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2007 Texas Tree Awards
Sponsored by the Texas Forest
Service and the Texas Chapter of the International Society of
Arboriculture
Presented during the
Awards Luncheon at the
Texas Tree Conference in Waco on October 11, 2007
2007 Texas Arborist of the Year
Award
James Tuttle
2007 Professional of the Year Award
Kathy Lord
Arboricultural Project of the Year
Award
The 5th Street Commons: The Preservation of “George,”
the Historic Live Oak
Matthew Tobola, Bartlett Tree Experts
Gold Leaf Award for Landscape Project (co-winner)
The Darrell K. Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium Tree Relocation
Project
University of Texas
Gold Leaf Award for Landscape Project (co-winner)
Southpark Meadows
Endeavor
Real Estate
Gold
Leaf Award for Arbor Day
Dallas Arbor Day 2007
City of Dallas
Previous
Winners
The 2007 Texas Community Forestry
Awards Program celebrates the accomplishments of those who
have dedicated their talents to spreading a leafy green canopy
over Texas. This program is open to anyone who has
a role in building stronger communities by planting, maintaining
or protecting trees.
Winners were announced during the annual
Texas Tree
Conference held in Waco. Each award winner received a remarked,
signed and framed, limited-edition print
of a painting specially commissioned for the program. This years
award painting was the
Las Cuevas Ebony - the anchor for the last hand pulled ferry
on the U.S.-Mexican border.
The Texas Community Forestry Awards Program is
sponsored by the Texas Forest Service and the Texas Chapter of the International Society of
Arboriculture.
There were three award
categories this year:
Arborist of the Year:
Nominations
for individual awards were evaluated for leadership,
commitment, innovation, impact and sustainability.
Arborist of the Year nomination form
Arboricultural Project of the Year:
Recognition of a specific tree planting, care, or
protection project that exemplifies modern arboricultural
practices and customer service. Nominees included
arborists, tree care companies, landscape contractors, etc.
Arboricultural Project of the Year nomination form
The Gold Leaf Award
is
designed to recognize an individual, organization, or community
for outstanding Arbor Day programs or community landscape
beautification projects. Projects showed an impact over
several years. Nominations for the award can be made in either
of the following two categories:
Outstanding
Arbor Day Activities
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An award to recognize individuals, organizations, or
municipalities that have promoted Arbor Day through special
projects, ceremonies, news articles or observations with an
Arbor Day theme.
Outstanding Landscape Beautification Activities
–
An award to recognize individuals, organizations, or
municipalities that have made significant contributions through
tree planting and landscaping which enhances environmental
protection, conservation, beautification, energy conservation,
or wildlife protection. Could also be for non-planting landscape
activities that have had a positive impact in promoting tree
care and tree preservation.
2007 Gold Leaf Award nomination form
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