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Trees Forever – What We Do
“How we can Help”
Our approach in working with individuals, groups and communities is multidimensional. Funding provided for your project is always coupled with support and expertise around planning, design, planting coordination, education, etc. Our field coordinators have offices across Iowa and Illinois, so we can meet with you in YOUR community or on your farm to assist with your needs!
Funding for Planting Projects
Provide funding for tree planting projects
Communities in the Alliant Energy service territory
(in IA)
Communities in the Black Hills Energy service territory
(in IA)
Des Moines neighborhoods, parks and schools
Cedar Rapids neighborhoods, parks and schools
Provide funding for native plantings including grasses and wildflowers
Communities of populations under 10,000
Provide funding for plantings that improve water quality such as riparian buffers, rain gardens, etc.
In Illinois
In Iowa
Offer assistance in completing applications for funding listed above
Call 1-800-369-1269 x10 or your local field coordinator
Provide information about available sources of funding for projects within your community, rural public lands and private lands
Community Funding Guide
Call 1-800-369-1269 x10 and ask for your local field coordinator
Planning and Design
Planning for plantings for energy efficiency, windbreaks, entryways, trails, parks and green-spaces
1-800-369-1269 x 10 and ask for your local field coordinator
Help your community to brainstorm, plan and/or design a tree planting including selecting appropriate species and sites
Call 1-800-369-1269 x 10 and ask for your local field coordinator
Assist in the planning and implementation of a buffer project on a farm, or rural or urban public area (may be in the rural/urban interface)
Call 1-800-369-1269 x 10 and ask for your local field coordinator or Program Manager
Assist in the design and implementation of an
outdoor classroom at your school
Assist in planning and concept design of
community beautification projects
Help a farmer create an agroforestry demonstration project that may include niche crops like hazelnuts or aronia berries
Planting and Care Projects
Provide volunteer groups guidance on the elements of a successful project such as
Proper planting techniques
Project coordination
Media and community support
Organizing volunteers
Call 1-800-369-1269 x 10 and ask for your local field coordinator
“
Working with Volunteers
”
“
Organizing Volunteers
”
Provide opportunities for volunteers to participate in projects and events such as tree and native prairie plantings, tree inventories, invasive species removal
See our
upcoming events
See our
volunteer opportunities
Sign up on our website
to get information on upcoming events and volunteer opportunities
Assist farmers and rural landowners with targeted water quality projects and windbreak
In Iowa
In Illinois
Involve youth
in environmental projects
Leading
storm recovery efforts
through assessment of damage and future needs, development and prioritization of replanting and restoration projects, and engaging networks of collaborative partners and professionals
Tree and Planting Maintenance
Help develop a maintenance plan for your planting
Call 1-800-369-1269 x 10 and ask for your local field coordinator
Tree maintenance
Visit planting sites after planting to assess conditions and needs for ongoing maintenance.
Call 1-800-369-1269 x 10 and ask for your local field coordinator
Assist with tree maintenance through discussion or demonstration of pruning, mulching, watering techniques
Call 1-800-369-1269 x 10 and ask for your local field coordinator
Assist with native prairie plantings through discussion and demonstration of maintenance techniques
Maintenance of large-scale native plant projects
Maintenance of small-scale native plant gardens
Iowa’s Living Roadways Projects
Stewards of the Beautiful Land
Facilitation and Collaboration
Guide smaller communities through Visioning process of planning and landscape design along streets, highways, trails, and entryways
Visioning for Communities
under 10,000
Engage stakeholders in watershed planning to address water quality issues
Interested groups or individuals may call 1-800-369-1269 and ask for the Working Watersheds Program Manager
Working Watersheds: Buffers & Beyond
TM
– Visual Investments to Enhance Watersheds (VIEW) process
Assist in development of a local organization, tree board or committee and provide support and guidance for the group
Call 1-800-369-1269 and ask for your local field coordinator
Facilitate coalitions and steering committees to work together to guide programming or address environmental issues within the community
If you or your organization has a stake in the environmental issues and are interested in working with us as a donor, leader, or decision-maker, please call 1-800-3691269 and ask for Shannon Ramsay
Work with like-minded organizations and individuals to accomplish efforts that will make a difference in our environment
Collaborate with agencies and partners to expose youth to environmental careers, leadership development and hand-on environmental projects within the community.
Growing Futures
If you or your organization would like to become a part of our growing partnership to provide these services to youth, please call 1-800-369-1269 and ask for our Growing Futures Program Manager
Educational, Informational, Resource
Provide
resource materials
(see list of resources available directly from Trees Forever)
Present to service clubs, community groups, schools, nature centers, workshops and conferences
Call 1-800-369-1269 to request a speaker. Please specify your topic of interest.
Conduct “how to” workshops
How to
fund your project
– sources
Community resources
How to be a voice for your community’s natural environment
Our Woodland Legacy
Low Impact Development
Native prairie planting workshop– species id, development, maintenance
Stewards of the Beautiful Land
Why buffers of trees, shrubs and grasses improve water and air quality
Stewards of the Stream publications
Benefits
of trees
Planting and Tree Information
Plantings for beautification and environmental benefits
Community Trees
Water quality plantings
– ie: buffers, rain gardens
Benefits of Trees
Protecting woodlands in your community
Agroforestry
School projects
Tree identification
How to
select the right tree
for the right place
What species are native