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The UConn Forest consists of 2,100 acres of living laboratory and a natural classroom supporting academic, research, sustainability, and outreach programs

Opinion writer Jamil Ragland highlights a plan – with funding from the federal government – to add thousands of trees to Connecticut's cities in the coming years and says a healthy tree canopy is an incredible resource.

Decaying trees are slated to come down across Hartford, but experts warn it's part of a much larger problem.

The UConn Forest is vital for teaching, research, and extension work done at UConn, as well as providing environmental benefits.

Worthley immediately thought of Michael Bono, a technology engineering education teacher from Waterford High School who had recently contacted him about supplies for his students. With the surge in lumber prices, the materials Bono was searching for would cost nearly $1,000. So Worthley agreed to provide Waterford students the wood at the cost of a broader educational opportunity. “Your students could learn about where the lumber came from and how it was processed,” Worthley told Bono. “A...