RE-TREE Toledo

Restoring and Enhancing Tree Canopy for Resilience, Equity, and Engagement in Toledo (RE-TREE Toledo)

The City of Toledo has been awarded $6,098,294 through the Urban and Community Forestry Program for the RE-TREE Toledo (Restoring and Enhancing Tree Canopy for Resilience, Equity, and Engagement in Toledo) project.

The primary goal of RE-TREE Toledo is to restore, expand, and protect urban trees and forests, with a particular focus on addressing the tree equity gap in Toledo's disadvantaged communities.

RE-TREE Toledo will also create a paid summer training program for 56 Toledo Public Schools students, with forestry employment opportunities upon completion. Community education, outreach, and engagement in urban forest stewardship will complement the program’s key objectives.

Urban tree canopy contributes to cleaner air, reduced water runoff, safer road conditions, and plays a crucial role in mitigating urban heat islands, which are associated with negative health and environmental effects.

Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Urban & Community Forestry Program.

The City of Toledo is an equal opportunity provider.

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RE-TREE Toledo

10,748 New Trees

RE-TREE Toledo will add 10,748 new trees over 5 years, including street trees, trees on publicly-owned vacant lots, and trees in parks.

Reducing Urban Heat

Urban Heat Mapping Campaign

Extreme heat kills more Americans than any other weather event and has the greatest impact on our nation's most vulnerable communities. In 2021, the City of Toledo was selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to participate in an Urban Heat Mapping campaign.