Trees Louisville helping plant trees across city
Trees Louisville helping plant trees across city
IT IS 6:17. MORGAN: ACCORDING TO THE URBAN TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT, LOUISVILLE IS LOSING CANOPIES AT AN ALARMING RATE. TREE LOUISVILLE -- TREES LOUISVILLE HAS BEGIN TO HELP PLANT TREES AROUND THE CITY. WE ARE LEARNING MORE IN AN EVENT TO HELP WITH THE EFFORTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET US TALK ABOUT THIS EVENT BECAUSE IT IS WHAT -- TWIGS AND SIGS. ROB: IT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN US, AGAINST THE GRAIN, AND LOUISVILLE GROVES. WE ARE DOING A TREE CENTRIC EVENT KICKING OFF THE PLANTING SEASON. OUR SEASON RUNS FROM OCTOBER TO ABOUT APRIL. THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF THAT. IT WILL INCLUDE TREE GIVEAWAY, WE HAVE 350 TREES THAT WE ARE GIVING AWAY. LOUISVILLE GROVES IS DOING A CITIZENS FORESTRY TRAINING, AND WE WILL HAVE MUSIC AT NIGHT. MORGAN: LET US TALK ABOUT THE TREE CANOPY, AND WHY’S IT SO IMPORTANT? ROB: THE TREE CANOPY, THERE IS ALL KINDS OF BENEFITS THAT YOU GET FROM A HEALTHY TREE CANOPY. IT HELPS AIR QUALITY, WATER QUALITY, AND KEEPS THE CITY COOL. LOUISVILLE, ACCORDING TO A STUDY, LOSES ABOUT 820 ACRES EVERY YEAR. THAT IS ABOUT THE EQUIVALENT OF 54,000 TREES. WE TRY TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT, AND WE DO A LOT OF PLANTING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT GET RESIDENTS FREE TREES. MORGAN: ONE OF THEM IS COMMUNITY CANOPY. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK. TELL US HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED. ROB: COMMUNITY KENNEDY -- COMMUNITY CANOPY IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARBOR DAY CAMP -- CAMPAIGN. THEY CAN ENTER THEIR ADDRESS, DRAW A LITTLE POLYGON BOUNDARY AROUND THEIR HOUSE, CHOOSE A TREE, AND IT WILL BE SHIPPED TO THEM IN OCTOBER, OR THEY CAN PICK UP THEIR TREE AT TWO EVENTS, ONE BEING TWIGS AND SWIGS ON OCTOBER 20, AND THE OTHER AT AMERICANA COMMUNITY SENTI -- CENTER ON -- ON NOVEMBER NIGHT. MORGAN: EVERYONE CAN GET INVOLVED. WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY? ROB: IT IS THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE BENEFITS OF TREES ARE WELL STUDIED AND WELL NOTED. AND, THEY BEAUTIFY THE CITY, CLEAR POUR AIR AND CLEAN OUR WATER. WE REALLY DO NEED THE HELP OF OUR COMMUNITY. MORGAN: WE DO WANT TO GIVE FOLKS THE DETAILS ONE MORE TIME FOR HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. TWIGS AND SWIGS BE HELD AT AGAINST THE GRAIN BREWERY ENTRIES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY. IT WILL BE LIVE MUSIC, A SILENT AUCTION AND MORE
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Trees Louisville helping plant trees across city
Twigs and Swigs will be held on Oct. 20 at Against the Grain Brewery and trees will be given away.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Twigs and Swigs will be held on Oct. 20 at Against the Grain Brewery and trees will be given away.
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