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Urban and Community Forestry
What Is the Urban Forest?
Look around your home or neighborhood and you'll notice
a valuable but often unappreciated natural resource—the urban
forest. This forest includes street trees, yard trees, park trees,
forest lands, and associated natural resources that exist in and
around a community or urban area.
Benefits of Urban Trees
Conserving the urban forest is important, because trees make our
communities more livable by the many economic and environmental
benefits they provide. A protective tree canopy can help to reduce
storm water run off and soil erosion. Trees modify our climate by
providing shade in summer and windbreaks in winter, and can reduce
the amount of energy needed to cool and heat buildings. By reducing
energy consumption, producing oxygen, and filtering dust, trees
help to maintain the quality of the air in the environment.
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