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St. Louis will be among the five metro areas most impacted by an “extreme heat belt” projected to emerge across the central U.S. in the next 30 years, according to a study published last summer.
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A major surge in climate resilience funding is allowing urban forestry departments to focus on trees. About $1.5 billion of funding will be invested in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program.
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Healthy trees not only beautify neighborhoods, they promote better health outcomes for residents.
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The city gets more trees, and companies are able to offset their carbon use.
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Forest ReLeaf is the recipient of the Arbor Day Foundation’s first-ever Environmental Equity Grant, which will fund 200 new trees for the city’s Ville community.
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The nationwide program is based in St. Louis, and Fort Leonard Wood is one of 77 military installations around the country to get the trees.
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Some experts believe that by the century’s end, autumn leaves could change color up to three weeks later than today. Susanne Renner of Washington University has built a different model.
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The U.S. imports a lot of chestnuts, and there is opportunity for more of them to be home grown.
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The fall foliage looks a bit different from that of past years. Among the golden, warm-toned hues sprucing up the St. Louis region for autumn are a noticeable number of green leaves. Daria McKelvey of the Missouri Botanical Garden explains why.
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Residents of St. Louis may have come across an odd sight in their front yards this summer: workers drilling holes into trees and plugging up the holes…