Some of these items are also included in other pages of the website.
Newly planted trees cannot truly “replace” the mature trees being removed:
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Red Maple
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Year/Age
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Gallons of Rainfall Intercepted
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5
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185 gallons per year
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10
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793 gallons per year
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15
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1,784 gallons per year
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20
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3,067 gallons per year
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25
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4,854 gallons per year
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30
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6,788 gallons per year
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35
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9,177 gallons per year
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40
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11,577 gallons per year
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Compiled by Suzanne Sundburg, from
Source: USDA, Forest Service — Piedmont Community Tree Guide: Benefits, Costs, and Strategic Planting, Table A1 https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr200/psw_gtr200.pdf
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Multitasking Street Trees
By Sonja Dümpelmann
BIOPHILIC CITIES JOURNAL VOL. 3
March 31, 2020
Since their systematic planting throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, street trees have fulfilled various purposes in our cities. They have been considered variously as aesthetic make-up and creators of space; as territorial markers and instruments of defense, emancipation, and empowerment; as sanitizers and air conditioners; as upholders of moral values; as economic engines, scientific instruments; and as ecological habitat. Although street trees are successful multitaskers, which at most times have simultaneously fulfilled various purposes, different functions have been considered particularly important at different times.
Appreciating the need for — and the beauty of — the urban forest
The Washington Post, December 11, 2019
One thing seems certain: The need for street trees is only going to get greater. They shade, they cool, they grab carbon from the atmosphere. Oh, and they can be beautiful if spared the butchery of life with the aerial power line. A 2015 study confirmed what we might have already known — people who live in the shelter of mature trees are healthier than folks in neighborhoods that don’t have them.
7 REASONS TO THANK YOUR TREES THIS THANKSGIVING!
RTEC treecare
November 22, 2019
Nature might be better than tech at reducing air pollution
November 6, 2019
Why trees aren’t just colorful fall features for our region’s neighborhoods
Washington is an appealing place to live and work in part because of its greenness, its preserved natural ecologies as well as its designed landscapes. Especially valuable are the millions of trees, and not just for their beauty and colorful tree canopy transformation in the fall. Trees greatly benefit environmental and economic health.
Trees throughout the city add real estate value as well as significant aesthetic and ecological value. Ask any real estate broker or developer, and they will tell you that properties with trees typically are worth more than those without trees. Homes on tree-lined streets sell for more than homes on treeless streets.
Wildlife observed in North Arlington near Williamsburg Middle School and Discovery Elementary School
October 21, 2019
This list has been presented to the County Board. It appears that the wildlife are stable around here, at this time. Of course, we need trees to help that continue. Click below:
Wildlife near Discovery Elementary and Williamsburg Middle School
New parents join a real movement for their babies and themselves: Hiking
By Amanda Loudin, Washington Post
September 7, 2019
Trees Are Key To Fighting Urban Heat — But Cities Keep Losing Them
Meg Anderson, Nora Eckert, Sean McMinn, All Things Considered, NPR
September 4, 2019
Air Pollution May Be As Harmful To Your Lungs As Smoking Cigarettes, Study Finds
Allison Aubrey, All Things Considered, NPR
August 13, 2019
Structurally complex forests better at carbon sequestration
August 12, 2019
The study demonstrates for the first time that a forest‘s structural complexity is a better predictor of carbon sequestration potential than tree species diversity.
MORE TREES MEAN BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH
The secret to curbing your cigarette, alcohol and junk food cravings could be spending more time outside
MarketWatch, July 12, 2019
People who spend more time outdoors lead more fulfilling lives, new research shows
Washington Post
Trees are Good for your Wallet
(Arlington TV, March 7, 2019)
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)
THE ISSUE WITH TISSUE: HOW AMERICANS ARE FLUSHING FORESTS DOWN THE TOILET
(National Resources Defense Council, 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)
It is up to 17 degrees hotter than the coolest areas inside the District.
(October 16, 2018)
Letter to the Washington Post
You can address climate change at the local level by defending trees
(October 15, 2018)
Washington Post:
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)
‘Forest Bathing’ Is Great for Your Health. Here’s How to Do It
(By QING LI , TIME Magazine, May 1, 2018)
More on the benefits of forest bathing
People need trees, but they keep destroying them.
By Marlene Cimons, Nexus Media, April 30, 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.