Volunteering

A community forest is every tree in every neighborhood, town, and city. The trees in your community are the silent providers of shade, energy savings, clean water, clean air, and a stronger quality of life for you and your neighbors.

Invasive pests, already present in this state, have the capacity to decimate nearly 30% of the trees in our urban and community forests, but with your help, we can increase diversity throughout the state, making communities better prepared to combat the potential loss from pests and diseases.

The City of Rochester has received a grant from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to plant more trees, but they need your help watering, pruning small trees, and monitoring their health. In this two-year project, your community will have set planting events, where we will need a number of volunteers for the day to help get trees planted, mulched, and watered. You can also become a Tree Steward and get more involved by helping to maintain these newly planted trees and ensure they survive for generations to come.

As a Tree Steward, you’ll learn how to prune, plant, and monitor the health of newly planted trees. 

To learn more and get involved, visit the University of Minnesota's Urban Forestry Outreach and Research page.

This project is being funded by the Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).