Bill Green

South Texas Forester with Texas A&M Forest Service helping communities develop sustainable programs that provide healthy trees & forests. ISA Certified Arborist

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

A creature beneath forest floors, building an underground complex web. It’s a network that scientists are beginning to untangle & it’s turning our understanding of forests upside down - leading some researchers to rethink what it means to be intelligent. 
https://t.co/MMaqBy7oTH

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

The biology of trees makes them resilient, a tree’s carbohydrate reserves are crucial to surviving an onslaught of caterpillars. Some food they make is used immediately for energy & some is stored in the stems and roots to recover after an insect outbreak.
https://t.co/VHuXBv82Zg

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

@sharrington5 @ph_sonya Good Food + Great Wife = The Best

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

Florida is home to more nonnative plants & animals than any part of the USA.

Intruders include: hissing ducks, walking catfish, hermaphroditic river eels, bloodsucking worms, pet-eating lizards, dog-size rodents, gigantic snakes, rodent-size land snails

https://t.co/ZCOKJpyYSa

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

Southmost, Texas, water into La Esperanza Resaca after 7 dry yrs.

Community recognition of park establishment by City of Brownsville & South Texas Historical Central

39 native Montezuma Cypress line the Resaca along with Texas Ebony trees & Sabal Palms
#healthytreeshealthylives

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

Kingsville Earth Day
5-8 PM April 22, 2021

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) estab. 2014 by City of Port Aransas-Texas A&M Forest Service-Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Cntr.
Mission: address invasive Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolious) on Texas Gulf Coast
Gracias TFS Austin @demianfgomez

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) estab. 2014 by City of Port Aransas-Texas A&M Forest Service-Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Cntr.
Mission: address invasive Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolious) on Texas Gulf Coast
Gracias TFS Austin @demianfgomez

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

Something has to change.

1/2 of earth’s forests are gone.

Humans & their livestock comprise 96% of all mammal biomass on Earth. All other mammals – whales, sea lions, bears, elephants, badgers, shrews, deer, bear, cougars, rats, wolves, etc. – are 4.2% https://t.co/iW8aUPaF27

[Jon Motsinger @JonMotsinger]

Love the new @TXForestService kiosk at the @SanAntonioZoo!!!

[Texas A&M Forest Service @TXForestService]

Happy International Day of Forests! Did you know there are 63 million forested acres in Texas? 🌲🌳 #IntlForestDay

[Paul Johnson @treevangelist]

Forests and #treesarekey to healthier, happier, safer communities.

[Texas A&M Forest Service @TXForestService]

While palm trees are more common in southern Texas, they are beloved across the state. Unfortunately, they took a hard hit from the polar vortex last month, and many residents have been left wondering if their palm trees are dormant, dead, or still alive and well (a thread)

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

"I was born here & I can tell you that if you plant cypress trees, eucalypts, olives, carob, oak, they will grow on their own," the man in his 70s said.

The program focuses on species that, after taking root, can survive without a lot of additional water

https://t.co/PVYVJMQCmG

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

Kingsville, Texas
Kleberg Public Library
Children’s Club
Tree Giveaway

Trees sponsored by
Texas A&M Forest Service

[Texas A&M Forest Service @TXForestService]

We often think of how much money trees are worth in a forest, but have you ever thought about the trees in urban communities? Trees in Houston, Texas are worth $16 billion! Learn more in our My City's Tree app here: https://t.co/6GKfLcdhsJ

[Texas A&M Forest Service @TXForestService]

Now that the worst of this winter weather has subsided, it's time to check on the health of our trees! Despite their dormant state, the varying temps and conditions of the past few days can lead to frost cracks. Learn more on our #TreeMD app at: https://t.co/ebuZMn0rN9

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

@cathcam Actually, so long ago, I’m not sure if I took the photos the day I was there or if I grabbed them off the internet. I think that they are mine and if so I grant rights to Wikipedia

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

Texas A&M Forest Service will be providing proper tree pruning training to Goliad County crews - better to teach to fish ideal - to best recover & clean up from Hurricane Harvey damage the Goliad Courthouse famous Hanging Tree 🌳 along with many other public trees 🌳 🌳

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

Plant billions of trees to remove CO2.
The environmental benefits of wood are not only in the carbon it stores.
Selective thinning also helps stop the spread of diseases & insects that destroy millions of acres of US woodlands-social distancing for trees.
https://t.co/zwam3oCnS8

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

The wood of street trees stores carbon
- tree roots & crowns support wildlife & slow rainfall-reducing urban flooding.

Shade from canopies reduces temperatures, leaves trap pollutants, trees on streets improve our health & wellbeing.
https://t.co/e2I2PKMNpU via @physorg_com

[Bill Green @Treesbgreen]

Polite society considers swearing to be a vulgar sign of low intelligence & education, for why would one rely on rude language when blessed with a rich vocabulary?

In fact, swearing may be a sign of verbal superiority & may provide other possible rewards. https://t.co/yHP5CzbcP2