{"id":1059,"date":"2012-02-24T16:31:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T23:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2012-04-01T13:21:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T19:21:34","slug":"nations-urban-forests-are-losing-ground-and-albuquerque-is-among-the-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=1059","title":{"rendered":"“Nation’s Urban Forests Are Losing Ground” and Albuquerque is among the worst!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Urban Forests Are Losing Ground: Green Spaces Turning Brown in Cities | Living Green Magazine<\/a> <\/p>\n

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National results indicate that tree cover in urban areas of the United States is declining at a rate of about 4 million trees per year, according to a new U.S. Forest Service study.<\/p>\n

Tree cover in 17 of the 20 cities analyzed in the study declined while 16 cities saw increases in impervious cover, which includes pavement and rooftops. Land that lost trees was for the most part converted to either grass or ground cover, impervious cover or bare soil.<\/p>\n

Of the 20 cities analyzed, the greatest percentage of annual loss in tree cover occurred in New Orleans, Houston and Albuquerque.<\/font> Researchers expected to find a dramatic loss of trees in New Orleans and said that it is most likely due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Tree cover ranged from a high of 53.9 percent in Atlanta to a low of 9.6 percent in Denver while total impervious cover varied from 61.1 percent in New York City to 17.7 percent in Nashville. Cities with the greatest annual increase in impervious cover were Los Angeles, Houston and Albuquerque.<\/font><\/p>\n

The study was published recently in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, and is available at http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1618866711000999<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our urban forests are under stress, and it will take all of us working together to improve the health of these crucial green spaces,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Community organizations and municipal planners can use i-Tree to analyze their own tree cover, and determine the best species and planting spots in their neighborhoods. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not too late to restore our urban forests \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the time is now to turn this around.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Urban Forests Are Losing Ground: Green Spaces Turning Brown in Cities | Living Green Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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