Urban Trees

Trees in our cities and communities are important. They provide benefits of beauty, shade, wind and noise protection, wildlife habitat and they help clean pollutants from the air. All these advantages of trees in the city.

Your work to help improve your community by planting and caring for trees is well worth it. Youth groups that work on community tree projects help their towns in many ways. Explore the links below and learn some of the benefits of trees. Then see some of the community tree projects that are being done all over the country.

Web Links:

National Arbor Day Foundation Benefits of Trees

Forest Service Urban Forestry South

Northeast Center for Urban Forestry and Community Forestry