Casey Trees

[citation needed] Following a 1999 Washington Post article with a satellite imagery analysis from American Forests, finding that the "District of Columbia...lost 64% of its tree cover from 1985 to 1997," Mrs. Casey was moved to establish an organization that would work to restore the tree cover of the District of Columbia.

Over 500 volunteers and 35 university student interns conducted a comprehensive GIS inventory of 106,000 street trees and 25,000 empty planting spaces.

[4] These findings were used by the Urban Forestry Administration to establish street tree planting goals, priorities, and maintenance needs.

The organization works with neighborhood groups and Citizen Foresters to plan these projects and recruit community volunteers to plant the new trees.

The students care for newly planted trees that have been in the ground less than three years, which require 25 gallons of water a week to survive.