Urban forests faced multiple threats

Some are human-caused — like continued development and sprawl. Others are natural — insects, disease, fire, storms. And climate change menaces trees as well as people with changes to temperature, sea level and salinity, and more severe storms.

Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc; Nowak, David; Greenfield, Eric; Ellis, Alexis. 2024. Threats to Urban Forests in the United States. Rooted in Research Issue 45, December 2024. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2 p.

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