“Every year, millions of trees are destroyed by storms big and small, ranging from thunderstorms in the Midwest to hurricanes along the Gulf Coast and East Coast.
Damaged trees often block roads and fall on buildings and vehicles, sometimes killing or injuring people unfortunate enough to be in their path. Debris removal costs hundreds of millions of dollars annually. There are, however, ways to mitigate the damages and costs without simply getting rid of trees, which serve vital ecological, economic, and social functions in the urban environment.
Per APA’s 2009 Planning Advisory Service Report No. 555, Planning the Urban Forest. The U.S. Forest Service teamed up with APA, with vital in-kind support and participation from the International Society of Arboriculture, to sponsor a two-day scoping session at its office in Washington, D.C., June 16-17, 2014. Representatives of relevant federal agencies and some other nonprofit organizations were invited, along with several subject matter experts, and the list of those who attended appears below. During the scoping session, the participants discussed problems and potential solutions for better protecting the urban forest during and after disasters.”
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