From the City of Asheville: “A just completed Urban Tree Canopy Study determined that there has been a 6.4% loss in tree canopy in the City of Asheville in the past decade. The City recognizes the importance of trees and their many benefits to our ecology, such as air quality, carbon reduction, stormwater runoff and pollution control and reducing the effect of heat islands in our City. The City is looking to develop an Urban Forest Master Plan, when funding is identified to pay for it. The findings of the Urban Tree Canopy Study lay the groundwork toward a Master Urban Forest Plan. The purpose of a Master Urban Forest Plan is to identify not only ways to preserve the tree canopy but to increase it.”

Please consider adding trees to your landscape to help replenish our urban forest.