If a child’s health and well-being can be improved with just a couple of trees, imagine what a whole school campus and a neighborhood with extra canopy coverage could do. Heather McMillen of the ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago has a plan to plant tens of thousands of trees over the next five years, starting this spring, both for the health and wellness of city dwellers and for equity. A ...
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Are there trees outside your window? Chances are if you live on the southwest side, you have more sun than shade. City leaders and experts say that's a problem with equity. Our ...
WITH ONE ORGANIZATION WORKING TO IMPROVE THE CITY’S TREE CANOPY. BACK IN 2015, A STUDY DETERMINED THAT LOUISVILLE LOSES OVER 54,000 TREES PER YEAR. BUT THANKS TO COMMUNITY EFFORTS LIKE THIS ONE, THAT ...
Seedlings need lots of TLC when being planted in the ground with hopes of growing into strong, healthy trees. A planter will dig a hole two or three times as wide as the roots of the baby tree, making ...
When it comes to protecting trees, Seattle is going in the wrong direction. The city lost 255 acres of canopy between 2016 and 2021, an area approximately the size of Green Lake. Forested parks and ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As advocates work toward their goal of attaining 30% canopy cover across the city by 2035, a new study tackled fundamental questions at the heart of the effort: How much canopy ...
You might be used to the feeling of Earth under your feet, but did you know that there’s soil high above your head? Way up in the treetops, where ferns, mosses, flowers, and even trees grow on top of ...
Charlotte’s trees are disappearing. Environmentalists say Charlotte should require more protection of its tree canopy, both beautiful and useful, especially in this age of climate change. Want to ...
In 2007, after a run of hurricanes, the City of Miami joined other local municipalities by signing on to an ambitious goal: roughly doubling total citywide tree canopy to 30 percent by 2020. The ...