Public Program - Chattanooga Tree Canopy with Pete Stewart & Anna Mathis
Public Welcome Family Friendly Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
FREE and Open to the Public
Since 1984, Chattanooga has seen a 43% reduction in its urban forest and a 134% increase in developed land. While forest and urban tree canopy cover still comprise approximately 49% of the total land area of Chattanooga, the distribution and density of forest and urban tree canopy is very uneven - the tree canopy in downtown is 14% and in Highland Park is 21%.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Chattanooga a grant of $6 million to develop and maintain urban forests, green space and waterways in underserved communities. Pete Stewart, City Forester, along with Anna Mathis, Natural Resources Manager in Parks & Outdoors and the lead applicant on the grant, will discuss what this means for Chattanooga.
They will provide an update on the outlines of potential grant-funded work under the UCF-IRA grant and will discuss how the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Wild Ones can help with these efforts.
Then the audience gets to ask questions!
The meeting is free and open to the public - and at a new location with plenty of free parking.