Benefits of Trees

Human Health

 

Green Infrastructure for Stormwater

Calculate Your Tree’s Value

 

Value of Our Urban Tree Canopy

 

Environmental Justice

to Come

Natural Infrastructure Assessment, Snoqualimie WA (June 2020) - Quantitative valuation of green infrastructure alternatives using trees.

Flooding Increases due to Tree Removal:

  • Arlington Department of Environmental Services (July 2, 2018): 
    Arlington’s impervious surfaces increasing year by year; now at estimated 45%compared to estimated 40% in 2001.

  • Arlington County Civic Federation: Arlington County and Flooding (February 2017)

i-Tree My Tree - simple calculator of your tree’s benefits

i-Tree Landscape - value your trees and the benefits from new plantings

Additional i-Tree tools and selection guide - Multiple tools for novice and expert application

Money trees: U.S. cities find new ways of valuing urban forests - Reuters

Compensatory Value of Urban Trees in the United States - Nowak https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/15522

Multitasking Street Trees -BIOPHILIC CITIES JOURNAL (2020)


The Intersection of Natural Resources,Trees and Equity in Arlington - Arlington NAACP Environment and Climate Justice Committee