2. Tree Walks are being scheduled now. We are still looking for groups to co-sponsor the walks and for individuals to check in participants. First Tree Walk is Saturday March 20.
If you have suggestions of where to go and where to start, reply.

 Cambridge Tree Project, Cambridge Community Development, Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Association, local Cambridge Community and School groups, Cambridge Conservation Commission, and Department of Urban Forestry invite you to
TREE WALK of MID CAMBRIDGE
Saturday March 20 Meet at corner of Irving and Kirkland streets

Demonstration at 9 a.m.; Walk 10-12 a.m.
with Larry Acosta, Cambridge City Arborist, our Urban Forester. If you cannot make a walk in your neighborhood, you are welcome to join other walks. Walks will occur on Saturdays listed below and will include neighborhood tree care demonstration at 9 a.m. and a tree identification and common problem analysis walk & plan next steps 10-12 a.m. The goal for this tree walk is to look at some of the tradeoffs for trees, sidewalks and sewage separation. This case study will be of interest for other neighborhoods facing sidewalk replacement and sewage separation.

Sat. March 20  Mid Cambridge: Kirkland & Irving * snow date June 5
Sat April 17  Agassiz & Harvard: Meet Harvard Museum on Oxford St.
Sat. May 1  Inman Square, Area 3 & 4: Meet at Cambridge & Hampshire St.
Sat. May 8  North Cambridge: Massachusetts Ave. at Clarendon Street
**See other dates below.
Our goals are to teach you to 1.) provide basic care for trees and adopt trees and, 2.) identify some common trees and tree problems so you can help us be the eyes and ears for our city’s trees; and 3.) determine next steps. For information, to register for a walk, or to care for our street trees or a tree inventory team or to help develop policies and plans to protect and maintain our trees in Cambridge, call 547-1413 or fax 876-8991 or email. Please don’t forget to give us your name, address, telephone number, email if you have it, and interests. Thanks!

2. New Science in Tree Care: Dr. Alex Shigo, at Andover, MA. Have you heard this innovative and controversial tree care expert? Who else wants to go? Contact Mass Arborists Association 508-653-3320.

3. Environment, Economy, and Equity: the Regional Plan Association’s Tri-State Vision: Lecture by Robert Yaro, Executive Director, Regional Plan Association. Regional planning emerged in response to growth, changing environmental, economic, and social views as reflected in three plans for the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Metropolitan Region, 1929-1996. Thursday, March 18 at 6 p.m. Harvard Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorum, 48 Quincy St. Cambridge. Free! For further information call the National Park Service: 617-566-1689 x204.

4. ARBOR DAYS: Join us at elementary schools the first two weeks of May (because of CAT and MCAS testing) for tree care demonstrations, tree poetry readings, and collection of the Tree Scavenger Hunt. We have some great prizes donated by Massachusetts Community Forestry Council and the Appalachian Mountain Club.

5. TREE SCAVENGER HUNT: Join us! Open to all ages! Entry application is at the end of this bulletin. Entries due at Arbor Days in local schools; proposed entries for biggest trees in each category due April 16 to 1657 Cambridge St. #3 02138.

6. POETRY Contest. Co-sponsored by Central Square Library, Little Women Club and Cambridge Tree Project due April 16. Tree poems will get special prizes and will be read at Arbor Day events at local schools. Poetry written by 10, 11, 12 or 13 year olds on trees or any topic should be submitted to the Central Square Library. Poets of other ages may submit poems on trees to Cambridge Tree Project 1657 Cambridge St. # 3, Cambridge MA 02138-4316 by April 16.

7. COMMUNITY FORESTRY ACT OF 2000. Rep Jim Marzilli of Arlington is seeking to include in the fiscal year 2000 state budget $925,000 to support community tree planting and care. 400K to structurally enhance, and reduce hazards from medium trees, 400K to plant trees and 125K to complete management plans for tree care programs.
Contact your state legislators. We had good support from Cambridge legislators for a similar, but unsuccessful, proposal

8. Poster Contest. 5th grade teachers and students are invited to have a Poster Contest and submit a school winner to the Department of Environmental Management by March 26. Contact Edith Makra for poster contest rules and full packet. 617-727-3180 x579.

9. The Book of Cambridge Street Trees is being reprinted now, due to the number of requests. A loan was made and they will be available for a donation. Please reply if you wish a copy.This book will help you on the Tree Scavenger Hunt The book is being scanned in and published on the Summerbridge WebPages (not up yet) http://www.shs.org/Students.html.

Cambridge Tree Project Calendar
March 18 Lecture: Environment, Economy, and Equity: Regional Plan of NY, NJ and CT. 6 p.m. free at Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St. Cambridge 566-1689 x204.
March 20 Mid Cambridge Tree Walk. Meet Kirkland and Irving St. Call 547-1413 to check if rescheduled for June 5 because of weather.
April 16  Poetry by 10-13 year olds due to Central Square Library. Tree poems by poets younger than 10 or older than 13 due to 1657 Cambridge St. #3, Cambridge MA 02138-4316
April 16 Nominations for biggest trees in neighborhood due to 1657 Cambridge St. #3, Cambridge MA 02138-4316
April 17 Tree Walk of Agassiz and Harvard: Meet in front of Harvard Natural History Museum on Oxford St.
Sat. May 1 Tree Walk  Inman Square, Area 3 & 4 (Draft: specific location to be chosen)
Monday May 3-14 Arbor Days in elementary schools: Tree Scavenger Hunt entries due at neighborhood Arbor Day. Demonstration of tree care by Summerbridge students, Park and Urban Forestry departments. Poets perform and winning tree poems read.
** Sat. May 1  Inman Square, Area 3 & 4: Meet at Cambridge & Hampshire St.
Sat. May 8  North Cambridge: Massachusetts Ave. at Clarendon Street
Sat. May 15  East and Kendall Square: Meet at Broadway & Main
Sat. May 22  Fresh Pond & Highlands Meet at Concord Ave. & Griswold
Sat. June 5  Snow date for March and April Tree walks or Riverside if no snow
Sat. June 12  Cambridge Common and Area 9: Mass Ave. & WaterhouseSt.
Sat. Sept. 18  Riverside and Central Square: Meet at City Hall
Sat. Sept.  25  Brattle Street and Harvard Square: Mass. Ave. & Garden St.
Sat. Oct. 2  Cambridgeport: Meet at Mass. Ave. & Main St.
Sat. Oct. 16  To be determined   “

TREE SCAVENGER HUNT
Identify the trees in your neighborhood! Prizes will be awarded! If you find 20 of the most common trees in Cambridge, you will be honored in the next edition of Cambridge Street Trees. Write the name of the tree and the street address at which it can be found (not listed in the book). Bring your list of trees to the Arbor Day celebration in your neighborhood school in April and May. We are also looking for unusual, historic, beautiful or other significant trees.

If you think you have identified some of the biggest trees in your neighborhood, let us know by April 16. * Measure the circumference of the biggest trees you find 36” from the ground. We hope to label the biggest trees, with permission of the owners. And the champion trees from each neighborhood will be included in the next edition. Winners will be announced at Arbor Day in Cambridge elementary schools in April and May.

Do you need help identifying the trees? See the book Cambridge Street Trees in school and public libraries, on the WebPages for Summerbridge http://www.shs.org/summerbridge.html, or labeled by Summerbridge students in the park around the high school and main branch of the Public Library. Sponsored in conjunction with Science Dept. & Little Women’s Club.

Your Name:__________________   Your Address:___________________________________
Phone number:________   Email:_________________________  Your neighborhood:_______
Your school (All ages can win!  No school, email or phone required): ____________________

Tree Name Address of trees; If big, what is circumference 36”from the ground? If special, how? You can use other side to explain why you think this tree is worthy of special note.
Ailanthus:
Ash, Green:
Cork-tree, Amur:
**Elm, American:
Gingko:
Honeylocust:
Horsechestnut:
Kentucky coffee-tree:
Linden, Little-leaf:
Linden, Silver:
Maple, Hedge:
Maple, Norway:
Maple, Red:
Oak, Northern Red:
Oak, Pin:
Pagoda-tree, Japanese or Chinese Scholar tree:
Pear, Callery:
Plane-tree, London
Serviceberry:
Sycamore, American:
Zelkova, Japanese:
Willow larger than 72” around:
Chinese Golden Rain Tree?
The Houghton Beech?
A hedge made of Beech?
Oak larger than 120” around:
**Help us identify all the elms in Cambridge. We need to keep special care to guard against Dutch elm disease. Special recognition finding 10 elm trees. List addresses on other side.

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