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![SVU Professor Sam Hirt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c36927_83c743a6f98f4ab28ad9c13b7e51e8d4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_305,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c36927_83c743a6f98f4ab28ad9c13b7e51e8d4~mv2.webp)
![Pastor Galen Combs at Stone Church of the Brethren](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c36927_6e4a754578d04a3796cd6c7d93287546~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_306,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c36927_6e4a754578d04a3796cd6c7d93287546~mv2.webp)
![Straws Owner Greg Johnson](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c36927_3cbc7f8b0e694964aafda0e588665ea2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_305,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c36927_3cbc7f8b0e694964aafda0e588665ea2~mv2.webp)
![Harold Kidd at the BV Baptist Church](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c36927_ff88d55cb955499598dcadcf56b1470a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_305,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c36927_ff88d55cb955499598dcadcf56b1470a~mv2.webp)
![Susie Trimble at Christ Episcopal Church](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c36927_4ce37e8de8724f16bb8ecceabe6d0efd~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_306,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c36927_4ce37e8de8724f16bb8ecceabe6d0efd~mv2.webp)
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![Expert Interview: Arborist Tony Petryszyn](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c36927_f0f39e4172e34d37aa90133750db353c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_305,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c36927_f0f39e4172e34d37aa90133750db353c~mv2.webp)
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![Lauren Stull at the United States Forestry Service](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c36927_98f547b59e994455ad54179f16f5e343~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_305,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c36927_98f547b59e994455ad54179f16f5e343~mv2.webp)
![BV Librarian Elaina Skovira](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c36927_728e34f4916249aea395ddbdf0469555~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_305,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c36927_728e34f4916249aea395ddbdf0469555~mv2.webp)
![Mountain Gateway Forest Management Technology Program Head Scott Reigel](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c36927_eab8013ddbc64e20a7918d3177bb0361~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_306,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c36927_eab8013ddbc64e20a7918d3177bb0361~mv2.webp)
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High School Tree Team
For three weeks in June 2024, six BV high school students helped to launch BV Cool Trees by taking part in an internship with the guiding question: "How can we help our community understand and engage with BV Cool Trees?"
In the blog posts below, you'll find their reflections on a variety of different experiences: interviewing BV community members, walking through downtown BV with a certified arborist, learning about green careers, and talking with representatives from the City, the U.S. Forest Service, the Green Infrastructure Center, and elsewhere.
In June 2025, we will launch a new Tree Team for BV high schoolers! Interested? Email catherine@boxerwood.org
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