TIP OF THE MONTH: Hooray for Trees!

Oh, the welcome shade of a tree on a hot summer day. Trees help cool our homes, towns, streets, and parks while providing critical habitat for birds and other animals. What we don’t see is the magic they quietly perform: locking away carbon, managing stormwater runoff, cleaning the air, and offering up more oxygen than they use in the photosynthesis process that feeds them.

“Trees are without a doubt the best carbon capture technology in the world.” —From “How Forests Store Carbon”

Plant trees! Appreciate trees! Learn to be a good steward of the trees in your orbit. Arbor Day Foundation is a good place to start digging. If you have tips or favorite tree stories, go HERE. We’d love to share them with our readers. —Hillary Black, Editor