City Beautiful Commission: Mission

Resource Information Links

Awareness

• Arkansas Earth Day Festival
• Arbor Day
• State Arbor Days
• National Arbor Day (Last Friday in April)
• First Arbor Day: April 10, 1872 (Nebraska)
• Tree City USA (Little Rock, 2001)
• Tree City USA-Arkansas
• Arkansas State Arbor Day (3rd Monday in March)
• Arkansas State Tree: Pine
• Arkansas Pine-Coloring sheet
• Earth Day Info Sheet (2003)
• First Earth Day: April 22, 1970
• Earth Day Festival: Little Rock
• Butterfly Gardening Info Sheet
• Keep Little Rock Beautiful (KLRB)
• Arkansas Flower & Garden Show
• American Forests-Little Rock Results (1990s)
• American Forests-Little Rock Results (2000s) pending
• Native Trees for Arkansas
• Tree selection guide
• Shade Trees on Playgrounds (STOP) program against skin cancer
• Old House Gardens: Heritage plant sources
• Pollen counts: Little Rock Allergy & Asthma Clinic
• Pollen cast: The Weather Channel
• What's in Season in Arkansas? Fruit/Vegetable Guide
• Info on the Little Rock Farmer's Market
• Farmer's Market is open: Tuesdays and Saturdays, 7am-3pm until October, at the River Market open-air pavilion
• Info website on seasonal fruits/vegetables
• Which ward do I live in?

Environmental Groups:

• An Inconvenient Truth
• American Forests
• Grist: eNewsletter (environmental news & humor)
• National Arbor Day Foundation
• National Audubon Society
• National Wildlife Federation
• Our Earth
• Sierra Club
• Tree People
• Alliance for Community Trees (ACT)
• The Nature Conservancy
• List of worldwide environmental groups

Who to Call

• dead plants at a business
• abandoned cars
• appliances
• weeds
• trash or litter
• illegal dumping
• streets cleaned or cleared
• potholes
• KArB Litter Hotline: 1-866-811-1222
• Little Rock Citizen Services Phone Numbers
• 211 - 311 - 511 Service Phone Numbers
  • 211 Non-Profit and Human Service Programs www.Arkansas211.org
  • 311 Non-Emergency and City Government Services Little Rock 311
    
  • 511 Traveler Information  -  highways.com
  • State Road Conditions Map

If you don't know who to call: Call "311"

Education

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)
• Arkansas Forestry Commission (AFC)
• Arkansas Champion Tree Program
• National Register of Big Trees
• Arkansas Famous and Historic Tree Program
• National Famous and Historic Tree Program
• American Forests (nation’s oldest nonprofit citizens’ conservation organization)
• ForestBytes eNewsletters
• Why Trees Matter
• Health + Trees
• Tree Facts
• Forest Facts
• Ask the Tree Dr
• Carbon Calculator
• Tree Guide
• Memorial Trees
• Tree Value
• Tree Benefits
• How to plant a tree
• How to mulch around a tree
• Watch out for trees under utility lines
• Right Tree in the Right Place
• How to prune a young tree
• How to prune a mature tree
• Why tree topping hurts trees
• Avoiding tree damage during construction
• Tree care Information with downloadable information sheets 

Additional Resources

• Arkansas Urban Forestry Council
• National Urban & Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC)
• American Forests
• Shade Trees on Playgrounds (STOP) program against skin cancer
• P Allen Smith
• Martha Stewart
• Gardening with Janet Carson
• Master Gardener Information
• U of A Extension Division-Home & Garden
• U of A Extension Division-Home & Garden Links
• Arkansas Flower & Garden Show
• University of Arkansas (U of A) Extension Division
• U of A Extension Division-Natural Resources
• USDA Forest Service
• USDA Forest Service-Southern Region
• Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH)
• Natural Heritage Commission (NHC)-DAH
• US Green Building Council (USGBC)
• Arkansas Chapter-USGBC
• Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD)
• AHTD Programs
• AHTD FAQ about Arkansas
• AHTD Links
• Little Rock Landscape Ordinance and amendments
• Tree City USA Ordinance Guidelines
• Tree Ordinance Guidelines
• other related Ordinances in Arkansas
• more tree ordinances in the southern region
• Tree Campus USA

Tree Links:

• Arkansas Forestry Commission
• Trees of Arkansas booklet
• Arkansas Firewise
• Shade Trees on Playgrounds (STOP) program against skin cancer
• TreeLink
• Arkansas Urban Forestry Council
• Urban Forestry Southern Region
  
• Urban Forestry Manual
• other forestry links
• Arkansas chapter of the American Grove
• Keep Arkansas Beautiful
  
• International Society of Arborculture (ISA)
• ISA-Southern Region 
• Tree City USA 
• National Arbor Day Foundation
• Earth Day Network
• Urban Environment Report (UER)
• Little Rock's Environmental Score

Stewardship

• Keep Little Rock Beautiful (KLRB)
• Adopt-a-Street
• Adopt-a-Park
• Adopt-a-Highway
• Adopt-a-Trail
• Parks volunteer
• Adopt-a-Median
• ADHT Wildflower program
• Great Arkansas Cleanup (KArB)
• Keep America Beautiful: Toolbox for Community Change
• Tree seedlings
• Arkansas Environmental Federation
• Arkansas Chapter of U.S. Green Building Council- Central Branch
• Recycling
  • New recycling bin program (Started April 2012)
  • Recycling guidelines
  • Recycling pickup schedule
  • Pickup calendar for 2013
  • Other recycling options in the city
• Recycling facts
• Little Rock Recycles
• Yard waste

Have you seen any?

• Citizen Science: Wildlife Surveys
• Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission
• Past surveys (box turtles, tarantulas, bumblebees)

Debris on the road in Little Rock? - Call 311 and report it!

Eco-Tips:

• Sierra Club's 10 Ways to Go Green at Work
• Asa Aarons' 50 Ways To Cut Your Heating Bill
• 50 things you can do to prevent air pollution
• Flex your power & conserve energy: Turn off/turn down
• Water conservation: Every drop counts
• ADEQ-Recycling
• 10 things you can do to help curb global warming
• The Nature Conservancy's Carbon Calculator
• Carbon Calculator (American Forests)
• Ten steps to a Green Wedding - Sierra Club
• Ten ways to save money at the pump - Sierra Club
• Mpg Calculator - Sierra Club
• Cool Cities - Sierra Club
• Ten birds that help control garden pests 
• National Wildlife Federation

Recycling -

• America Recycles Day - November 15th
• Earth 911 Recycling
• Keep America Beautiful: Toolbox for Community Change
• Recycle Christmas Trees locally to promote fishing habitats:
  • Pinnacle Mountain State Park
  • Arkansas Game & Fish Commission 

Memorial/Honoree Trees:

• American Forests
• National Arbor Day - Gift of Trees
• National Arbor Day - annually, the last Friday in April
• Arkansas State Arbor Day - annually, the third Monday in March
• Arkansas State Tree: The southern yellow pine to include both the loblolly and shortleaf pine varieties
• Arkansas State Parks
• "Plant the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign" -
• United Nations Environmental Program
• Arkansas Forestry Commission
  
• Arkansas Firewise
• Forest Management incentives
• Best Management Practices Guidelines
• Forestry Stewardship

Grants

• Keep Arkansas Beautiful
  
• Keep America Beautiful
• ACT-NeighborWoods
• Trees for Tomorrow
  
• Arkansas Department of Highway and Transportation
  
• Trails for Life
• Outdoor Grants - Arkansas State Parks, AR Dept of Parks & Tourism
• Home Depot NeighborWoods

 Partnerships

• Adopt-A-Street (City-Public Works)
• Arkansas Earth Day Foundation
• Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)
• Keep Little Rock Beautiful (KLRB)
• Keep Arkansas Beautiful
• Keep Arkansas Beautiful Partners in mission
• Keep America Beautiful
• Little Rock Parks & Recreation Commission
• Little Rock Sister Cities Commission
• Other Little Rock Commissions
• American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
• ASLA-Arkansas Chapter
• American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• AIA-Arkansas Chapter
• Tree City USA
• Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Tipton & Hurst-Little Rock Florist
• Mangan Holcomb Partners
• Little Rock Planning and Development Department
• Little Rock Parks & Recreation Department
• City of Little Rock Site
• Little Rock Urban Forestry
• Little Rock Public Works
• Arkansas Flower & Garden Show
• Little Rock Housing
• Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality 
• Arkansas State Police
• Arkansas River Trail
• Pulaski County

Page photos courtesy of Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism