urban forest
Americannoun
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the trees and plants within a city.
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a densely wooded area within a city.
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How do we replace our geriatric urban forest with more and better trees?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Activists tried to plant trees to protest turning an urban forest into a “Cop City” police training site in Atlanta.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2025
Mike Mitchell of the San Francisco Police Department, who stood with other police and traffic control officers surveying the scene, said that the city simply did not have enough arborists to maintain its urban forest.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
The city’s latest move took activists by surprise and further outraged organizers, who have accused officials of trying to illegitimately push through the construction of the project in an urban forest.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
"The decision to completely destroy our urban forest against overwhelming public opposition in a way that avoided public scrutiny is indefensible."
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2023
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