Newsroom See what’s growing at the Arbor Day Foundation, with news, updates, press releases, and more. Filter Filter Years 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 March 20, 2018 10 Cities Awarded TD Green Streets Grants for Innovative Urban Forestry Initiatives in Low- to Moderate-Income Neighborhoods LINCOLN, Neb., March 20, 2018 – TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, and the Arbor Day Foundation today announced the 10 cities that will each receive grants of up to $20,000 from TD Green Streets for innovative urban greening and tree-planting projects in low- to moderate-income areas. March 15, 2018 Arbor Day Foundation and Publix Collaborating to Protect the Natural Waters of Florida The Arbor Day Foundation and Publix are pleased to announce an expanded collaboration to help restore Florida's water ways with additional tree plantings in the Little Orange Creek Preserve and the Withlacoochee River Watershed, building on the inaugural watershed partnership which had focused on the cleaning and restoration of the Ocklawaha River Watershed in Alachua, Marion and Lake Counties in Florida. March 8, 2018 City of San Francisco and Friends of the Urban Forest Recognized as Champion of Trees The Arbor Day Foundation has announced today that the City of San Francisco and the Friends of the Urban Forest have been awarded the Foundation's Champion of Trees Award which recognizes a government entity, community-based organization or partnership among such groups that has demonstrated exemplary leadership to develop and implement new policies and practices for municipal tree planting and care, natural area stewardship or arboriculture. March 7, 2018 The Arbor Day Foundation Honors Plant-for-the-Planet with Spirit of Arbor Day Award The Arbor Day Foundation has announced today that Plant-for-the Planet has been awarded the Foundation's Spirit of Arbor Day Award which recognizes an organization or community that fulfills the Foundation's mission of inspiring people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees through programs and activities that have been implemented within the past five years. The award will be presented at Plant-for-the Planet's global youth summit in Monaco on Friday, March 9, 2018. Load More Arbor Day Foundation In the News Inc. Let's Reject Greenhushing and Put Corporate Climate Action in the Spotlight Corporate green commitments, once proudly announced from the rooftops, are now quietly whispered about and often tucked from view. Grist The secret ingredient in Biden’s climate law? City trees. Planting trees in cities sounds simple. Here's why the Forest Service is spending $1.5 billion on it. Washington Post Mapping America’s access to nature, neighborhood by neighborhood A city is a science experiment. What happens when we separate human beings from the environment in which they evolved? For Media Inquiries To arrange an interview, or to find out more about the Arbor Day Foundation, members of the media should contact: Jeff Salem Director, Communications & Public Relations 211 N. 12th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 Contact Grow a better tomorrow Our planet needs all of us, more than ever. Join us today to plant trees that grow a more hopeful future. Donate Join
March 20, 2018 10 Cities Awarded TD Green Streets Grants for Innovative Urban Forestry Initiatives in Low- to Moderate-Income Neighborhoods LINCOLN, Neb., March 20, 2018 – TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, and the Arbor Day Foundation today announced the 10 cities that will each receive grants of up to $20,000 from TD Green Streets for innovative urban greening and tree-planting projects in low- to moderate-income areas.
March 15, 2018 Arbor Day Foundation and Publix Collaborating to Protect the Natural Waters of Florida The Arbor Day Foundation and Publix are pleased to announce an expanded collaboration to help restore Florida's water ways with additional tree plantings in the Little Orange Creek Preserve and the Withlacoochee River Watershed, building on the inaugural watershed partnership which had focused on the cleaning and restoration of the Ocklawaha River Watershed in Alachua, Marion and Lake Counties in Florida.
March 8, 2018 City of San Francisco and Friends of the Urban Forest Recognized as Champion of Trees The Arbor Day Foundation has announced today that the City of San Francisco and the Friends of the Urban Forest have been awarded the Foundation's Champion of Trees Award which recognizes a government entity, community-based organization or partnership among such groups that has demonstrated exemplary leadership to develop and implement new policies and practices for municipal tree planting and care, natural area stewardship or arboriculture.
March 7, 2018 The Arbor Day Foundation Honors Plant-for-the-Planet with Spirit of Arbor Day Award The Arbor Day Foundation has announced today that Plant-for-the Planet has been awarded the Foundation's Spirit of Arbor Day Award which recognizes an organization or community that fulfills the Foundation's mission of inspiring people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees through programs and activities that have been implemented within the past five years. The award will be presented at Plant-for-the Planet's global youth summit in Monaco on Friday, March 9, 2018.