Considering the Benefits of our Urban Forest
If you are asked to list the benefits of trees, how would you begin? Most people answer with firewood, furniture, lumber, paper and similar answers because they are thinking of uses of the wood and not the benefits that a live tree gives us. Given that we have 25,000-30,000 street trees, most of us pass by them every day without giving them, or their value, a second thought.
Here’s an interesting article to share with you, written by Dan Burden. It’ll give you a completely different insight and perspective on the benefits of trees.
