Our Urban Forest & Climate

Why the Urban Forest Matters in Edmonds
Trees are more than just background, more than just something pretty to look at - although they certainly are that. They function as a carbon storage area, taking up carbon dioxide and giving off oxygen. They also reduce heat and provide shade with the canopies that stretch over us. They break the wind that comes roaring off the Sound. They keep slopes from collapsing. And some of them provide us with food - nut trees, for instance.