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Soak Up the Rain: Trees Help Reduce Runoff
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
TOP 22 BENEFITS OF TREES
Learn more about why we need to plant and care for trees
(Tree People, February 2019)
Study explains why thousands of Detroit residents rejected city’s tree planting efforts
(University of Vermont, January 7, 2019)
Leafy green neighborhoods tied to better heart health
(Reuters Health News December 28, 2018)
11 REASONS WHY WE’RE THANKFUL FOR TREES (November 25, 2018)
Nursery Management: The power of the urban tree (August 2018)
For every dollar invested in planting, cities see an average of $2.25 return on investment each year.
A new USDA Forest Service study projects that urban land in the lower 48 states will more than double between 2010 and 2060, which will expand the importance of urban forests in relation to environmental quality and human well-being.
A Dose of the Outdoors (July 19, 2018)
New research shows park prescriptions—a physician’s recommendation to spend time outdoors—can help reduce stress among low-income patients. These findings are among the latest in a growing body of work examining nature’s impact on our physical and mental health.
Acre for acre, urban trees can store as much carbon as tropical forest (July 2018)
Cleveland Park Streetscape Improvement Project, Washington, DC (February 12, 2018)
Urban Forests and Climate Change
Immerse Yourself in a Forest for Better Health
Making Urban Trees Count
(Center For Watershed Protection, December 28, 2017)
Why We’re Thankful for Trees (November 25, 2017)
How Trees Benefit Home Values
USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station News Release
Trees Reduce Building Energy Use in U.S. Cities
(January 19, 2017)
The importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees (October 12, 2016)
Residential building energy conservation and avoided power plant emissions by urban and community trees in the United States (April 21, 2016):
Energy conservation from urban trees
If a tree falls in Wilmette, do nearby basements flood?
PBS: Removing trees can kill you (June 2013)
The U.S. Forest Service found links between insects’ destruction of 100 million trees in the U.S. starting in 2002 and increased human mortality rates.