THE HOME IS THE FASTEST AND BEST PLACE TO OFFSET CARBON EMISSIONS, URBAN FORESTS ARE MORE EFFICIENT THAN OTHER FORESTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD...

• Erosion hurts the environment by allowing harmful pollutants in the soil to mix with our waterways. Trees and their roots prevent this erosion from occurring by holding down the soils. Adding tree coverage to a community can prevent 2% of storm water runoff. (1)
• The USFS in Salt Lake City has reported that the canopy of the urban forest in SLC can intercept a 1-inch rainstorm over 12 hours, reducing surface runoff by about 11.3 million gallons or 17%. The interception of this water would increase as the canopy increases.
• Tree roots remove nutrients and pollutants that are harmful to water ecology and quality.
• Our natural pollution filters, or trees, include their trunks, roots, leaves, fruit, and branches.  Trees use these gases, pollutants, and nutrients to grow and produces byproducts for our consumption, water included.