the value of trees

 
  • Trees are pretty.
  • Trees increase economic stability by attracting business and customers to communities.
  • Trees increase home property values.
  • Trees aid in traffic control, they separate pedestrians and vehicles, providing safer walking conditions.
  • Trees pretty enhance tourism by adding beauty and softening the harshness of our environment.
  • Trees are essential to our health and the health of our environment.
  • Trees are a critical part of the urban ecosystem.  They provide habitat for many species of birds, fish, and mammals and other wildlife, large and small.
  • Trees save energy by reducing the need for cooling and heating.
  • Trees reduce storm water run-off and erosion management costs by intercepting, storing, and using rainfall.
  • Trees have a positive effect on people - they make us feel happy and connected with nature, they reduce stress, they help us recover from illness faster, and they restore our spirits.