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Cleveland’s Tree Canopy Is in Trouble

Inside Climate News · By Kathiann M. Kowalski · last updated
New efforts are afoot to bring more trees back to Forest City to address both climate resilience and environmental justice.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

Cleveland, Ohio has long been called the Forest City, although sources differ on whom to credit for the moniker. Back in 1831, French traveler Alexis de Tocqueville described Lake Erie’s shores as a “primeval forest.” And in the early 1850s, Mayor William Case, a businessman and horticulturist, actively encouraged citizens to plant trees. 

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