2025 Awards of Excellence

These awards are presented annually by the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council and the TN Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division in recognition of outstanding leadership, educational efforts or activities that have made a significant contribution to community forests in the State of Tennessee.

The deadline for submissions is October 10th.

Awards recipients will be announced and celebrated at the Awards Luncheon, which is scheduled for November 13th in Chattanooga, TN, as part of the annual Tennessee Urban Forestry Conference.

Builder/Developer

Recognizes a company or corporation that has done an outstanding job of protecting and maintaining trees during the project construction process.

Citizen Activist

Recognizes an individual person not employed in a related Green Industry area whose dedication has made significant and outstanding contributions to urban forestry at the local, regional or state level.

Government Employee

Recognizes an individual working for a government agency who has made outstanding contributions to the urban forestry effort at the local, regional or state level.

Green Industry

Recognizes a company or organization that shows leadership and dedication to advancing urban forestry efforts at the local, regional or state level.

Media

Recognizes an electronic or prints media entity that has made a significant contribution to trees and/or urban forestry in its community or region.

Private Professional

Recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the urban forestry effort at the local, regional or state level. The individual must work for a company whose business is related to urban forestry.

Tree Board

Recognizes a local board or committee that has made outstanding accomplishments in completing urban forestry projects, provided exemplary leadership, and made significant progress in meeting the goals of their local urban forestry program.

Arboretum

Recognizes a community, group, or school that proactively uses their arboretum for exemplary educational activities to expand the likelihood and ability of the public to see many varieties of trees; to discover their different names, appearances and uses; and to learn of the benefits that trees provide to our environment, our public, our communities, and our state.

President’s

Recognizes an unsung person or organization who has done outstanding urban forestry achievements at the local community level. These are the daily heroes, who through their urban forestry efforts, work and inspire the rest of us to make our communities a better place for people to live.

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Please attach a detailed description of the nominee's contributions to urban forestry over the last five years (maximum 2 pages). Supplemental information may be attached but is limited to 5 additional pages.

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