Cleveland Tree Plan: Rebuilding the city's tree canopy
Cleveland’s tree canopy is now at 18 percent, down from 21 percent in 2000. The goal is to have 30 percent canopy cover in Cleveland by 2040.
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Cleveland’s tree canopy is now at 18 percent, down from 21 percent in 2000. The goal is to have 30 percent canopy cover in Cleveland by 2040.
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Before Cleveland was a bustling, industrial Midwestern city, it was a forest. Now, the city loses about 75 acres of tree cover each year. And the areas with the lower tree canopy rates often have higher rates of gun violence.