Urban and community forestry improves our quality of life. The UFA provides this online version of the USDA Forest Service Forestry Report, Benefits of Urban Trees, as a public service. Click aqui para informacion en español.

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Trees Reduce Air Pollution
• Trees Fight the Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect
• Trees Conserve Water and Reduce Soil Erosion
• Trees Save Energy
• Trees Modify Local Climate
• Trees Increase Economic Stability
• Trees Reduce Noise Pollution and Create Wildlife and Plant Diversity
• Helping Trees and Your Urban Forest

Urban and Community Forestry: Improving Our Quality of Life. USDA Forest Service, Southern Region. Forestry Report R8-FR 17. April 1990. Reprinted April 1997.