Healthy Trees, Even in Drought

Why Save Trees during Drought?

Trees are the most valuable part of landscaping and open spaces.  Responsible water use under emergency drought regulations includes watering urban trees with sufficient water to keep them healthy.  

• Trees cool our buildings and homes, reduce health effects of urban heat, save energy, and lower water demands for other landscaping.

• Trees clean the air, reduce erosion, retain stormwater, provide wildlife habitat, make streets more walkable, and invite neighborhood connections.  

• Trees are affordable and highly visible ways to increase climate resiliency and adhere to local Climate Action Plans.

In short, trees are the largest and most valued part of a landscape; they live the longest and provide much needed shade and cooling to increasingly hot cities.  Trees take many years to mature and dead trees are dangerous and expensive to remove. Trees also use two-thirds less water than turf!  Want to know more? Check out TreePeople's Benefits of Trees.