| Local Policy Description: | Madison hopes to sequester greater amounts of carbon by planting more trees.
Tree Planting
Most of the tree planting on city property is done by the city Forester. Approximately 2,300 trees are planted each year. One-half of these are generally replacements for dead, dying, or vandalized trees - the rest are new plantings. The Parks Division plants approximately 125 trees per year in the parks and greenways. MG&E currently provides 100 trees annually for planting in right-of-ways. They plan to increase this number to 120 trees per year. Therefore, a total of approximately 2,600 trees will be planted each year in Madison by the city and MG&E.
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