Worcester Tree Initiative Archives - Trees at Risk https://treesatrisk.com/tag/worcester-tree-initiative/ Reclaiming an Urban Forest Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:47:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 How Trees Make Our City Livable: Interview on WICN’s “Business Beat” https://treesatrisk.com/how-trees-make-our-city-livable-interview-on-wicns-business-beat/ https://treesatrisk.com/how-trees-make-our-city-livable-interview-on-wicns-business-beat/#respond Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:47:59 +0000 http://treesatrisk.com/?p=507 Thanks to Steve D’Agostino, host of The Business Beat on WICN 90.5FM, I recently joined with Peggy Middaugh, Executive Director of the Worcester Tree Initiative for a half-hour conversation about the importance of Worcester’s urban forest. Our talk ranged from who planted the first trees in Worcester to why trees are so important to the […]

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]]> https://treesatrisk.com/how-trees-make-our-city-livable-interview-on-wicns-business-beat/feed/ 0 With Beetles in Decline, Worcester Gets $3 Million for More Trees https://treesatrisk.com/with-beetles-in-decline-worcester-gets-3-million-for-more-trees/ https://treesatrisk.com/with-beetles-in-decline-worcester-gets-3-million-for-more-trees/#respond Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:31:34 +0000 http://treesatrisk.com/?p=486 As hors d’oeuvres circulated amidst tree advocates, environmentalists, politicians, government officials and staff, as TV reporters staged interviews and photographers clicked shots, you could hardly hear the person next to you above the excited chatter at Green Hill Park’s Grill on the Hill last night. The reason? Worcester will benefit from $3 million in state […]

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]]> https://treesatrisk.com/with-beetles-in-decline-worcester-gets-3-million-for-more-trees/feed/ 0 What Tree to Plant? These Are Beetle-free https://treesatrisk.com/plant-asian-longhorned-beetle-free-trees/ https://treesatrisk.com/plant-asian-longhorned-beetle-free-trees/#respond Fri, 18 May 2012 21:41:02 +0000 http://treesatrisk.com/treesatrisk/?p=288 You want to plant a tree, but you want to be sure it won’t be attacked by the Asian longhorned beetle. What’s safe to plant? Take a trip to Worcester’s Green Hill Park this spring to visit the new beetle-resistant arboretum. A project of the Worcester Garden Club (WGC), the demonstration plantings were made possible […]

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