Project uses community input to guide tree planting in disadvantaged areas

Project uses community input to guide tree planting in disadvantaged areas
Great Lakes Echo
By Demonte Thomas Shade, cooler temperatures and improved air quality are among the reasons Lansing, Michigan's “Restoring Roots” project is targeting disadvantaged neighborhoods that have historically had less tree cover and greater exposure to heat.
By Demonte Thomas Shade, cooler temperatures and improved air quality are among the reasons Lansing, Michigan's “Restoring Roots” project is targeting disadvantaged neighborhoods that have historically had less tree cover and greater exposure to heat.
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Project uses community input to guide tree planting in disadvantaged areas

Gannon celebrates one year of CLEER at Blasco Library

Gannon celebrates one year of CLEER at Blasco Library
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Gannon University marked one year since they opened their Center for Lake Erie Education and Research, or CLEER, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Since the site opened last October, more than 17,000 […]
Gannon University marked one year since they opened their Center for Lake Erie Education and Research, or CLEER, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Since the site opened last October, more than 17,000 […]
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Gannon celebrates one year of CLEER at Blasco Library

Suburban Chicago has greater tree canopy inequity than the city, study finds

Suburban Chicago has greater tree canopy inequity than the city, study finds
Great Lakes Echo
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva Most Americans live in suburbs and beyond urban centers, but inequities in tree canopy distribution are primarily studied in major cities. However, a new study of the Chicago region found that the highest level of tree canopy inequity was in the suburbs.
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva Most Americans live in suburbs and beyond urban centers, but inequities in tree canopy distribution are primarily studied in major cities. However, a new study of the Chicago region found that the highest level of tree canopy inequity was in the suburbs.
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Suburban Chicago has greater tree canopy inequity than the city, study finds
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