Get a jump start on Arbor Day: How and where to volunteer

Over the past year, Houstonians have dejectedly watched our signature trees darken and die. 

Arbor Day is just days away, and the time has come to start replenishing the canopy and contributing to that improvement in a physical — or fiscal — capacity. 

Houston Parks and Recreation Department director Joe Turner has called for the public's assistance in replanting the "more than 7,000 trees [that] have been removed from our parkland and greenspaces."

Individuals can contribute just $75 for a loblolly pine, $100 for a bald cypress, $150 for a Southern magnolia, $200 for a sycamore or $250 for a post oak. Those trees will be planted in accordance with soil composition and the forest's needs, and donors can keep track of the tree's location in a web-based tree roster. See the brochure for more information.