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15 Urban Forest Facts
How many of these 15 Urban Forest Facts did you already know?
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Mar 71 min read
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4 Ways Trees Help When It Rains
Our urban forest is working hard for San Francisco when it rains! Trees reduce the amount of rainwater that ends up flooding our streets...
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Dec 5, 20241 min read
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4 Signs Your Tree Needs TLC
1. Ants Ants themselves are not directly damaging to trees, but they often perpetuate an existing problem by "protecting" insects that...
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Nov 21, 20241 min read
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Tree Watering Tips
Did you know our watering crew visits 1000 trees weekly? If you have the means, we'd love your help with watering. Read our tips below! ...
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Sep 16, 20241 min read
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Street Tree Myths... and Truths
Here are a few of the most common myths about street trees... along with the relevant facts you need to know.
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Apr 9, 20243 min read
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Growing Green Careers
Our workforce development programs offer youth and adults the opportunity to steward the urban landscape while developing job skills.
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Jun 12, 20231 min read
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Replacing what we’ve lost
Our rainstorms over the past couple of months brought down hundreds of street trees in San Francisco — trees we can hardly afford to...
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Mar 27, 20232 min read
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Our new Adopt-A-Yard-Tree program
Earlier this month, Friends of the Urban Forest launched our new Adopt-A-Yard-Tree program to give free trees to eligible San Francisco...
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Feb 23, 20232 min read
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New Year, New Programs, Updated Mission
At Friends of the Urban Forest, we connect people to nature and each other by planting and caring for San Francisco’s trees and gardens....
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
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What We've Accomplished Together
As we start a new year, we'd like to share with you a review of things we've accomplished together. We've been working hard to bring the...
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Jan 1, 20232 min read
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Treeless Streets Can Get Greener
A personal note by Karla Nagy, Vice President for Operations Dear Friend, If you moved to San Francisco from elsewhere, as I did, you...
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Nov 27, 20222 min read
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Trees Are Cool(ing)
Did you know that San Francisco is the third-fastest-warming city in California? Fortunately, there’s a simple solution that can change...
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Oct 7, 20222 min read
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Planting Positivity
As a Community Planting Manager for Friends of the Urban Forest, I transform streets and neighborhoods by planting street trees. I love...
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Sep 12, 20222 min read
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Greener Block Award 2022
Friends of the Urban Forest chose the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District as the winner of its 10th annual Brian Tsai Greener Block Award....
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Jun 20, 20221 min read
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Minimizing tree losses, maximizing tree love
Planting trees today will protect all of us, especially the most vulnerable, from the hotter climate ahead.
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Feb 24, 20222 min read
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Rebuilding our volunteer workforce is an urgent job
It’s a time of year for giving thanks, and I’m thankful that volunteers will soon be able to join our tree plantings again. We suspended...
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Nov 15, 20212 min read

Preparing for a Dangerously Hotter Future
The extreme heat events we’re witnessing in the West are frightening. We’re way past the point of a “wake-up call” when it comes to our...
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Sep 26, 20212 min read
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