It’s official! The Great Tree contest has now launched! Our project – which is part contest, part community-based research initiative – is live and ready to roll.
Over the next few months we hope to collect as many Great Tree stories and photos as we can. Our aim is to document not only the many fantastic trees that can be found around Vancouver, but also something of the connections that people – residents and visitors alike – have with these trees.
To that end, we’re looking for as much help as we can get to promote the initiative around town. We’re hoping that people will lend a hand and spread the word about the initiative through their own networks, clubs, family gatherings, school classrooms and workplaces. The more entries the better!
Of course, we hope the contest side will be a bit of an incentive – and that’s why we’ll be selecting one random entrant each week (starting the first week of May) to win a prize. They’re small prizes, granted, but they’re good… and appropriate to the subject.
So grab your camera* and your notebook and snag a picture of your favourite tree. Take a moment to tell us why it’s so great. Put your tree on the map and help us promote Vancouver’s great urban forest!
* If you don’t have access to a camera don’t worry – we’ll do our best to help you get a photo!
Vancouver's Great Trees 
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