How did St. Petersburg’s tree canopy fare after the 2024 hurricanes?

The flooding storm surge and powerful winds of the 2024 hurricane season packed a punch against St. Petersburg’s trees, ...
THE CITY on MSN

To fight heat, NYC sets 2040 tree canopy deadline, with riskiest areas first

On a breezy Monday morning on a quiet corner of Queens, 11 leafy new neighbors arrived on a truck, fresh from a nursery in ...
WHYY

New Jersey communities of color grapple with lack of trees, environmental inequity

Power Corps Camden members stand at the site of a new tree planting initiative at Rev. Evers Park. (Tennyson Donyéa/WHYY News) Jay Watson says you can tell the quality of a neighborhood just by ...
Miami Herald

Miami is trying to weaken tree canopy protections. Here’s why that’s dangerous | Opinion

In January, opponents of Miami's proposal to loosen protection of the city's tree canopy dressed the part during the King Mango Strut Parade. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com Miami’s tree canopy is ...
Daily Emerald

Eugene expands tree canopy to combat inequity and climate change

As part of Eugene’s 2020 Climate Action Plan, the city’s urban forestry program is working toward increasing the tree canopy coverage to 30% by 2030, concentrating on underserved and lower-income ...
WLRN

Miami far short of tree canopy goal

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 ...