Tom Deal has been volunteering with the Grant Park Conservancy for over 5 years. A self described “tree nerd,” Tom’s knowledge of trees and plants has been invaluable to the conservancy as they tackle the removal of years of invasive plant growth, and replant trees to replace ones they’ve lost.

Tom regularly hosts volunteer groups of up to 50 people and has singlehandedly tagged and entered tree data for almost the entire park’s tree canopy (over 90+ acres).

It was great to spend some time with Tom in the wild, at the park to see him in action and to learn about value volunteering brings to his life.

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