THREATS TO URBAN FORESTS Photo by Craig Vodnik on Unsplash “What are the hazards trees in cities face,” a student asked me this summer. I gave a thoughtful but short answer along the lines of it depends on where the tree is located—sidewalk, park, natural area—and if the tree was planted with a carer lined up to provide […]
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Urban Forests, by Jill Jonnes. Cover image via Penguin Random House. Jill Jonnes is the author of six books including the subject of this book review, Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape. The city is both the lens and the landscape is all Jonnes’ books. However, in Urban […]
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Capitol Canopy image courtesy of ATLASlab The State of the Trees report authored in 2000 by the Sacramento Tree Foundation described that city’s trees as its “crowning glory.” Anyone who has strolled beneath the cooling, soothing canopy of towering elms and sycamores knows the city is graced by a special relationship with trees. In Sacramento, […]
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