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Posted Jul 6, 2021, 12:01 pm Alex Brown /Stateline

Trees: The critical infrastructure low-income neighborhoods lack

Policymakers and advocates are aiming to correct decades of inequities in urban tree canopy in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color with efforts to create an equitable tree canopy and increase urban forestry efforts.... Read more»

Posted Mar 12, 2021, 9:00 pm Mike Gaworecki /Mongabay

Scaling up tree nurseries is key to unlocking U.S. reforestation potential

Restoring forests in areas where they once stood is an important step toward halting climate change. It helps to ensure a host of other environmental services, too, like provision of clean air and water. But without significantly increased investment in tree nursery infrastructure, the U.S. will be unable to unlock its full reforestation potential, researchers are warning.... Read more»