{"id":433979,"date":"2026-09-12T15:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433979\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:26:29","slug":"texas-state-fair-adds-40-crazy-new-foods-more-top-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433979\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas State Fair adds 40 crazy new foods & more top stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

New life-sustaining, property-value-increasing trees \u2014 Cedar Elm, Common Persimmon, Roughleaf Dogwood, and more \u2014 are available this fall through the annual Branch Out Dallas<\/a> initiative. But Dallas residents who want a free tree will have to sign up fast.<\/p>\n

Now in its eighth year, Dallas’ tree giveaway program offers property owners and others who pay a Dallas water bill a free five-gallon tree. More trees mean a greener, more sustainable Dallas, says a release from City of Dallas.<\/p>\n

That’s because trees help reduce stormwater runoff into drainage systems, cool temperatures, improve air quality, and mitigate the heat island effect, the city says.<\/p>\n

Branch Out Dallas has been held annually since 2018<\/a>. Due to growing demand and participation, it is now part of the Dallas Arbor Day annual celebration. <\/p>\n

Available trees this year include Boxelder, Cedar Elm, Common Persimmon, Roughleaf Dogwood, and Shumard Oak.<\/p>\n

Online registration is now open at dallas.gov\/branchoutdallas<\/a> and will remain open only through September 30, while supplies last.<\/p>\n

To participate, residents must live within Dallas city limits and have a Dallas Water Utilities<\/a> water account number available when registering. Only one tree per residence is permitted.<\/p>\n

During registration, participants will be able to select from available tree varieties and choose a pick-up location. Residents who successfully register must pick up their tree on Dallas Arbor Day, Saturday, November 7 from 9 am-12 noon. <\/p>\n

Tree delivery is not available, so participants should plan to pick up their tree at the location they selected during registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New life-sustaining, property-value-increasing trees \u2014 Cedar Elm, Common Persimmon, Roughleaf Dogwood, and more \u2014 are available this fall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[270,102,104,103,427,7959,368,2260],"class_list":["post-433979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-closure","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-hot-headlines","tag-most-popular-stories","tag-state-fair-of-texas","tag-where-to-drink"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}