Given the federal government’s recent attack on the US Forest Service, it is especially important to celebrate our local environmental groups dedicated to preserving, protecting and expanding Newton’s tree canopy and natural areas.
In Newton, along with Newton’s Urban Forestry Program, the local groups that provide resources and volunteer opportunities include the Newton Conservators, the Newton Tree Conservancy, Green Newton, the Charles River Watershed Association, and the Be A Tree Protector Campaign ProtectNewtonTrees and Mothers Out Front Newton).
For fifty years, the Arbor Day Foundation has provided inspiration and science-based advice on the planting and care of trees to promote local and global health and sustainability. While many people love trees for their beauty, and value trees for their shade and ability to sequester carbon and manage stormwater, trees play a significant role in protecting the quantity and quality of our water supply and the regulation of the water cycle. Learn more:
- How Trees Bring Water 7 minutes
- Climate Heroes: The Power of Trees 12 minutes
- How Forests Created Floating Rivers 8:30 minutes
- How Trees Make Rain: Science Now Proves It | More Rain, Better Farms 6:30 minutes
- The Biotic Pump: How Amazon Trees Prevent Desertification 53 minutes
Learn more about how you can help protect Newton’s Tree Canopy at Mother Out Front Newton’s Zoom meeting May 18 at 5:30PM with Marc Welch, Newton’s Commission of Parks and Recreation and head of Urban Forestry since 2002.
Ellie Goldberg
Newton Centre
