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Our urban forest is comprised of street and park trees, residential yard trees, trees growing in street medians and in parking lot islands, trees found school grounds, golf courses, reserves and agricultural lands.
You may not think there is a great connection between your everyday life and the forests that surround us, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Your urban forest:
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exchanges carbon and greenhouse gas compounds for oxygen;
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moderates temperatures, surface water runoff, and ambient (up to 10 feet above the ground) ozone;
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provides natural corridors that support species and genetic diversity among wildlife;
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uses tree root systems to filter toxic metals from ground water and soil, through a process called phytoremediation;
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buffers noise, and shields us from harmful sun glare;
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lowers home energy costs by 1/3, and act as a storm buffer for your home and roof. |