Trees

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Trees

Once called “The City of Trees,” D.C. is losing its green canopy. Hear about our region’s efforts to replant trees, and how this year’s cicada outbreak may effect our dwindling urban forest.

Once called “The City of Trees,” D.C. is losing its green canopy. Hear about our region’s efforts to replant trees, and how this year’s cicada outbreak may effect our dwindling urban forest.

Guests

Melanie Choukas-Bradley

author , "City of Trees" and two books about Sugarloaf Mountain

Michael Raupp

"Bug Guy" and Professor of Entomology, University of Maryland

Todd Bolton

Chair, Community Forestry Network, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and Natural Resource Protection Manager, Fairfax County Parks Authority

Related Links

Cicadas in Arlington
Cicadas in Maryland
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

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Image of An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and Trees: 350 Plants Observed at Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland (Center Books)
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