science

Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort

Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort rather than just read about it. In short: Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort, Inc., or "T.R.E.E. Inc.", was a grassroots nonprofit environmental organization based in the Tampa Bay area from 1983 to 2023.

Key takeaways

Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort, Inc., or "T.R.E.E. Inc.", was a grassroots nonprofit environmental organization based in the Tampa Bay area from 1983 to 2023. It promoted the practice of volunteers raising and then planting trees along the interstates, roadways, and parks of the greater Tampa Bay area to beautify and preserve the environment. The organization planted over 30,000 trees and palms in its 40-year history.

History

Early years 1983–1987 The group formed to plant more trees in the Tampa Bay area. On February 8, 1983, T.R.E.E. Inc. was incorporated under Florida law. T.R.E.E. Inc.'s modus operandi for the first 22 years of their existence was to purchase bare root tree seedlings, grow them in 1-gallon containers for one growing season, step them up into 3-gallon containers for a second growing season, and then donate or out-plant them before their third growing season. The different kinds of trees that were most commonly used during this period were the genetically improved or superior North Florida slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. "elliottii"). It was selected due to its adaptability, rapid growth, and relative ease of maintenance after establishment. Hardwood trees during that time were typically purchased as 4" potted seedlings. Varieties typically used were sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra), and Loblolly Bay (Gordonia lasianthus).

Major program initiatives, 1990–2004 The genetically improved or superior North Florida slash pine began to lose favor to the local indigenous Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris), "Ocala" Race Sand Pine (Pinus clausa), and South Florida slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. "densa"). The availability of Florida grown bare root hardwood seedlings further broadened the plant palette to include Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum), Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), and southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) as well as dependable stand-bys, sweetgum and Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra). Due to a major push by members living in Pinellas County, Florida, the organization's name was changed through Florida law on July 24, 1991, from its original title of Tampa Reforestation and Environmental Effort, Inc. to Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort, Inc. On August 9, 1991, T.R.E.E. Inc. was given 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt status from the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as an educational organization.

Major programs and milestones 2005–2021 Beginning in 2005, T.R.E.E. Inc. secured its first major sponsor, Esurance. Esurance is an online insurance provider based in San Francisco, California. Beginning with the Esurance St. Pete Beach Tree-Athalon planting on September 24, 2005, T.R.E.E. Inc. had an additional ten volunteer tree plantings sponsored by Esurance. The Esurance plantings were a departure from T.R.E.E. Inc.'s previous plantings, which were conducted almost solely through the use of 3-gallon material grown at its own nursery. This gave T.R.E.E. Inc. the ability to plant large-sized 30-gallon trees, allowing it to finally conduct plantings with a much higher visual impact. In addition, the Esurance projects led to a gradual phasing out of T.R.E.E. Inc., having to depend so heavily upon its nursery to obtain trees. In addition to the Esurance plantings, T.R.E.E. Inc. began introducing programs such as the Tulip Poplar Repopulation Program, Orange and Seminole Counties, Florida, where Florida Peninsula Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) grown from the seed of trees native to East Central Florida area had been planted in Orlando, Winter Park, Altamonte Springs, Sanford, and Casselberry, Florida. Similar programs included the Longleaf Pine Repopulation Program in Temple Terrace, Florida, and the Egmont Key Reforestation Initiative at Egmont Key State Park in Hillsborough County, Florida. In December 2008, T.R.E.E. Inc. received a major contribution from the Home Depot Foundation and assisted the National Football League's Green Program and Florida Forest Service with a Super Bowl Trail of Trees planting initiative in April 2009 after leading plantings at 18 locations throughout the Tampa Bay area from November 2008 to February 2009, with a major emphasis of the Tampa Bay watershed. In August 2017, TREE, Inc. created a checklist of the "Trees and Palms of the Hillsborough Community College Botanical Gardens" at the college's Plant City campus. The Garden was originally a Teaching Garden for the University of Florida, at 2001 E. Cherry Street in Plant City. TREE, Inc. also conducted seven projects related to raising public awareness about the Park Road Outfall/East Canal watershed in Plant City, Florida, which are contributors to the Tampa Bay estuary. These projects included providing educational signing in July 2019 for a wetland located at the outer perimeter of the Plant City, Florida campus of Hillsborough Community College; the planting of native wetland trees within the campus in March 2020 and January 2022; the planting of a Memory Tree at the campus' Botanical Treasure Gardens in September 2020; the planting of 25 Baldcypress trees at Mike E. Sansone Community Park in January 2021, and; the planting of a sweetgum tree along the East Canal at Gilchrist Park on Earth Day 2021 (April 22, 2021) - - that planting was a part of the Hillsborough 100 Conservation Challenge sponsored by the Hillsborough Soil and Water Conservation District and planted by Future Farmers of America students from Tomlin Middle School and Plant City High School in Plant City, Florida. Additional plantings along the Park Road Outfall on the campus grounds were also performed in February and December 2022, and December 2023. On May 18, 2020, a new logo for the organization was adopted, replacing the pine and oak rendition logo that had been used since 1983.

Dissolution After 40 years of planting trees, educating the public on the value of planting them, highlighting the need for diverse forests, and placing great emphasis on the preservation and enhancement of Florida's natural communities, T.R.E.E. Inc. voted on October 7, 2023 to dissolve the Corporation and merge in to the TakeMAR organization, effective January 1, 2024. T.R.E.E.'s final project occurred on December 11, 2023 at the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens in Tampa.

Accomplishments T.R.E.E. Inc. has over the past 40 years:

… excerpt ends here. Continue reading the full article.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort

In research: Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1983 establishments in Florida, American organizations established in 1983, Environmental organizations based in Florida, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort in simple terms?

Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort, Inc., or "T.R.E.E. Inc.", was a grassroots nonprofit environmental organization based in the Tampa Bay area from 1983 to 2023.

Why does Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort.