Featured News Articles
Below is the growing repository of news and industry articles featuring the Texas Trees Foundation from over the years.
- 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
- 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