We’re about a third of the way there! The Arboretum-led Tree Census teams are working hard gathering important data on the urban forest in seven counties. As of late June, they’re mostly finished in DuPage County while Suburban Cook County is roughly halfway completed. Kane, Lake and Will Counties are all in progress with Kendall and McHenry counties to follow.

The Arboretum is partnering with the U.S. Forest Service to conduct a Tree Census of communities in the seven counties, taking readings of tree quantities, types, sizes, and more at and around nearly 1,400 locations.

The census will yield data such as how much carbon trees capture, how much pollution trees remove from the air, how much energy trees help conserve, the monetary value of the services trees perform and how much area is covered by canopy. The goal is to encourage land owners and civic leaders to save and plant trees for their community and environmental values, including management of climate change.

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