Topic – Trees
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Restoring Memorial Park after drought
Years needed to replace trees
A plan is in place to bring back the dense canopy of Memorial Park, which lost thousands of trees during the drought, but implementation will take time.
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Drought decimating Texas’ urban forests
1/10 of trees already gone
The Texas Forest Service estimates up to 5.6 million trees have died due to dry conditions thus far.
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Urban America losing tree cover at a steady rate
4 million a year
US cities are losing 4 million trees a year, a trend which may have numerous detrimental effects.
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Texas drought killed up to half a billion trees in 2011
10% of the state's trees
The record drought in Texas during 2011 killed between 100 & 500 million trees - up to 10% of the state's 4.9 billion trees - according to Texas Forest Service.
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More white roofs impact temp more than added vegetation
Yale heat island study
Yale researchers show that the cooling effect of tree cover and other vegetated areas is far outpaced by the cooling achieved through reflective roofing.
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Conroe takes billboard giant to court over trees
Clear Channel cuts 15 trees
Conroe has taken billboard company Clear Channel to court over the removal of approximately 15 healthy trees by the company.
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Galveston wins $50K from Toms of Maine for replanting trees
Galveston Is. Tree Conservancy
The Galveston Island Tree Conservancy has won the first place $50,000 Toms of Maine prize to replant the island's trees lost in Hurricane Ike.
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Tree loss could be worse than 66 million
Tree group under huge pressure
Houston's tree loss because of the worst drought in history could be more than the previous forecast of 66 million dead trees.
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Trees facing “massive die-off”
Need sustained watering
Millions of trees are in jeopardy in Harris County if they don't get sustained watering
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