The City’s urban forest fading

This is a shame:

The Urban Forest Plan, presented to a Board of Supervisors committee Wednesday, warns that The City’s 668,000 trees are dying at a quicker rate than The City is planting new ones. “The shrinking of San Francisco’s urban forest must be halted and the trend reversed. Now is the critical time to reinvest in the urban forest,” the report said.

The report comes as Mayor Gavin Newsom has pledged to plant 5,000 new trees next year.

Truthfully, I'm a bit surprised. San Francisco has a huge number of lovely street trees. I find this information shocking:

When seen from above, 12 percent of The City is covered in greenery, whereas 28 percent of New York City and 34 percent of Seattle is covered in greenery.

I can believe that Seattle has more greenery than San Francisco--but New York? This has to be due to the large size of central park rather than to street trees.

In any case, the street trees in our cities are jewels worth preserving. Please support the funding necessary to maintain them.

Link: Report: The City’s urban forest fading - Examiner.com.