ever in for nice weather. The sun has...

March 1, 2011 - BTF News
A Tree Tour of Benicia by Bicycle will be held Saturday, March 5th, 2011. Bring your bike and meet...

February 24, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter, The Benicia Herald        ...

February 24, 2011 - BTF News
The Benicia Tree Foundation's efforts to establish the first heritage tree in Benicia were...

February 22, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Tony Burchyns, Times HeraldBENICIA -- Five summers ago the removal of trees from Benicia High...

February 21, 2011 - Trees in the News
By JB Davis, The Benicia Patch      

February 16, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter- The Benicia Herald Benicia Tree Committee agreed Monday...

February 11, 2011 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter - The Benicia HeraldA decades-old coastal oak in City Park...

February 11, 2011 - BTF News
By Clarisa Morales Roberts - Benicia.Patch.comBenicia is poised to have its first Heritage Tree if...

February 9, 2011 - Trees in the News
By JB Davis - Benicia.Patch.com      The city's Parks, Recreation and...

December 20, 2010 - Trees in the News
By Ed Brennan, Benicia Patch.    Benicia oversees the well-being of 4,320 trees, 43...

November 4, 2010 - BTF News
California ReLeafIn October, the Benicia Tree Foundation tried something new. They gave away an...

November 1, 2010 - BTF News
In 2008, after a multi-year public process, the City of Benicia started its new tree program with...

November 1, 2010 - Trees in the News
PORTLAND, Ore. November 1, 2010. Along with energy conservation and storm-water...

October 21, 2010 - Trees in the News
Some common and dangerous air pollutants found in cities can be absorbed by plants at far greater...

October 15, 2010 - Trees in the News
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter - The Benicia Herald Benicians will celebrate their trees...

October 1, 2010 - Trees in the News
October offers Benicians a chance to participate in two spirited events with important ecological...

September 15, 2010 - BTF News
By JB Davis - Benicia.Patch.comThe contest was announced in Benicia High teacher Teresa Finn's...

September 5, 2010 - BTF News
City staff is pleased to present the Tree Report to the City Council for adoption on September 15...