Love trees? Become a citizen forester

Applications are being taken through Feb. 12, 2022, for the Citizen Forester program sponsored by the Cross Timbers Urban Forestry Council, a not-for-profit organization focused on publicly owned trees. Trained volunteers work in parks, along streets, in school yards and elsewhere.

Go to this website to get specifics on this training program curriculum and to apply:

https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2021/12/Citizen-Forester-Class

This was originally posted on the city website December 21, 2021.

Read more about the Cross Timbers and Prairie Ecological Region:

https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/habitats/cross_timbers/ecoregions/cross_timbers.phtml