Find out if your city is a Tree City USA here.
While planting trees can be a nice starting point toward growing and maintaining a vibrant urban forest, it’s actually just a piece of what’s truly needed.
That is why NIRPC and its CommuniTree program partners are promoting and supporting communities to achieve this designation.
To become a part of Tree City USA, a community needs to meet four standards:
- maintaining a tree board or department,
- having a community tree ordinance,
- spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry,
- celebrating Arbor Day.