Taking Care of Napa’s Trees

Trees are one of nature’s most effective tools to make cities more climate resilient. Not only do they remove carbon dioxide from the air, but they also provide shade, cooling pavements and homes, and curbing the “urban heat island” effect. Trees also intercept stormwater and reduce runoff by capturing and storing rainfall in their canopy and releasing water into the atmosphere.

Jeff Gittings, Parks and Urban Forestry Manager for the City of Napa, is in charge of developing Napa’s Urban Forestry Management Plan. The “urban forest” refers to public and private trees in an urban area. The Plan will benchmark the city’s urban forest and provide direction for tree care and preservation over the next forty years. More…