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American Forests : www . americanforests . org http : //www . americanforests . org/news/print.php ?id= 19 <br /> IF MaN. <br /> 0DTS IF4 <br /> euru: trtrit19`sre t'�. } t` <br /> New Study Shows Trees Save Portland Region Millions <br /> Contact : Stevin Westcott , (202 ) 955 - 4500 x 234 <br /> PORTLAND , OR (October 18 , 2001 ) — At a news conference today in Portland , Oregon , <br /> AMERICAN FORESTS ( amencanforests . org ) released a new study showing how the tree <br /> canopy of the Willamette/Lower Columbia Region provides hundreds of millions of dollars <br /> in environmental and economic benefits such as reducing stormwater runoff, energy usage , <br /> and air pollution . The report also shows the area ' s tree cover declined by 22 % over the past <br /> 28 years , costing communities billions of dollars in lost benefits . <br /> The following officials participated in the news conference : Portland Parks Commissioner <br /> Jim Francesconi ; Brian McNerney , Portland ' s City Foresters Gary Moll , Vice President of <br /> AMERICAN FORESTS ; and Nancy Graybeal , Deputy Regional Forester of the Pacific <br /> NW Region , USDA Forest Service . The study was conducted with support from the USDA <br /> Forest Service , Washington State Department of Natural Resources , the Oregon Department <br /> of Forestry , and officials from the nine cities included in the study as well as Clark County , <br /> WA . The following cities in Oregon participated in the study : Albany ; Beaverton ; <br /> Corvallis ; Eugene ; Portland ; Salem ; Tualatin ; Wilsonville ; and Vancouver , Washington . <br /> In the report , called the Regional Ecosystem Analysis (REA) for the Willamette/Lower <br /> Columbia Region of Northwestern Oregon and Southwestern Washington State , <br /> AMERICAN FORESTS analysts used satellite imagery to document changes in the study <br /> area ' s tree canopy ( a 700mmillion acre area) between 1972 and 2000 . " Our analysts found the <br /> total average tree cover for the region is 24 % - - down from 46 % in 1972 , " said Gary Moll of <br /> AMERICAN FORESTS , the nation ' s oldest nonprofit conservation organization . "Despite <br /> good faith efforts to manage development , tree -canopy loss is a trend that is occurring in <br /> areas across the United States . As populations grow , so do the pressures on natural <br /> resources and the number of benefits that are lost . " <br /> AMERICAN FORESTS analyzed 63 specific sites , representing a cross - section of land <br /> uses such as residential and commercial/industrial by using aerial photography and <br /> computer software developed by AMERICAN FORESTS , CITYgreen ® . CITYgreen allows <br /> users to calculate the benefits trees provide in dollar values . Analysts found the region ' s <br /> trees are removing 178 million pounds of pollutants annually , a savings valued at $419 <br /> million . Sulfur dioxide , carbon monoxide , nitrogen dioxide , ozone , and particulate matter <br /> are among the pollutants trees absorb . <br /> This same tree cover is saving communities an estimated $ 20 . 2 billion in stormwater <br /> management costs (the amount it would cost to build a facility to handle that same quantity <br /> of stormwater runoff) . Besides reducing the need for stormwater facilities , trees act as <br /> filters that help purify water . Water quality is of particular importance in the Pacific <br /> Northwest because many communities are under federal mandate to improve aquatic <br /> habitats for threatened and endangered salmon species . <br /> 1 of 2 11 / 1 /2001 11o08 AM <br />
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