What is Tree City USA?
The National Arbor Day Foundation, in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters, recognizes towns and cities across America that meet the standards of the TREE CITY USA program. Nearly half of the trees in a typical city are on public property-along streets, in parks, and around buildings. The TREE CITY USA program is designed to recognize those communities that effectively manage their public resources, and to encourage the implementation of community tree management based on four TREE CITY USA standards. These four standards provide structure for a community forestry program, require that program to demonstrate success based on the judgment of the state forester’s office, and provide for an awareness and appreciation of trees among the residents of the community. TREE CITY USA recognition can make a strong contribution to your community’s pride, and it will put you and your tree board in touch with other communities and resources that ca
