The following is a guest post by the University of Florida’s senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources. Tampa Bay saves tens of millions of dollars from its urban forest annually. Leafy canopies lower summer air conditioning costs; more shade means less work to maintain thousands of acres of grass, not to mention trees contribute to lower asthma rates and birth defects by removing air pollutants. Cities such as Portland, New York City, Milwaukee, and Atlanta have all calculated…
Urban and Community Forestry
Your Parents Were Wrong: Money Does Grow on Trees.
By Jack Payne | May 26, 2016