Featured News Articles
Below is the growing repository of news and industry articles featuring the Texas Trees Foundation from over the years.
March 7, 2023
Wall Street Journal
Trees Across the U.S. Are Sprouting Leaves Earlier Than Usual This Year
January 27, 2023
GreenSourceDFW
Dallas medical district renovation to follow green prescription
August 10, 2022
cbsnews.com
Gardening 101: Shade Project Dallas
August 9, 2022
Dallas Morning News
Dallas’ Harry Hines corridor will get a makeover; here’s what’s in store
August 3, 2022
dallasexpress.com
Texas Trees Foundation Makes ‘Cool Schools’
August 1, 2022
Spectrum News
TREE-KILLING BEETLE: 13.1% of Dallas trees are being threatened by an invasive wood-boring beetle, the Emerald Ash Borer. Even more trees across Texas will die if they go untreated
July 14, 2022
greensourcedfw.org
Trees need water during Texas drought
July 13, 2022
dallasrightnow.com
Dallas tree group says water your trees, not your grass during drought
July 1, 2022
cbsnews.com
Gardening 101: Dallas’ Cool Schools initiative turns campuses into outdoor learning centers
June 16, 2022
Dallas Morning News
13% of Dallas trees are in danger as killer bug arrives. How city and residents must react
June 9, 2022
Fort Worth Report
As Fort Worth shapes strategy for protecting trees, residents and developers likely to clash over policy
June 6, 2022
Natural Awakenings
Urban Forestry in Fort Worth
May 31, 2022
D Magazine
Finalists Announced: D CEO’s Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards 2022 (Category: Organization of the Year, Large)
May 20, 2022
Dallas Morning News
If we are ever to stop tree massacres, Dallas City Hall will have to do a lot better than this
May 20, 2022
Community Impact
City announces launch of Fort Worth Urban Forestry Master Plan
May 20, 2022
Dallas Culture Map
Dallas and North Texas counties under quarantine to save beautiful ash tree
May 17, 2022
CBS News
Fort Worth moves forward on urban forestry master plan
May 17, 2022
Fort Worth Texas.gov
Fort Worth to create an urban forestry master plan
April 19, 2022
D Magazine
Leading Off (4/18/22)
April 14, 2022
Fox 4 News
KB Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted, Tree Planting
March 29, 2022
Globe News Wire
College Park Receives New Trees Thanks to Arbor Day Foundation, Verizon, and Spirit Realty
March 24, 2022
Globe News Wire
Texas Trees Foundation Partners with Amazon to Help Create Cleaner and Healthier Cool Schools
March 21, 2022
Globe News Wire
American Forests and Salesforce Provide New Trees for Dallas Parks
March 18, 2022
Globe News Wire
Volunteers Planted 50 New Trees at Willoughby Park
- KERA – More Trees? If Approved, a New City Plan Would Make Planting & Conserving Dallas Trees a Priority – 02/02/2021
- Dallas Morning News – Volunteers Invited to ‘Branch Out’, plant trees at Oak Cliff Founders Park – 02/05/2021
- Green Source DFW – Texas Trees Foundation Reveals State of Dallas Urban Forest – 02/10/2021
- Dallas Doing Good – Branching Out: Planting Texas Trees at Dallas Parks – 03/13/2021
- Lakewood Advocate – 500 Trees Up for Grabs. Here’s How to Get One – 03/24/2021
- D Magazine – Texas Trees Foundation is Giving Away 500 Trees to Some Dallas Residents – 03/30/2021
- Dallas Morning News – Here’s How Some Oak Cliff Residents Can Get a Free Tree – 04/01/2021
- NBC – Dallas High School Leaving Its Mark on the City’s Landscape – 04/09/2021
- D Magazine – For Earth Day 2021, an Easy Way to Make a Gift to the Planet – 04/20/2021
- Dallas Morning News – Letters to the Editor – 05/07/2021
- Lakewood Advocate – Reinhardt Elementary has a New Cool School Park – 05/12/2021
- CBS – Gardening 101: Oak Wilt – 05/22/2021
- D Magazine – These Six New Parks Are the Coolest Thing in Dallas – 05/24/2021
- Oak Cliff Advocate – Free trees for neighbors near two ‘Cool Schools’ in Oak Cliff – 05/26/2021
- Dallas Morning News – Salazar Elementary receives new playground, trees and mural as part of ‘Cool School’ program – 05/29/2021
- D Magazine – A New Plan Shows How Badly Dallas Needs to Protect its Trees – 06/03/2021
- KERA – Dallas City Council Approves Plan to Prioritize Trees in Fight Against Climate Change – 06/05/2021
- CBS – ‘That Changes the Ecosystem’: Dallas Plans to Plant 350K Trees in Next Decade – 06/09/2021
- Dallas Morning News – A generation of Dallas kids is growing up with no park nearby. ‘Cool Schools’ strategy changes that – 06/11/2021
- Smart Cities Dive – Dallas Adopts its First Urban Forest Master Plan – 06/11/2021
- Dallas Innovates – ICYMI: What’s New and Next in DFW Innovation – 06/16/2021
- QSR – Bellagreen Introduces New Seasonal Menu for the Summer – 06/15/2021
- Spectrum News 1 – Dallas unveils its first Urban Forest Master Plan, pledges to plant 350K trees in next decade – 06/21/2021
- Lakewood Advocate – Photos: Tree dedication ceremony at White Rock Hills Park – 08/11/2021
- CBS DFW – Gardening 101: How to assess if your trees will survive winter – 08/18/2021
- NBC 5 DFW – Climate Change and Inequality: What’s Being Done To Fix It – 9/28/2021
- Waco Tribune-Herald – Tree conference brings ‘urban forest’ vision to Waco – 10/1/2021
- Dallas Morning News – Water Cooler at Pegasus Park signs up 15 new tenants for its nonprofit collaborative – 10/14/2021
- D Magazine – Texas Trees Foundation Nabs $2.5 Million Grant for Medical District Redo – 1/16/2020
- NBC DFW – 3,500 Trees to be Planted to Replace the Ones Lost in October Tornadoes – 1/23/2020
- D Magazine – Five Ways Texas Trees Foundation Creates Healthy Spaces in Your Community – 4/22/2020
- Dallas Morning News – Dallas is a Concrete Jungle, but Janette Monear Knows How to Fix it – 5/24/2020
- Dallas Morning News – Dallas City Council Unanimously Approves City’s First Climate Action Plan – 5/27/2020
- CBS/DFW – City Of Plano Giving Away Free Trees To Residents – 10/01/2020
- NBC/DFW – Parts of Dallas Damaged By Tornado Fully Restored, Work Ahead for Others – 10/17/2020
- Community Impact Newspaper – Nonprofit gives away trees to replace those destroyed by last year’s tornado in Richardson – 10/23/2020
- Dallas Morning News – Here’s how North Texas residents can get free trees to replace those destroyed by last year’s tornado – 10/26/2020
- CultureMap Dallas – New project coming to old Collin Creek Mall Plano and more Dallas news – 12/18/2020
- Dallas Morning News – At 85, Dallas PR icon Stan Levenson has no regrets about missing out on ZZ Top – 1/6/2019
- Dallas Innovates – Social Innovation: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018 – 1/8/2019
- D Magazine – The Woman Who Fought the Sun – 1/10/2019
- D Magazine – How Transforming the Medical District Could Transform Dallas – 1/10/2019
- D CEO Magazine – How Texas Trees Will Transform the Medical District – 1/14/2019
- NBC DFW – Scientists Talk Action Plans at North Texas Climate Change Symposium – 2/4/2019
- The Daily Campus – SMU Big Event gets students excited to volunteer – 2/22/2019
- Good Life Family Magazine – Bavarian Grill Adds Green to Plano Park – 4/9/2019
- UTD News Center – UT Dallas Helps Lead New Sustainability Coalition for North Texas – 4/18/2019
- Plano Magazine – Earth Week at Bellagreen – 4/22/2019
- KVEO – Energy company donates 20 trees to Valley elementary schools – 4/24/2019
- KVEO – School district receives tree donation from energy company – 4/26/2019
- Valley Town Crier – TXU donates 20 trees to ECISD elementary schools – 4/26/2019
- BusinessWire – Vizient Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Environmental Sourcing, Supplier Diversity and Community Outreach – 5/13/2019
- Dallas ISD News Hub – Elementary school celebrates innovative ‘Cool School Community Park’ – 5/20/2019
- National Geographic – As the climate crisis worsens, cities turn to parks – 5/22/2019
- Lakewood Advocate Magazine – Video: ‘Cool Schools’ park opens to public at Dan D. Rogers – 5/23/2019
- Green Source DFW – New park designed to cool Dallas campus – 6/10/2019
- D Magazine – Did a Tree Fall on Your Property? Here Is What You Need To Do. – 6/10/2019
- Preston Hollow Advocate Magazine – LOOK: Damage from thunderstorm. Can your tree be saved? – 6/10/2019
- Green Source DFW – North Texas storm topples trees across region – 6/11/2019
- Dallas Innovates – ‘Premier Tech Hub of Texas’: Richardson Lays Tracks for Transit-Forward Innovation District – 6/12/2019
- Vistra Energy – TXU Energy Pledges $200,000 to Aid North Texas Storm-Impacted Customers and Communities – 6/12/2019
- Yahoo! Finance – TXU Energy Pledges $200,000 to Aid North Texas Storm-Impacted Customers and Communities – 6/12/2019
- D Magazine – Major Tree Donation Coming to Dallas Parks After Sunday’s Storms – 6/14/2019
- My San Antonio News – The future of conservation is collaboration – 6/15/2019
- CBS 11 DFW – North Arborist Offers Tips On Handling Storm Damaged Trees – 6/19/2019
- MSN – North Arborist Offers Tips On Handling Storm Damaged Trees – 6/19/2019
- IrvingWeekly – TXU Energy Pledges $200,000 to Aid North Texas Storm-Impacted Customers and Communities – 6/24/2019
- D Magazine – The City of Dallas Is Finally Taking Its Tree Canopy Seriously – 6/28/2019
- RestaurantNews – bellagreen Inspires Plano to “Eat Well & Tread Lightly” with New Location – 7/3/2019
- Dallas Morning News – More trees can help Dallas keep its cool, now that forestry plan has a green light – 7/3/2019
- D Magazine – The City of Dallas Asks Residents to Help Fund Irrigation Systems for New Trees – 7/8/2019
- Curbed – How trees can save us – 7/10/2019
- CBS 11 DFW – Dallas Wants To Replace Trees Destroyed During June Storm, Add Trees Long Term – 7/15/2019
- D Magazine – New EarBurner: Bobby Abtahi Quits the Park Board, Talks About It – 7/16/2019
- D Magazine – Victory Park and the Design District May Soon Have a Trail Connecting Them – 7/23/2019
- Frisco Enterprise – Anna Chathampadathil talks about acing exams, life outside of school – 7/25/2019
- Fast Company – There’s a simple way to give 20 million Americans access to parks: Let them use school playgrounds – 8/7/2019
- D Magazine – A Reminder That Trees Can Help Save Dallas – 8/12/2019
- Nursery Magazine – Dallas will produce its first Urban Forest Plan – 8/15/2019
- Dallas Morning News – Dallas is transforming school playgrounds into city parks — and it couldn’t come at a more crucial time – 8/19/2019
- The Guardian – How US cities are scrambling to protect people from extreme heat – 8/20/2019
- Dallas Morning News – Dallas’ green ‘cool roofs’ initiative helps city turn down the heat on urban oven – 8/26/2019
- World Economic Forum – How LA plans to be 1.6°C cooler by 2050 – 8/30/2019
- El Dorado News-Times – Trees and City Heat – 9/14/2019
- Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette – Trees as saviors of cities – 9/15/2019
- NBC DFW – Dallas Plants Trees, But Some Aren’t Getting the Water They Need – 9/16/2019
- D Magazine – Reducing the Urban Heat Island in Dallas – 1/5/2018
- 3BL Media – VIDEO | See How Texas Trees Foundation and Alliance Data Are Working to Reverse Dallas’ Rising Temps – 1/11/2018
- TEDX Plano – 2018 Speakers – TedX Plano – 1/12/2018
- 100 Resilient Cities – City of Dallas, Toyota, and 100 Resilient Cities Host Masterclass on Resilient Southwestern Medical District – 1/30/2018
- CultureMap Dallas – Dallas takes on climate change with eye-opening enviro-summit – 3/7/2018
- Austin Tree Service Inc. Blog – What’s the Texas Trees Foundation? – 3/23/2018
- TreeFolks Blog – Addressing Urban Heat Island Effect with Trees – 3/29/2018
- BusinessWire – Texan by Nature Announces 2018 Conservation Wranglers – 4/3/2018
- Houston Business Journal – Texan by Nature Announces 2018 Conservation Wranglers – 4/3/2018
- Texan by Nature – Texan by Nature Announces 2018 Conservation Wranglers – 4/3/2018
- Dallas Morning News Al Dia Dallas – Community Events Guide for the Dallas and Fort Worth area – 4/12/2018
- HKS Inc Stories – Design Rx | Combating Nature Deficit Disorder with our Schools – 4/13/2018
- WFAA 8 – Groups plant 1,000 trees in Oak Cliff (Video) – 4/15/2018
- KERA News – Urban Development Is Making Dallas Hotter. This Study Says More Trees Are The Answer – 4/18/2018
- PR Newswire – Papa John’s, TXU Energy Deliver Hundreds of Trees to Neighborhoods Most Impacted by Hurricane Harvey; Additional 10,000 Seedlings to be Delivered with Pizza Orders – 4/20/2018
- Naturally Fun Blog – NFL Draft 2018 Urban Forestry Project – 4/20/2018
- CW 33 – NFL Draft Week 2018 kicks off in Arlington – 4/23/2018
- City of Arlington, Texas – NFL Draft Leaves a Lasting Legacy at Arlington’s Brantley Hinshaw Park – 4/24/2018
- Cypress Fairbanks ISD – CY Ridge Students Help Give Trees to Hurricane Harvey Victims – 4/25/2018
- D Magazine – Snooze Brings All Day Breakfast to Addison – 5/2/2018
- AZ Central – Utility’s tree-planting program in Phoenix brings shade to a city in need of it – 5/2/2018
- Dallas Morning News – Dallas having to thin the herd at Pioneer Plaza because of a few bum steers – 5/14/2018
- Green Source DFW – Laura Bush aims to spur Texas conservation – 5/25/2018
- Lakewood Advocate Magazine – ‘Cool School’ Dan D. Rogers is now a Dallas park with 90 new trees, a playground and more – 5/31/2018
- D Magazine – Finalists Announced: D CEO’s 2018 Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards – 6/6/2018
- FWD501c – D CEO announces finalists for its 2018 Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards – 6/19/2018
- Plano Parks and Recreation Urban Forest Master Plan 2018 – What do we have? History of Urban Forestry in Plano (pg9-10;23-24) – 6/19/2018
- PR Newswire – Alliance Data 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Progress In Key Performance Areas, Establishes 2020 Goals – 6/27/2018
- D Magazine – These Are Dallas’ Next Great Neighborhoods – 6/28/2018
- Fast Company – A simple solution to help cities fight overheating: more trees – 7/20/2018
- Natursidan – Trees are planted to help prevent overheating – 7/21/2018
- The New York Times – 5 Ways to Keep Cities Cooler During Heat Waves – 7/24/2018
- The Seattle Times – ‘Urban island effect’ compounds Phoenix’s sweltering heat – 7/25/2018
- AP News – ‘Urban island effect’ compounds Phoenix’s sweltering heat – 7/26/2018
- Business Insider – ‘Urban heat island’ effect tests large cities across the country – 7/26/2018
- Las Vegas – Phoenix officials use trees to fight ‘urban heat island’ effect – 7/26/2018
- New York Post – ‘Urban heat island’ effect tests large cities across the country – 7/26/2018
- Panorama – Heat wave feels more in “islands of urban heat” – 7/26/2018
- U.S. News & World Report – ‘Urban heat island’ effect tests large cities across the country – 7/26/2018
- Express – 5 Ways to Cool Cities – 7/28/2018
- New Straits Times – Keeping cool during heat waves – 7/28/2018
- Dallas Morning News – Islands of concrete keep Dallas temperatures well above what the weatherman reports – 7/31/2018
- D Magazine – The D CEO Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards 2018 – 8/2/2018
- US News & World Report – Planting Trees to Help Dallas Breathe – 8/7/2018
- Dallas Morning News Al Dia Dallas – Dallas and Fort Worth community events calendar – 8/12/2018
- CityLab – Cooling Dallas’s Concrete Jungle – 8/20/2018
- Dallas Magazine – 60 stories we didn’t write last week (but wish we had) – 8/25/2018
- Caller Times – Aransas County ISD receives 40 trees for Hurricane Harvey anniversary – 8/28/2018
- Corpus Christi Caller Times – Aransas County ISD’s post-Harvey comeback includes new trees – 8/28/2018
- KRIS 6 News – TXU Energy makes donation to ACISD to replace trees lost to hurricane – 8/28/2018
- KZTV 10 News – TXU donates trees to the Rockport area – 8/28/2018
- Smat & Resilient Cities – Cool & Connected Tree Program Aids Dallas’ Heat Island – 8/30/2018
- The Rockport Pilot – TXU donates trees to Aransas County ISD – 9/3/2018
- Happy Eco Network – Cooling Dallas’s Concrete Jungle – 9/13/2018
- Dallas Innovates – If You Can’t Take the Heat, Plant More Trees: The Cool and Connected Oak Cliff Project – 10/5/2018
- Ragan’s PR Daily – Announcing PR Daily’s 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards finalists – 10/8/2018
- Dallas Morning News – Why dozens of trees along the Dallas North Tollway — at Forest Lane! — are getting axed – 10/23/2018
- Lakewood Advocate Magazine – ‘Worst trees ever’: Dying Bradford Pears to be replaced – 10/30/2018
- All Clear Tree Service Blog – Modern Life Needs Trees After All – 10/31/2018
- UTDallas News Center – Viva Volunteers Make Connections, Differences in the Community – 11/7/2018
- Hospitality Industry – bellagreen Brings Beautiful Food to Dallas and Plano with Three New Restaurants – 11/9/2018
- Park Cities People – Dallas Eats: From Fall Menus to Vegan Options – 11/21/2018
- Dallas Morning News – As the world burns: Dallas and other cities must save us from ourselves – 11/27/2018
- RestaurantNews – bellagreen Brings Beautiful Food to The Shops at Legacy – 12/10/2018
- Dallas Observer – Plano’s New Bellagreen Specializes in Down-to-Earth Dining With a Green Twist – 12/14/2018
- Governing – A Data-Driven Approach to Cooling a City – 12/18/2018
- Lakewood Advocate Magazine – New trees, gateway signage coming to Walnut Hill – 12/19/2018
- PrestonHollow Advocate Magazine – Tollway trees: How a Melshire Estates couple fought the Oncor chop – 12/19/2018
- CultureMap Dallas – Give back in 2019 with these Dallas social service nonprofits – 12/31/2018
- Preservation Tree Blog – State of the Denton Urban Forest: Urban forests play an important role in the lives of city dwellers. – 1/11/2017
- Tyler Morning Telegraph – Annual Arbor Day tree planting celebration set for Jan. 21 – 1/13/2017
- Green Source DFW – Green overhaul proposed for Dallas medical district – 1/24/2017
- Ursuline Academy of Dallas – LOGOS Alumnae Publication 2017 (pg18) – 1/24/2017
- Green Source DFW – Dallas’ urban heat island to be focus of Texas Trees symposium – 3/3/2017
- D Magazine – Give Your Loved One An Endless Memorial – 3/8/2017
- The Architect’s Newspaper – “Dallas Parks & Urban Spaces” by The Dallas Architecture Forum – 3/21/2017
- Lyft Blog – Lyft DFW X Texas Trees Foundation – 4/17/2017
- Earth 911 – The Complete Guide to Earth Day 2017 – 4/18/2017
- Richland Student Media – Students go green at Richland’s Earth Day celebration – 4/27/2017
- UNT Dallas – Noteworthy on Campus – 5/19/2017
- Dallas Morning News – On Forest Lane, butchered trees offer ‘horrific’ peek at Texas’ future if Abbott gets his way – 6/9/2017
- Dallas Zoo Blog – Zoo Corps electronics recycling initiative is here to stay – 6/13/2017
- USA Today – Travel Tips – The 5 Best Things to Do in Dallas – 7/18/2017
- Rowlett Lakshore Times – Rowlett special election: Candidate profiles for city council seats – 8/3/2017
- UTDallas News Center – UTD Earns Tree Campus USA Designation for Sustainability Initiatives – 8/10/2017
- Parks for Downtown Dallas – Places to Volunteer in Downtown Dallas – 8/10/2017
- Alliance for Community Trees News – Dallas Urban Heat Island Effect Findings Released – 8/17/2017
- BusinessWire – Vizient Teams with Texas Trees Foundation to Present 2017 Dallas Urban Heat Island Study – 8/17/2017
- Dallas City News – Dallas Urban Heat Island Effect report released by Texas Trees Foundation – 8/21/2017
- Candys Dirt – Hot in The City, Hot in The City Tonight: A Wake-Up Call For Dallas – 8/25/2017
- PRISM – Texas Trees Foundation announces new Dallas Urban Heat Island Effect Report – 8/25/2017
- Dallas Morning News – In the wake of Harvey, Dallasites are asking: Could catastrophic floods happen here? Yes – 9/1/2017
- D Magazine – The Hottest Parts of Dallas – 9/25/2017
- Park Cities People – Study: Dense Dallas Getting Hotter – 9/25/2017
- Dallas Towers – Complete Streets Come to Life in Dallas – 10/16/2017
- Dallas News – The ugly downside to all that beautiful development in Dallas – 10/31/2017
- Preservation Tree Blog – Join Us in the Green-Up North Texas Tree Planting Program and Help Celebrate Texas Arbor Day – 11/2/2017
- Preservation Tree Blog – Plan-It Geo Workshop in Dallas Was a Hit! – 11/3/2017
- Midland Reporter-Telegram – Santa Rita fifth-graders help plant 20 trees for Texas Arbor Day – 11/7/2017
- D Magazine – Should Dallas Adopt a Green Roof Ordinance? – 11/7/2017
- Wink-Loving ISD – TXU Energy Donates Trees to Wink Elementary School – 11/29/2017
- D Magazine – The Fate of the Forest Theater Looks Clearer with $1M Grant from The Real Estate Council – 11/30/2017
- bcWorkshop Blog – Cool & Connected Oak Cliff – 12/11/2017
- AZ Central – In Dallas as in Phoenix, people look to trees for relief from urban heat islands – 12/29/2017
- City of Round Rock, Texas – Atmos Energy to plant 47 trees in Bowman Park – 1/29/2016
- City of Arlington, Texas – Arlington Park Receives Free Trees As Part of Texas 811 Awareness Campaign – 2/29/2016
- Dallas Morning News – Green alleys? If Dallas is going to grow its parks system, it’s going to have to get creative – 3/10/2016
- BusinessWire – Atmos Energy: Underground Pipelines Bring National Safe Digging Month to Surface – 3/31/2016
- UTDallas News Center – Earth Week Activities Bring World of Sustainability Closer to Home – 4/15/2016
- Dallas Morning News – Janette Monear: Dallas lacks enough trees to battle urban heat island effect – 5/2/2016
- Dallas Morning News – Will Dallas finally find the green to plant much-needed Urban Forestry Department? – 5/9/2016
- Dallas Innovates – Girl Scouts’ Dallas Camp Refocuses on STEM Education – 7/11/2016
- Green Source DFW – Cool Schools’ to expand tree canopy at DISD campuses – 7/21/2016
- Dallas Morning News – Dallas finally knows where to plant new parks, but can it find the money to pay for them? – 9/15/2016
- Dallas Observer – A Monthlong Test Run of a Pedestrian Crowdus Street So Far Seems to Quell Skepticism – 9/15/2016
- UNT Dallas – Tree Census Enters Second Stage – 10/20/2016
- PR Newswire – 2016 Urban Design Awards Winners Announced by Greater Dallas Planning Council – 12/5/2016
- Dallas Observer – A Year After Tornadoes Ripped Through Garland and Rowlett, Volunteers Return to Plant Trees – 12/10/2016