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A historic investment in urban trees is underway across the United States

(21 Apr 2023) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4430639 ++MUSIC CLEARED FOR USE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit – 14 April 2023 1. Various of The Greening of Detroit worker Ameen Taylor patting dirt around a newly planted tree HEADLINE TEXT: Historic investment in urban trees underway in U.S. ANNOTATION: Ameen Taylor loves planting trees. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit – 14 April 2023 ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ameen Taylor, The Greening of Detroit: “It beautifies the city. And not only that, it gives more oxygen, too, as well. So, you need trees for the oxygen, for the shade.” 3. Taylor digging a hole ANNOTATION: The 45-year-old Detroit resident is one of 300 workers who will be planting 75,000 trees in the city over the next five years. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit – 14 April 2023 4. Various of auger machine at work ANNOTATION: It’s one of many efforts being undertaken to create greater tree canopy in urban areas. ASSOCIATED PRESS Seattle – 13 April 2023 ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilary Franz, Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands: “Across the board, in every state and in our state, we have underinvested in our urban tree canopy." 6. Various of city parks staff members spreading mulch around a tree ANNOTATION: Seattle is planting 8,000 trees over five years on public and private property and 40,000 in parks and natural areas. ANNOTATION: The initiative is partly financed by federal funds. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit – 14 April 2023 7. A worker rolling a tree into a hole that he and others have dug for it ANNOTATION: A historic amount of money is being spent on urban tree planting and maintenance across the U.S. ASSOCIATED PRESS Naperville, Illinois - 14 April 2023 8. Close of a newly planted sapling in the foreground with traffic traveling by on a road in the background ANNOTATION: And it’s happening in underserved, often concrete-covered neighborhoods. ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Detroit – 11 April 2022 9. Various of a vacant business, including traffic in front of it, as well as a rusted gate ANNOTATION: Residents in these areas have grappled with dirtier air and dangerously high temperatures because they don’t have a leafy canopy overhead. ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Detroit – 2 September 2021 10. A downtown trolley passing by ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit – 14 April 2023 ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jenni Shockling, American Forests: “You know, that’s really the goal is to keep the community healthy and benefiting from these trees as the critical city infrastructure that they really are.” 12. Various of Taylor, and others, shoveling dirt onto a newly planted tree ANNOTATION: Urban forestry advocates long have promoted the benefits of more trees in cities. ANNOTATION: They see this moment as a huge opportunity to permanently transform neighborhoods. ASSOCIATED PRESS Naperville, Illinois - 14 April 2023 13. Various of newly planted trees in a suburban Chicago neighborhood ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Trinity Pierce, Chicago Region Trees Initiative: "They can actually help filtrate our air and then our urban heat island, all of our built environment -- that’s so much heat. Trees actually cool environments. And more and more now we’re seeing flooding -- they can actually help slow down and filtrate floodwater.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Seattle – 13 April 2023 15. A parks staffer carrying buckets of mulch ANNOTATION: President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act includes $1.5 billion in grants over the next decade for urban trees. ASSOCIATED PRESS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...