American Forests

American Forests

American Forests is a non-profit conservation organization in the United States that promotes healthy forests and urban tree planting.

The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens in Chicago. during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge, the organization donated the first living national Christmas tree for the White House, a Norway spruce.

Since 1940 the organization has maintained the National Register of Big Trees, a list of the National Champion Trees in the United States. It also maintains a [http://www.historictrees.org Historic Trees Nursery] that propagates and sells offspring of trees of historic interest, in categories including Presidents, American Revolution, Women, Civil War, African Americans, Native Americans, Veterans, Country Music Artists, Authors, Inventors, and trees of regional significance.

As of 2006, the organization's primary campaigns are "Tree-Planting for Environmental Restoration" and "Reversing the National Urban Tree Deficit".

External links

* [http://www.americanforests.org/ American Forests]
* [http://www.historictrees.org Historic Trees Nursery]


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