Rideout rocks, Team Wisconsin rules

Congrats to Team Wisconsin’s Dick Rideout, whose fundraising topped $7,000 this week! Dick earns a single room for the Tour for his efforts. You can too! Raise $7,000 by July 14 and we’ll book you a single room for the week.

Non-Riders: Last Chance to Order a Jersey!

If you are not riding the Tour but still want this year’s STIHL Tour des Trees jersey, May 24 is the last day to order! Send this form with your payment to the TREE Fund:  Apparel order form for non-participants.

Pedal to Promote Trees – Boston Globe

 Boston Sunday Globe, Travel section on February 24 Cycle from Niagara Falls through upstate New York to Toronto this summer to raise money for tree research. The 2013 STIHL Tour des Trees bike ride covers more than 500 miles July 28-Aug. 3, and includes tree plantings and educational activities along the way. Cyclists will [...]

Notes from a First-Time Rider

I am fairly new to cycling. I started cycling in the summer of 2010 because it offered a low-impact alternative to jogging, which was historically my go-to activity. I run in several 5k charity races each summer, and to augment my 5k training, my good friend and fellow Tour participant, Jeff Picher, encouraged me to start [...]

Cycling Meets Arboriculture in Oregon

by Frazer Pehmoeller Photos by Alvin Gilens published in February’s Adventure Cyclist magazine. It’s 2:00 AM, and I have been sleeping like a dog for the past five-plus hours. My dreams are so clear, and all I can picture in my mind is an endless slide show of incredibly diverse landscape paintings, each flashing on [...]

Registration is Now Open for the 2013 STIHL Tour des Trees

Cycling Tour will traverse New York and Canada in Support of Tree Research and Education (VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) – America’s largest fundraiser for tree research, the STIHL Tour des Trees to benefit the TREE Fund, has opened registration for its 2013 Tour, which will travel through the U.S. and Canada July 28 to August 3, [...]

Tour des Trees Races to Fund Tree Research

Anyone who cycles knows the beauty of racing under a canopy of green.

Now, cyclists can experience that beauty – and help plant more trees – in America’s largest fundraiser for tree research. Called the STIHL Tour des Trees, the 1992-started program has raised more than $5.6 million for tree research and education programs.

Register now for STdT 2013!

Registration’s open — are you ready to ride? Paul and Warren have conjured a dream Tour through upstate New York and Ontario. Photo ops include Niagara Falls, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York’s Finger Lakes (wine country!!), FOUR ferry crossings, Prince Edward County, Toronto Island and (of course) Cobourg, ON where Team Hoselton is planning [...]

More Than $520,000 Raised for Tree Research by Cyclists

More Than $520,000 Raised for Tree Research by Cyclists Cyclists Come Together in Week-Long Fundraising Event for TREE Fund PORTLAND – More than 100 cyclists trekked 585 miles during the seven-day journey of the 2012 STIHL Tour des Trees, raising more than $520,000 to benefit the Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund). The [...]

2012 STIHL Tour des Trees Photo Gallery

Browse through the photos from the 2012 STIHL Tour des Trees event!   Day 1: Banks, OR to Seaside, OR Day 2: Seaside, OR to Grand Ronde, OR Day 3: Grand Ronde, OR to Wilsonville, OR Day 4: Wilsonville, OR to Government Camp, OR Day 5: Government Camp, OR to The Dalles, OR Day 6: [...]