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— by Gary Bowers
Collin McMichael, Education Coordinator of TreeFolks, presented our program entitled Travis County Floodplain Reforestation Program: A Natural Solution to Contemporary Problems. Quite a mouthful and quite an amazing program. In case you are not familiar with TreeFolks you can find out more at www.treefolks.org.
The mission statement of the organization is:
Our mission is to empower Central Texans to build stronger communities through planting and caring for trees.
Aha! It says “Central Texans.” Maybe it’s not limited to Travis County. In fact, there was some discussion about expanding into Williamson County. This group has been dedicated to urban forestry since 1989 and has helped reforest the Lost Pines area following the 2011 Bastrop County Complex Fire, and in Blanco County following the terrible flooding in 2015. Collin’s program instilled hope in those of us concerned about insidious carbon in our environment. See his presentation (available below) for a full understanding of the fabulous work that Tree Folks is doing.
Collin’s full presentation can be found here in PDF format.
You can see the March 14, 2019 business presentation slides here.
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