TU Plantings Support ‘ReGreen Tulsa’ Program

The University of Tulsa is supporting Mayor Kathy Taylor’s ReGreen program to plant 20,000 trees by 2010, an effort launched after thousands of trees were devastated by the December 2007 ice storm.

TU contractors are planting more than 150 trees on TU’s new south entrance on 11th Street. Work on the front entrance is expected to be completed by August. TU has planted nearly 500 new trees throughout its 200-acre campus since January, the start of the ReGreen initiative. In the past 10 years, TU has planted nearly 2,000 trees on campus.

ReGreen Tulsa's goal is to plant 20,000 trees in neighborhoods and parks, and encompasses both private property and public areas. To register new trees planted, or to get involved in the effort, visit www.regreentulsa.com.