SEE REPORT Campus Tree Inventory & Ecosystem Services Benefits Report The campus of Abilene Christian University (ACU) is located in the sprawling urban city of Abilene, Texas. Located in the heart of “Big Country,” ACU’s campus sits in the midst of the Rolling Plaines and is an oasis of green comprised of 2,136 trees. To […]
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SEE REPORT Tree Inventory & Ecosystem Services Benefits Using state-of-the-art technology, Texas Trees Foundation assessed trees in the city center from late 2014 through early 2015. Tree species, total tree height, condition, and other attributes were assessed and cataloged using a data storage and management system designed for tree inventories. This software program enables Downtown
SEE REPORT The urban forest of Denton plays a crucial role in the livability and sustainability of the city. Denton’s 3.5 million trees impact everything from economic development to the overall health of the people that live, work, and play in Denton every day. A more comprehensive understanding of the urban forest’s structure, function, and
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SEE REPORT Campus Tree Inventory & Ecosystem Service Benefits Report The University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas) urban forest plays a crucial role in the livability and sustainability of all those that visit each year. UNT Dallas 68,040 trees impact everything from economic development to the overall health of the people that work
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SEE REPORT Ecosystem Analysis Rowlett’s urban forest plays a crucial role in the livability and sustainability of the city. Rowlett’s 340,000 trees impact everything from economic development to the overall health and livability of the people that live, work, and play in Rowlett every day. Understanding an urban forest’s structure, function, and value can promote
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SEE REPORT Ecosystem Analysis Report Argyle’s urban forest plays a crucial role in the livability and sustainability of the city. The city’s trees impact everything from economic development to the overall health and livelihood of the people that live, work, and play in Argyle every day. Understanding an urban forests structure, function, and value can
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Learn more about the Texas Trees Foundation in our organizational brochure! Since 1982, Texas Trees Foundation has championed the transformation of North Texas landscapes. In our neighborhoods, parkways, medians, schools and other open public spaces, we plant large trees to shade and beautify our environment, and to comfort our cities and people. Developing and protecting
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SEE REPORT Texas Trees Foundation’s Urban Heat Island Management Study from August 2017 is a year-long study of the impacts and implications of air temperatures at the neighborhood level. Most notable among them: Dallas is heating up faster than every city in the country except for Phoenix. The Urban Heat Island Management study and ensuing report was
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SWMD Plan SWMD Brochure Rooted in the City of Dallas for more than a century, the Southwestern Medical District (SWMD) is a premier medical center surrounded by active communities. Just three miles from downtown Dallas, the District is the heart of the city’s regional healthcare network and the site of significant social and economic opportunities.
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Growing and Maintaining Dallas’ Tree Canopy It’s a simple fact that trees are good. It’s also a fact that trees in cities just don’t happen by chance, except the Trinity Forest. The reality that the City of Dallas has a natural forest, and a built urban forest is remarkable. But we’ve come to a crossroads;
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