| Local Policy Description: | Street Tree Planting
Responsible Department/Organization: Conservation
CO2 Savings in 2010: 4,060 tons
The Town of Brookline currently has 11,794 street trees. Each year, the Department of Parks and Open Space plants approximately 150 new trees along streets and in parks. This number is slightly less than the actual number of trees planted to account for tree death. In 2010, the town should have approximately 12,994 street trees. In addition, the town has received funding for restoration work at the Muddy River, Hall's Pond and Amory Woods Sanctuaries and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. All of these projects will ensure the continued health of the town's urban forest. Based on estimates of carbon sequestration rates from the American Forest's Global Releaf program, town owned trees in Brookline could eliminate 4,060 tons of CO2 by 2010.
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