Climate Adaptation
Actions for Urban Forests
and Human Health
This new report from the Forest Service pro-
vides arborists and foresters with resources
to promote the human health and climate
benefits of urban forests while mitigating
risks, such as extreme heat and more fre-
quent and extreme weather events. The
publication accompanies the Climate & Health
Action Guide, developed in collaboration with
American Forests for the Vibrant Cities Lab.
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation provided
generous support to this project as part of a
broader investment to optimize urban forests
for climate and public health outcomes.
New U.S. Forest
Service Resources
Progress in Urban Forest
Inventory and Analysis:
Data from Missouri
A Forest Service news release links to Urban
Forestry Inventory and Analysis data from St.
Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield, Missouri.
This data includes most common trees and the
assessed value of the forests for carbon, air pol-
lution, and human health. The vast majority of
forests in these cities are on private lands. It is
hoped that more cities and states will pay into
the program to collect this sort of long-term
monitoring data, which supports local planning
and forest protection efforts across all lands.
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