American Forests Celebrates Infrastructure Week 2019

It’s Infrastructure Week! This is the seventh year in a coalition-led effort to stress rebuilding and modernizing America’s infrastructure. The message is clear: America’s future will be shaped by the infrastructure choices we make today. And forests ARE infrastructure.

It’s a critical topic that incorporates transportation, water, energy and other built infrastructure systems, but American Forests contends that forests and city trees must also be incorporated into any infrastructure plan.

“We assert that urban forests are the cornerstone of green infrastructure services — like stormwater runoff control, pollutant filtration, energy efficiency and more — and are just as vital for a modern city as any other type of infrastructure and deserve the same investment,” says Jad Daley, president and CEO of American Forests.

To make the most of the urban tree canopy, we provide these infrastructure suggestions: