On Friday, April 27, 2007 from 11:30am until 2:30pm, Citizen Foresters hosted a booth at the Clean Air Fair in downtown Fort Worth in honor of Earth Day.  Visit City of Fort Worth's Environmental Department's homepage to learn more about the event..

The Pioneer Class of Citizen Foresters have been very busy with specialized training and in-depth volunteer work serving their communities.  The photos below illustrate just some of the accomplishments of the Citizen Forester 2006 pioneer class.

(Photos provided by Marilyn Sallee, Citizen Forester)

Citizen Foresters are hard at work in mid-January pruning a median of crape myrtles in Fort Worth.

Under the guidance of Courtney Blevins, Texas Forest Service, a Citizen Forester prunes a cedar elm along the I-30/I-35 corridor in Fort Worth.

A Citizen Forester trainee measures the DBH of a tree.

Citizen Foresters and Melinda Adams, City of Fort Worth, measure to determine the proper depth of the planting hole. In March, Citizen Foresters planted 21 trees in Fort Worth’s Kingswood Park which was previously treeless.

Prior to pruning, Citizen Foresters discuss the proper way to prune this newly established tree with Steve Chaney, Texas Cooperative Extension.

Citizen Foresters attend a pruning presentation at the Fort Worth Zoo. Each monthly training session includes a morning of classroom instruction and an afternoon of hands-on field training.

Citizen Foresters receive training to recognize tree hazards from Melinda Adams, City of Fort Worth.

During the May training, Citizen Foresters work with Renee Burke of City of Plano, to conduct a tree inventory of Fort Worth’s Bluebonnet Circle Park using PDAs and the free MCTI software program.

Citizen Foresters collect and record data and measure the height of a tree.

Citizen Foresters learn tree identification from Courtney Blevins, Texas Forest Service, during the May training session.

If you are interested in becoming a Citizen Forester, call 817.871.5739 or e-mail Melanie Migura.

Return to Citizen Forester page to download brochure and application.