In the United States every year we lose an estimated 36 million trees in cities and urban areas and rural towns. By clearing out forests to make land usable for development, including houses, roads, parking lots, stores, and commercial and industrial buildings, we think that we are improving the everyday life of people. In fact, the opposite may be true.
Trees play a very important part in cleaning the air, preventing erosion and subsequently waterway contamination, and have the ability to reverse the effects of climate change.
Learn more here and plan a tree planting project in your community.
Community Tree Management – Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Plant a Billion Trees – The Nature Conservancy
9 Reasons to Plant a Tree – Arbor Day Foundation
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Tree Programs
Riparian Forest Buffer Grants – Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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