'Up With Trees' offers Citizen Forester Program to grow Tulsa’s urban forest

The Citizen Forester program from "Up With Trees" teaches Tulsa residents how to care for trees and contribute to the city’s urban forest through hands-on training and volunteer work.

Thursday, January 16th 2025, 11:54 am

By: Alyssa Miller

TULSA, Okla. -

Trees are vital to the environment, cleaning the air and providing oxygen, and a local organization is working to expand Tulsa's urban canopy.

Up With Trees is offering its Citizen Forester program, a four-week course designed to teach participants how to plant, prune, and protect trees.

The program aims to equip residents with the skills needed to care for trees in their neighborhoods while emphasizing the importance of trees in Tulsa’s growth and sustainability.

Participants will also give back by volunteering 15 hours throughout the year to help make the city greener.

For more information on the program or to get involved, visit UpWithTrees.org.

Alyssa Miller

Alyssa joined the News On 6 team as a multimedia journalist in January 2023. Before that, Alyssa anchored 13 NEWS This Morning and told Northeast Kansans stories as a reporter for WIBW-TV. In her four years there, she won several Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards for her anchor and reporter work.