Oct. 31st – “Trees Please!” Reforestation Work Day at White Rock Lake

On Saturday, October 31st Dallas Parks and Recreation will hold its annual Trees Please! event at White Rock Lake. This is an opportunity for volunteers to come together and plant some 150 trees, native plants, and wildflowers along the hike and bike trail. This reforestation is much needed to keep up with the rate of aging and declining trees across the landscape.

For the Love of the Lake will be supporting this effort, but more help is needed! Volunteers must register through the Trees Please! link on this page no later than Oct. 17th! Registration is free, and a continental breakfast will be provided for all volunteers. Volunteers are asked to bring their own work gloves and shovels where possible. Check-in is at 8:30 AM, and planting will be conducted from 9 AM to noon. For more information, please see the attached flyer below.

Trees Please Flyer

Here are some more specific details, from the organizers:

Please carpool parking your vehicles at the parking lot near the Bath House, and walk over the trail to the Big Thicket area.

Set-up Check-in and More
8:30am – 10:30am
Need strong backs to help with set-up of tables, pop-up tents first. Then help place trees near planting site as directed by Citizen Forester volunteers and Park staff. Bring your own shovel, work gloves, a full bottle of water, and a lite snack for yourself too (label personal belongings with your last name).

Tree Planting
9:00am – 12:00pm
Need strong backs to help plant trees as directed by Citizen Forester volunteers and Park staff. Bring your own shovel, work gloves, a full bottle of water, and a lite snack for yourself too (label personal belongings with your last name).

Take Down & Clean-up
10:30am – 12:30pm
Need strong backs to take down tables, pop-up tents, and clean-up for the day as directed by Citizen Forester volunteers and Park staff. Bring your own shovel, work gloves, a full bottle of water, and a lite snack for yourself too (label personal belongings with your last name). Your help is needed in leaving White Rock Lake Park cleaner than we found it.

Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity for fellowship in nature while improving  the landscape for generations to come!