FUF in the News

SF Appeal, December 2, 2011

"Program Offers Christmas Trees That'll End Up Planted On SF Streets", by Dan McMenamin

The Bay Citizen, November 17, 2011

"Graffiti Taggers Turn to Trees, With Possibly Harmful Effects", by Scott James

DeepRoot, October 17, 2011

"SF Friends of the Urban Forest’s 30 Year Old Trees", by Leda Marritz

Mission Loc@l, September 18, 2011

"An Arborist’s View of the Mission", by John C. Osborn

Hayes Valley Voice, April 20, 2011

"Urban foresters greening Hayes Valley and beyond", by Lauren Daley

Lawn & Landscape, March 17, 2011

"How Trees Pay Us Back", by Jim Chatfield

SFhotlist, February 18, 2011

"AA Tree Grows in the Mission... walking tour of historic Mission District’s Shotwell Street", by Coop de Ville

Earth Day Network, January 20, 2011

"Avatar Home Tree Initiative Plants Over 1 Million!", by Marsha Johnston

The Western Edition, December 30, 2010

"Friends of the Urban Forest helps keep SF green and clean", by Lindsay Adams

San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 2010

"New cherry trees honor 150-year U.S.-Japanese bond", by Marisa Lagos

Examiner.com Los Angeles, November 27, 2010

"Friends of the Urban Forest: The Green Christmas tree alternative", by Chris Bay

San Francisco Chronicle, November 7, 2010

"Bayview neighborhood schools get trees", by Jill Tucker

Voices For Our Planet, August 23, 2010

"One Million Trees", by Alison Wheatley

Elephant Journal, August 15, 2010

"Urban Reforestation: Arbor Activism for City Folk", by Abigail Wick

Bay Area Green Building Blog, July 20, 2010

"Benefits of Trees on your Property", by Laura Teutschel

Streetsblog San Francisco, July 19, 2010

"Tiffany Street Neighbors Make a Party of Ripping Up Concrete", by Matthew Roth

The Atlantic, June 2, 2010

"A Census for the Trees", by Douglas Gorney

KQED Climate Watch, April 22, 2010

"An Earth Day 'Natural:' San Francisco's Tree Census", by Gretchen Weber

San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 2010

"Couple plant trees for exercise, environment", by Sam Whiting

The Christian Science Monitor, April 5, 2010

"One man's volunteer effort to plant trees in San Francisco", by Paul Van Slambrouck (article about our volunteer Charlie Starbuck)

San Francisco Chronicle, February 21, 2010

"Plant a tree, build a community in S.F.", by Matthai Kuruvila

KCBS, February 20, 2010 (audio)

"Non-Profit Holds Milestone Tree Planting Event", by Margie Shafer

KCBS, December 7, 2009 (audio)

"Friends of the Urban Forest Offer a Twist on Tradition", by Tim Ryan

San Francisco Chronicle, November 29, 2009

"Christmas trees that keep giving", by Paul Kilduff

Sierra Club Radio, October 31, 2009 (audio)

Doug Wildman from Friends of the Urban Forest talks with us about urban trees.

San Francisco Examiner, April 30, 2009

"Tree planting slated for the Inner Sunset in S.F.", by Juliana Bunim

National Public Radio, December 1, 2008

"San Francisco Wants Green Christmas Trees", by Renee Montagne

San Francisco Chronicle, February 29, 2008

"Helping urban trees to thrive", by Ron Sullivan and Joe Eaton

San Francisco Chronicle, December 15, 2007

"S.F. Garden Club brings greenery to neighborhoods", by Hazel White

San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 2007

"Turn Christmas trees into street trees - an evergreen solution", by Ron Sullivan and Joe Eaton

The City Star, December 3, 2007, page 4

"More Than Planting Trees: Uniting a Community", By Suzanne Whelan

San Francisco Chronicle, September 26, 2007

"The Dirt: It's tough to see urban forest with so few trees", by Ron Sullivan and Joe Eaton

KQED, September 4, 2007

Urban Forest 2.0

Urban Forest 2.0


Garden Travels with Dave Egbert, 2006

A Big City Forest

A Big City Forest

San Francisco Chronicle, December 24, 2006

"Trees make even wallets green", by Robert Hollis

Time, December 11, 2006

"How to Have a Green Christmas", by Maryanne Murray Buechner

San Francisco Chronicle, November 19, 2006

"Group brings city under the canopy", by Patricia Yollin

San Francisco Chronicle, June 14, 2006

"If we're so green, why is San Francisco's treescape so lame?", by Gregory Dicum

San Francisco Apartment Association, May 2006

"Planting the Seeds for Better Property Value" by Suzanne Gavin (Whelan)

San Francisco Chronicle, March 12, 2006

"Go Green -- Plant an Urban Tree", by Delfin Vigil

San Francisco Chronicle, July 7, 2005

"A tree grows in the city", by Tomás Ramírez

San Francisco Chronicle, February 17, 1996

"Urban Foresters Put Down Roots in S.F.", by Maitland Zane