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Re: Tt: Canopy Cover
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Liz:
American Forests has conducted ecosystem analyses and determined tree cover
percentages for the following cities of: Atlanta - 27%, Austin - 34%,
Baltimore - 31% and Milwaukee - 18%. The studies averaged %'s for business
districts, office/urban residential and suburban residential. I don't have
American Forests' number handy but you should call and find out more about
these studies. I thought I understood Seattle was slated for study by their
methodolgy, which employs their CityGreen computer software.
I seriously doubt the figures you mentioned for Chicago and Boston could be
accurate unless they are suburban residential. They would still be higher
than I would expect even there.
At 09:36 AM 10/1/97 -0700, you wrote:
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> Date: 10/01/1997 09:36 am (Wednesday)
> From: Liz Ellis
> To: COS.ccMail("Community_Forestry
> <Treetown@Majordomo.Flora.Com> at Internet")
> Subject: Canopy Cover
>
>I have been asked to provide canopy coverage for other cities as a
>comparrison to Seattle's 27%. I have Chicago with a 63% canopy
>cover and Boston having a 68% cover. Are these correct and could I
>get canopy cover percentages for other cities especially Phoenix,
>Minneapolis, New York, LA, Atlanta?
>
>Thanks very much.
>
>Liz Ellis
>City of Seattle Arborist's Office
>Seattle Transportation
>Liz.Ellis@ci.seattle.wa.us
>
>
Shaub Dunkley
2608 University Dr.
Durham NC 27707-2862
sdunkley@mindspring.com
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Hope our children do!
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