tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80185158504032637662024-11-01T02:02:58.815-05:00News From The FieldMcHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-34116497154375861222012-02-27T09:28:00.003-06:002012-03-07T10:14:19.779-06:00Spring Is Coming! Oaks are Growing!McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-26760474531009201072012-01-15T09:09:00.002-06:002012-03-07T09:26:15.240-06:00Tree Leaves Fight Pollution - ScienceNOWTree Leaves Fight Pollution - ScienceNOW:Missing the green in our deciduous midwest? Soon the leaves will begin their work for us. Ever asked what we do for them?"Environmental organizations keep reminding us that we need to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases. But plants are already doing their part. Research in Science shows that deciduous tree leaves suck up far more atmospheric pollutantsMcHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-69863784904953017582010-10-11T07:00:00.000-05:002010-10-11T09:48:31.308-05:00In the News...Make sure you check out our "In the News" Blog and keep up on where we are and what we're doing!McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-55470082055218025422010-10-04T12:55:00.000-05:002010-10-11T14:43:47.938-05:00Plant 7 Trees A Year And You’re Carbon Neutral"According to carbonfootprint.com it is estimated that the average person needs to save about 7,000 kg of CO2 per year. So planting just 7 trees each year is one strategy for achieving this...Tree planting is recognised the world over as a practical short-term solution to offsetting carbon dioxide and it’s probably the easiest and most tangible way to offset your carbon emissions. Each tree McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-33279707507832070582010-10-04T12:52:00.000-05:002010-10-04T14:48:36.642-05:00Tree study gets to root of diversity, growth link"Trees do not make good neighbors, at least to their own kind."Young seedlings tend to die if an adult tree of the same species is nearby. This is one way forests maintain diversity. Now, a group of researchers show that abundant tree species are less susceptible to disease inflicted by soil-borne organisms.Full ArticleMcHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-77701620111955897812010-10-04T09:00:00.005-05:002010-10-04T12:48:10.792-05:00City Park FactsThe Center for City Park Excellence maintains the nation's most complete database of park facts for the largest 85 U.S. cities.Full ArticleMcHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-55296936395285190332010-10-04T09:00:00.003-05:002010-10-04T12:48:10.803-05:00Open Space Conservation"Close to 80 percent of the U.S. population (220 million people) lives in urban areas and depends on the essential ecological, economic, and social benefits provided by urban trees and forests. However, the distribution of urban tree cover and the benefits of urban forests vary across the United States, as do the challenges of sustaining this important resource. As urban areas expand across the McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-38711080918627389722010-09-27T13:09:00.002-05:002010-10-04T12:48:10.810-05:00Complete Streets: Streets as Public SpaceStreets should be community assets, compatible with built and natural environments, and reflect the balanced needs of the community and transportation networks - part of public spaces, green and attractive. Full ArticleMcHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-41281643984943298222010-09-20T13:14:00.002-05:002010-10-04T12:48:10.818-05:00Top 50 Forestry BlogsTop 50 Forestry BlogsFind everything you need to know about trees, forest management, urban forestry, conservation, and everything in-between.McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-14419253408990901032010-08-09T12:00:00.002-05:002010-10-04T12:48:10.839-05:00Trees a 'low-cost' solution to air pollution and biodiversity loss in cities"Native woods and trees in urban areas, including gardens, provide haven for wildlife, reduce air pollution, surface run-off and flooding. Reversing the declining numbers of native trees and woods in cities would provide numerous benefits at 'relatively little cost', says a report from the Woodland Trust. As well as access to green space, the report, 'Greening the Concrete Jungle', says trees McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-88994129290180426312010-07-19T13:27:00.000-05:002010-07-19T13:29:37.143-05:00Evergreen SummerSummer is the best time for Evergreens!Find out why...McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-82173194898190047192010-07-12T13:42:00.002-05:002010-07-19T12:48:59.599-05:00Exposure to Plants and Parks Can Boost Immunity"In a series of studies, scientists found that when people swap their concrete confines for a few hours in more natural surroundings — forests, parks and other places with plenty of trees — they experience increased immune function."Full article...McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-62807690052901917832010-07-12T12:45:00.002-05:002010-07-19T12:47:08.569-05:00Green Streets for All"The National Building Museum’s Smart Growth lecture series featured Adam Ortiz, Mayor of Edmonston, Maryland, who put forward his community’s innovative green street as a model, saying that the time has come for green infrastructure best practice to become common practice. Edmonston’s green street, which cost some $1.3 million and took 2-3 years to complete, represents his community’s attempt toMcHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-13415870735851039222010-07-05T11:49:00.004-05:002010-07-19T12:45:00.948-05:00Two groups ring up dollar value of local treesIn an attempt to educate the public about the monetary value of trees, 2 groups in Liberty, MO recently fastened oversized price tags to trees around the downtown area bearing a monetary value on the potential lifetime benefits the tree will pay back to the community.Read more...McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-29562149046206687052010-06-30T08:51:00.003-05:002010-07-19T12:44:37.501-05:00Tree census: Chicago-area trees to be counted"Working in close collaboration with the Forest Service, arboretum census takers are counting the trees in the Chicago region this summer. The aim is to get an accurate count of each species living in yards, parkways and parklands in every city, town and unincorporated area of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties."Read more...McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-67078248921837173242010-06-21T13:12:00.004-05:002010-07-19T12:43:50.710-05:00Denver tree program trains veterans to be urban foresters - Alliance for Community TreesVeterans City Canopy is a new program training homeless veterans to be urban foresters. Veterans Green Jobs, a Denver nonprofit that helps homeless veterans get the skills and experience to join the green-jobs economy, has a contract to plant free shade trees in homeowners' front yards. Read More...McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-29760174681294075702010-06-21T08:56:00.004-05:002010-07-19T12:42:49.478-05:00Urban trees help migrating birds"Even a small urban forest can help migrating birds, a study has said. US researchers found that birds used the patches of greenery to rest and refuel in the middle of their journey between winter and breeding sites."Read More...McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-4003250025748490092010-05-24T10:48:00.003-05:002010-05-24T12:07:51.070-05:00Trees Mean JobsThe proposed reauthorization of a national tree-planting program will produce an estimated economic impact of $741 million over the next five years according to a recent study. In addition, the program would create a total employment impact of more than 6,000 jobs during those five years, generating more than $87 million in revenue for federal, state and local governments at a time when municipalMcHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-79338126059939936712010-05-24T10:00:00.002-05:002010-05-24T12:06:15.683-05:00Designing Wildlife HabitatsDuring the Dumbarton Oaks symposium on “Designing Wildlife Habitats,” a range of ecologists and landscape architects analyzed various aspects of the relationship between people and nature, and how these relationships take form in natural, managed, and even restored wildlife habitats. Speakers also explored cutting-edge thinking on “ecological infrastructure” and ”human-nature interaction design,”McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-71032216156625874922010-05-10T12:43:00.002-05:002010-06-01T08:29:45.564-05:00The benefits of an urban forest in the concrete jungleTheir benefits go far beyond aesthetics. 'The roots and the canopies make a natural stormwater filtration system. It would also be a lot hotter here, and trees do their part in keeping the air clean, too,' said Jorgenson, whose Community Forestry Office operates under the Parks and Recreation Department. 'For us, it's not about planting trees because they look pretty. We recognize all the McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-68152997125989279282010-05-10T12:40:00.003-05:002010-05-24T12:06:55.978-05:00Building Green and Healthy Places for Learning"Almost one in five Americans are housed in schools for the better part of each day, but many of these schools offer toxic environments with poor daylight and are sited in far-off places, which means they are both unhealthy learning environments and contribute to sprawl (or unhealthy communities). Creating green and healthy schools which are in walkable, bikeable neighborhoods is key to McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-76453261207666893372010-05-10T12:39:00.003-05:002010-05-24T12:08:14.402-05:00Scaling up Green Infrastructure"Green infrastructure has been widely discussed as a solution for taking pressure off of outdated stormwater systems. Through natural technologies like green roofs, rain gardens, bioswales and green road medians, green infrastructure can absorb and filter excess water at the source, in effect, decentralizing stormwater management. Green infrastructure can also reduce the costs of water treatment McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-65284269247210901312010-05-10T12:38:00.003-05:002010-05-24T12:08:36.554-05:00The Value of Urban Parks"The U.S. House Urban Caucus’ Urban Parks Taskforce organized a briefing on urban parks and their role in creating green spaces which can revitalize neighborhoods, improve health, and create jobs. Parks also play a major role in fighting childhood obesity, providing safe and healthy places to play. Caucus members heard from Joe Hughes, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan Wachter, McHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-63522746794673864732010-04-19T12:59:00.005-05:002010-05-24T12:09:55.050-05:00High School Gardening-for CreditAt a New Jersey high school, students can take gym class in the garden. 'We’re giving students another option to mainstream physical education,' Mr. Wilkinson said. 'How long is somebody going to play basketball or soccer? Gardening they can do their whole lives.'Full ArticleMcHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018515850403263766.post-44480024676529203322010-04-19T12:52:00.002-05:002010-05-10T11:24:55.482-05:00Members of Congress Discuss Green Agenda"At this moment when all attention is on the economy, urban forestry is on the front lines of job creation, neighborhood stabilization, and cost effective infrastructure planning (including water, energy, and transportation). No other options provide the range of economic services as green infrastructure. Perhaps more important now than ever, the green industry is a reliable source of good payingMcHenry County Nurseryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113072087090004761noreply@blogger.com0