STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — All tree shade may not be equal. For Alex Kobald, associate director of the Design Across Scales Lab at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, ...
Since 2011, Charlotte City Council has rallied behind a goal to restore the city’s most effective natural air conditioning system: trees. However, residential development, storm damage and an aging ...
(a) Canopy reflectance simulation using LESS to analyze the canopy spectral response and the resistance of VIs to canopy shadows; (b) construction of the LCC hybrid inversion model and mapping. Leaf ...
WITH ONE ORGANIZATION WORKING TO IMPROVE THE CITY’S TREE CANOPY. BACK IN 2015, A STUDY DETERMINED THAT LOUISVILLE LOSES OVER 54,000 TREES PER YEAR. BUT THANKS TO COMMUNITY EFFORTS LIKE THIS ONE, THAT ...
Seedlings need lots of TLC when being planted in the ground with hopes of growing into strong, healthy trees. A planter will dig a hole two or three times as wide as the roots of the baby tree, making ...
In 2007, after a run of hurricanes, the City of Miami joined other local municipalities by signing on to an ambitious goal: roughly doubling total citywide tree canopy to 30 percent by 2020. The ...
One year after Philadelphia unveiled its final plan to expand the city's dwindling tree canopy, its partners are working to boost the number of oaks and maples along the sidewalk — and fast. The ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- There is an on-going effort to bring more trees to underserved Chicago communities. Volunteers and conservationists from environmental advocacy organization Openlands, along with ...
CHARLOTTE — With its reputation as a “Tree City,” Charlotte has often ranked among metro areas with the best tree canopies, though in recent years, there’s been a renewed emphasis on making sure that ...