Did you know,
Sixty-four percent of the city’s largest trees died between 1973 and 1997.That's from a July 5th article in the DC Examiner about the organization Casey Trees. Apparently,
The District’s tree-planting efforts stalled during those years as people moved to the suburbs and tax funds declined, said John Thomas, the arborist for the District’s urban forestry administration.
Read more in the article about how they are working to increase DC's tree population.
UPDATE:
The Goodspeed Update has a cool post about tree's in the city.
Comments (1)
A lot of the maples in our neighborhood (10th and M St NW) are dieing. Does anyone know what the deal is?
Posted by ed | July 27, 2007 11:34 AM
Posted on July 27, 2007 11:34