Reforestation Archives - Sacramento Tree Foundation

From acorn to oak: how local students are restoring Sacramento’s oak woodlands

Small oak seedlings with brightly-colored and bedazzled popsicle stick name tags

Students across the region play an important role in reforesting our native oak habitats by growing oak seedlings through the Tree Foundation’s Seed to Seedling Program. In January, acorn kits were delivered to classrooms, homeschool groups, scout groups, and after school programs all over the region where students cared for them for the next for months. Now that the seedlings are back in our nursery, what happens to them next?

Greening the Bear River Habitat Trail

With the help of the community, we are hard at work transforming this area from a barren, tree-less space into a thriving wildlife habitat and recreational trail.

Students growing oaks for Wine Country

Since Sacramento’s acorn crop was smaller than usual last fall, our harvest volunteers went all the way to the Bay Area. This turn of events proved especially serendipitous when the Wine Country fires broke out several weeks later. Read about how 3rd and 4th graders are growing seedlings to help us reforest these woodlands.

Planting trees and building community in Rancho Cordova

A huge thank you to our volunteers who came together from all over Sacramento to plant 100+ trees at Stone Creek and the Bear Hollow Reservoir in Rancho Cordova earlier this month! Catch the recap here.

Hands-on ecology experience for high school students

Spending time in the field with SacTree staff, knowledgeable mentors and other environmental professionals helps students gain the skills and perspective they will need to seek further education or employment in environmental fields.

Seeds for Sonoma County

This year we partnered with our friends at Solano Land Trust to complete a special acorn harvest outside of our normal service area to support the recovery of oak woodlands damaged during this year’s wine country wildfires.

My experience as an urban ecology intern

My work as an urban ecology intern planting trees and restoring lost or degraded habitat really made me feel like I was accomplishing something I could be proud of and look back on years later. It was a really enjoyable experience interning at the Sacramento Tree Foundation, and I’m thankful for the time and effort I put into it.

Planting trees to celebrate 100 years of service with the Lions Club

When Dolores and Perry Diaz of the Maharlika Lions Club approached us in January to discuss planning a celebratory tree planting for the Lions Club’s 100th anniversary, we were more than happy to help.

A fruitful acorn harvest

Beginning in mid-September, Sacramento Tree Foundation staff, interns, and volunteers were busy locating, learning about, and carefully harvesting this years nuts that will become next years seedling trees. Because of everyone’s hard work we met or exceeded most of our goals during this challenging harvesting season.

Folks for Oaks reforesting native oak woodlands

For nearly a decade, the Sacramento Tree Foundation has been working with SMUD to provide valley oak trees to residents of the City of Elk Grove Rural Community. This program, called Folks for Oaks, was established in 2007 thanks to the gusto and dedication of two community members, Leo Fassler and Nancy Myers. Since the inception of the program, about 1,400 valley oaks have been planted in this community.