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Atlanta's tree coverage does not go unnoticed—it was the main reason cited by National Geographic in naming Atlanta a "Place of a Lifetime": [9] For a sprawling city with the nation’s ninth-largest metro area, Atlanta is surprisingly lush with trees—magnolias, dogwoods, Southern pines, and magnificent oaks. [10]
City of Trees may refer to any city designated as a Tree City USA, a Tree City of the World, or a city that has been awarded the title "European City of the Trees".The following list includes nicknames for cities established prior to these initiatives, or by other means.
The following is a partial listing of Tree Cities USA. [1] To be a Tree City, the community must meet four standards set by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters: The community must have a tree board or department. The community must have established a community ordinance for tree care.
The city's lush tree canopy, which filters out pollutants and cools sidewalks and buildings, has increasingly been under assault from man and nature due to heavy rains, drought, aged forests, new pests, and urban construction. A 2001 study found Atlanta's heavy tree cover declined from 48% in 1974 to 38% in 1996. [455]
The Sacramento Urban Forest Plan calls for the city’s tree canopy by 35 percent by 2045. To do that, the city would need to plan 25,000 trees per year until 2045. The city has a $2 million grant ...
There are currently about 1 million trees in Sacramento, according to the city. Roughly 900,000 of those trees are on private properties, and the remaining 100,000 are on city property.
Sacramento City Code 12.56.020 states that “private protected trees,” which are regarded to have special historical value by the City Council, require permission to perform “regulated work.”
The Atlanta Botanical Garden is home to the Kendeda Canopy Walk, a 600-foot-long (180 m) skywalk that allows the visitors to tour one of the city's last remaining urban forests from around 40 feet in the air through the treetops of the Storza Woods. The skywalk extends from a bluff in the Garden into the branches of oaks, hickories and poplars. [3]