“Reach Beyond the Trees: Taking New Challenges” by Greg Levine, Co-Executive Director, Trees Atlanta
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Greg Levine, Co-Executive Director, Trees Atlanta, discusses programs to go further than planting trees at the 2013 ACTrees Day.
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“Reach Beyond the Trees: Taking New Challenges” by Greg Levine, Co-Executive Director, Trees Atlanta
- 1. 1 Trees Atlanta Mission Trees Atlanta is a nationally recognized citizens group dedicated to protecting and improving Atlanta’s urban forest by planting, conserving and educating.
- 2. 2 Forest restoration programming“Have Ewe Herd?” Morningside Nature PreserveBefore Sheep Morningside Nature PreserveAfter Sheep
- 5. 5 After invasives are removed, native trees and shrubs are planted
- 6. 6 Urban Tree Trackers Youth Education
- 7. 7 Since August 2012: • 3,136 of children served • 91 classroom visits • 9 volunteer planting/maintenance projects
- 8. 8 Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum- Program Expansion
- 9. 9 11 acres of native grasses
- 11. 11 Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum docent led walking tours
- 12. 12 Thank You!
Editor's Notes
- Thank you for allowing us to come in today to speak with you about Trees Atlanta. We are the non-profit group in Atlanta dedicated to improving and protecting Atlanta’s tree canopy through planting, conserving and educating.
- Lately, if you have heard about Trees Atlanta in the news, it is likely for our sheep. As part of our forest restoration program, we have hired a herd of 100 sheep and goats to eat kudzu and ivy at parks across Atlanta. We have employed the herd to demonstrate an environmentally friendly way to get rid of invasive plants. These plants are one of the biggest threats to our forests as they kill the trees. After we remove the invasive plants, often we will come back in to plant native trees and plants which will help restore the site.
- This is another opportunity for your company to help out. You can work along side the sheep and goats to remove these invasive plants or help plant new trees once they have finished up at one of the forest restoration sites. We do grass plantings and site clean up projects too.