The International Society of Arboriculture is a professional organization dedicated to continuing education for arborists, to tree care research, and to serving tree care consumers around the world. The Texas Chapter of the ISA shares this same dedication, with a further commitment to serving the needs particular to Texas’ professional arborists and tree care consumers.
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On Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is awarding more than $1 billion in competitive grants to 385 projects to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme heat and climate change, and improve access to nature in cities, towns, and suburbs where more than 84% of Americans live, work, and play.
BASTROP – The 65-acre Pearl River development will soon be home to commercial space that will include a new rental community and office and retail. But there’s a catch. Pearl River will be the first development under the Bastrop Building Block Code associated with tree mitigation. In exchange for the land permit, the city requests Blakely plant 1,232 trees around the city or pay $975,000 to Bastrop’s Tree Mitigation Bond for the city to do so. Six heritage trees were knocked down in the clearing of the Pearl River project. Originally estimated at around $1 million, mitigation costs were valued at $235,800 for the 14-acre lot and $739,200 for the 50-acre lot.