Webinar 3: Selecting Your Tree – Diverse and Unique Species with Jay Weiss Thursday, March 11, 2021, 12:00-1:00 – Watch recording now Produced in collaboration with the Dane County Tree Board Join 1000 Friends and Jay Weiss, Director of the Cambridge Tree Project and Cambridge Tree Trials, to discover new and exciting tree species for […]
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Webinar 2: Basic Tree Pruning with Lisa Johnson, UW-Extension, Dane County Tree Board Thursday, February 18, 2021, 12:00-1:00 – Watch the recording now – Lisa’s presentation slides available here Produced in collaboration with the Dane County Tree Board Join 1000 Friends and Lisa Johnson, a Horticulture Educator with UW-Extension and member of the Dane County […]
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Webinar 1: Tree Appreciation with Dr. Bruce Allison Thursday, January 28th, 2021, 12:00-1:00 – Watch the recording now Join 1000 Friends of Wisconsin and Dr. Bruce Allison for the first webinar in our “Leafing Out” Webinar Series. Dr. Allison is a nationally renowned presenter and urban forestry expert, and he will kick-off our webinar series […]
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The proposed I-94 East-West highway expansion in Milwaukee, estimated to cost more than $1 billion, continues on its path towards enumeration during the upcoming budget negotiations. 1000 Friends, along with our partners at WISPIRG, developed this factsheet that was sent to all legislators and the Governor’s office this week. We continue to oppose the I-94 expansion project as […]
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This week the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change released its final recommendations. 1000 Friends of Wisconsin today commends the report for its bold land use and transportation recommendations that would create a cleaner and more equitable Wisconsin. In February of 2020, 1000 Friends gave a presentation to the entire task force about complete streets […]
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Blueprint 2050: A 21st Century Transportation System for Wisconsin The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that in order to prevent irreversible and catastrophic climate change, we must keep global warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Across Wisconsin climate damages are mounting as we begin dealing with more heatwaves, floods, and […]
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