City residents that attended We Dig Salisbury on Saturday at the Miller Recreation Center got more than just a dogwood tree — ...

it will have planted trees at 18 schools in the Hilltop and Franklinton. Columbus has a tree canopy of about 22 percent; the goal is to get it to 40 percent.

In the winter, the pure white upper trunks and branches of sycamores present spectacular silhouettes against ... Not many years ago, Atlanta’s tree canopy covered 49 percent of its land area ...

But the city is going to develop a plan to try to maintain and expand the urban tree canopy. Trees combat pollution and lower air temperatures, reducing energy bills and the potential health risks ...