Save Trees, Trees SAVE
Save Tree, Trees Save
A tree, over a 50-year period, will generate $31,250 worth of oxygen, provide $62,000 worth of air pollution control, and recycle $37,500 worth of water.
One acre of forest absorbs six tons of carbon dioxide and puts out four tons of oxygen. This is enough to meet the annual needs of 18 people. -U.S. Department of Agriculture
Trees clean the air. Tree foliage works as a natural air filter of particulate matter such as dust, micro sized metals and pollutants such as ozone, nitrogen oxides, ammonia and sulfur dioxides. Trees take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Combined with the cooling effect of trees, these processes can have a significant impact on reducing smog and overall air pollution.
Trees improve water quality. A healthy urban forest can have a strong influence on our region’s water quality. Tree canopies and root systems slow and reduce storm water runoff, flooding and erosion. Trees also help filter water runoff reducing potential sources of water pollution into our rivers and storm drains.
Trees save energy. Trees cool the air naturally in two ways: through water evaporating from the leaves and direct shade. Homes shaded by trees need less energy for cooling which means lower monthly utility bills in summer and a reduced need for utilities to increase power generation to meet peak load demand.
What is the value of a tree?
* Four trees planted around a home can save up to 30% on summer cooling costs.
* One million trees save $10 million a year in energy costs.
* Forty trees remove 80 pounds of air pollutants annually.
* Four million trees can save $20 million in air pollution clean up.
* Four hundred trees capture 140,000 gallons of rainwater annually.
* Four million trees save $14 million dollars in annual storm water runoff costs.
* The net cooling effect of a young, healthy tree is equivalent to ten room-size air conditioners operating 20 hours a day. -U.S. Department of Agriculture
* Nationally, the 60 million street trees have an average value of $525 per tree.
-Management Information Services
From: http://www.treelink.org
From: http://www.arborday.org/trees/benefits.cfm
A tree, over a 50-year period, will generate $31,250 worth of oxygen, provide $62,000 worth of air pollution control, and recycle $37,500 worth of water.
One acre of forest absorbs six tons of carbon dioxide and puts out four tons of oxygen. This is enough to meet the annual needs of 18 people. -U.S. Department of Agriculture
Trees clean the air. Tree foliage works as a natural air filter of particulate matter such as dust, micro sized metals and pollutants such as ozone, nitrogen oxides, ammonia and sulfur dioxides. Trees take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Combined with the cooling effect of trees, these processes can have a significant impact on reducing smog and overall air pollution.
Trees improve water quality. A healthy urban forest can have a strong influence on our region’s water quality. Tree canopies and root systems slow and reduce storm water runoff, flooding and erosion. Trees also help filter water runoff reducing potential sources of water pollution into our rivers and storm drains.Trees save energy. Trees cool the air naturally in two ways: through water evaporating from the leaves and direct shade. Homes shaded by trees need less energy for cooling which means lower monthly utility bills in summer and a reduced need for utilities to increase power generation to meet peak load demand.
What is the value of a tree?
* Four trees planted around a home can save up to 30% on summer cooling costs.
* One million trees save $10 million a year in energy costs.
* Forty trees remove 80 pounds of air pollutants annually.
* Four million trees can save $20 million in air pollution clean up.
* Four hundred trees capture 140,000 gallons of rainwater annually.
* Four million trees save $14 million dollars in annual storm water runoff costs.
* The net cooling effect of a young, healthy tree is equivalent to ten room-size air conditioners operating 20 hours a day. -U.S. Department of Agriculture
* Nationally, the 60 million street trees have an average value of $525 per tree.
-Management Information Services
From: http://www.treelink.org
From: http://www.arborday.org/trees/benefits.cfm
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