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2008 Calendar
April 26, 2008 American elm planting in memory of Attorney Catherine Roraback at her historic office, Canaan, CT. Catherine, as a child, playing under the elms next to the family law office.
April 25, 2008 Celebrate National Arbor Day, (search arborday.org) Various local American elm plantings in April and May.
April 4-5, 2008 Demonstration planting, installation of American Elm Arboretum and lecture by Tom Zetterstrom, National Conservation Training Center, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Shepherdstown, WV. Return of the American Elm lecture description.
February 21, 2008 1:00 pm "Elms in the Community Forest" lecture by Tom Zetterstrom at Litchfield Garden Club, Litchfield Community Center, Litchfield, CT, public invited (search litchfield garden club.org)
January, 2008 Evaluate and design historic elm restoration projects for 2008 View historic elms at Captain Wheeler House, Great Barrington, MA.
2007 Calendar
November, 2007 Tom Zetterstrom and North Canaan Streetscape Advisory Committee create "green" municipal parking lot treescape design featuring diverse native species.
October, 2007 Zetterstrom designs large canopy treescape for Shepherdstown, WV town center. Sample of sustainable treescape design using native North American trees.
October, 2007 Tom Zetterstrom designs an American Elm Arboretum on the campus of the National Conservation Training Center, US Fish and Wildlife Service in Shepherdstown, WV.
September 18, 2007 Historic elm restoration at the Lenox Library in Lenox, MA, sponsored by the Tri-Town Rotary (search tritownrotary.org) and Elm Watch. Berkshire Eagle, 9/19/07
May-December, 2007 Advocate and develop alternative design to include American Elms and large canopy trees in gateway streetscape design, South Street, Pittsfield, MA. South St.1912, photo showing elms at Berkshire Museum
May-August, 2007 Advocate and provide alternative design for large shade trees and increased soil volume at Great Barrington Big Y parking lot. Berkshire Record, 8/17/07
May 20, 2007 11:00am "The American Elm" film viewing at Millerton Moviehouse, Millerton, NY, American elm planting demonstration, hosted by Townscape. Millerton News, 5/24/07
May 18, 2007 2:30 pm "The American Elm" film viewing and discussion at Berkshire International Film Festival, Great Barrington MA. (search http://www.myelmstory.com)
May 17, 2007 Testify at Massachusetts Highway Department public hearing regarding South Street Treescape, City Hall Pittsfield, MA. Berkshire Eagle article, 5/03/07
May 4, 2007 Arbor Day Housatonic Valley Regional High School, White Oak planting, dedication, and launch of arboretum program. HVRHS Arboretum, illustrated map by Robin Cockerline
May 4, 2007 Eighteenth Annual Arbor Day North Canaan Elementary School, CT bird friendly garden installed in understory of American elm. Lakeville Journal 5/10/07
May 2, 2007 Streetscape Committee meeting at Pittsfield City Hall, MA to discuss inclusion of elms on South Street (front article 5/3/07 and editorial in Berkshire Eagle.) Berkshire Eagle Editorial supports Return of Elms, May 4, 2007
March 20, 2007 "The American Elm" film premiere, Washington DC Environmental Film Festival. (search myelmstory.org)
2006 Calendar
November 2006 18 American elms were planted among 74 trees in a diverse native treescape designed by Tom Zetterstrom and North Canaan Streetscape Advisory Committee.
June 21, 2006 Planting of a Princeton American elm at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA in celebration of Rotary International's Centennial, Tri-Town Rotary sponsor.
May, 2006 Connecticut Senator Andrew Roraback plants an American elm in Goshen with Elm Watch founder,Tom Zetterstrom and volunteer, Janet Kaufman. New planting
May 29, 2006 An elm planting commemorated the centennial of the Yale Summer School Music Shed in Norfolk, CT.
May 15, 2006 North Canaan elementary school students planted a "Valley Forge" American elm, marking the 50th anniversary of the school. Lakeville Journal 4/27/06
April 29, 2006 Sheffield Tree Project and Sheffield Kiwanis Club in cooperation with Elm Watch planted an elm at the Bushnell Sage Library in Sheffield, MA.
April 28, 2006 Great Barrington Steiner School students and parents celebrated their first annual Arbor Day with poems by students and a talk by Elm Watch founder Tom Zetterstrom.
January 17, 2006 Tom Zetterstrom presents "Return of the American Elm" slide lecture to Darien, CT Garden Club, and inspires formation of local tree committee and streetscape inventory.
2005 Calendar
October 26, 2005 Pittsfield, MA, Berkshire Museum Slide lecture by Tom Zetterstom, "Preserving and Defining Place in Berkshire in Landscapes and Streetscapes."
July, 2005 "Greening of CT Cities and Towns" is published by University of CT Press and highlights Elm Watch as a model community forestry organization.

 

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