Jim Trainer
On April 3, 2010, Jim planted his 1 millionth tree: a Johnny Appleseed Apple Tree on Blake Island!
Jim Trainer is a nationally known Community Forester and an International Society of Arboriculture
Certified Arborist. He has performed tree related work for over 30 years and he is one of the founding
members of KiTSA (Kitsap Trees and Shoreline Association), a non-profit tree organization. He has
also done tree presentations for the Arbor Day Foundation in Nebraska, Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham,
Olympia, Port Townsend, Cle Elum and Ellensburg, WA. He also writes a monthly tree column for the
Kitsap News Group on heritage trees.
Jim is a Champion Tree Hunter in Washington State and coordinates his finds to the University of
Washington Champion Tree Program and American Forest in Washington, D.C.
In 2005 Jim had developed a Kitsap Trees Champion Tree Calendar which was distributed nationally
and it was the first Champion Tree Calendar for The State of Washington and is currently working on a
Heritage Tree Book which will be about the top 12 trees in Kitsap County.
In 2008 Jim and Unicorn Productions produced a DVD called “Forest Trails and Critter Tales” which
highlights the rich forests of Kitsap County and his critters that inhabit them. This DVD has been
distributed to all the Kitsap Libraries and most of the schools in Kitsap County.
Jim is the owner and operator of Treez, Inc. specializing in preserving and enhancing the
environment through reforestation, restoration and natural resource management.
Paul Ruppert, Park Ranger of Blake Is. State Park, congratulates Jim on the planting of his
1 millionth tree. It's hard to see now, but soon it will be a beauty!
Cisco Morris and Jim Trainer Tree talk'n at Clear Creek Nursery Kitsap County