Report conveys state of Austin’s trees

If you’d like to check out the state of Austin’s urban forest, the city’s Community Tree Report should be your first destination. A comprehensive and nicely packaged review of tree stewardship activities, the report includes an overview of tree planting efforts by the city as well as local nonprofit and community partners, a map of projects, lists of funding investments and sources, observations by staff on the data in the report, and a vision of where the city hopes its urban forest to be in 2034. The report begins with a letter from city urban forester Emily King, in which she says, “I am grateful to live in a city which not only recognizes the intrinsic value of the urban forest ecosystem but also passionately cultivates it.” So when you finish perusing the report, you know what to do: Get out and plant a tree, for the future.