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Why are trees beneficial?

A: Trees provide a variety of benefits besides environmental, such as social, community, and economic. Trees provide an array of benefits, including:

• Cost Reduction? reduces yearly heating and cooling costs by 2.1 billion dollars
• Increase Property Value? well-cared landscape properties are 5-20% more valuable than non-landscaped estates.
• Privacy and Scenery, aesthetic values

The following facts are results from studies conducted by UIUC Human-Environment Research Laboratory:

• Fewer Crimes? apartment buildings surrounded by trees and greenery are dramatically safer than buildings devoid of green
• Improves Concentration- children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) are relieved after contact with nature. The greener the setting, the more the relief.
• Sound Barrier- acts as sound barriers and provide protection against crowding, noise, and danger, which all can contribute to mental fatigue, and can help inner-city residents cope with the many poverty related-stresses

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	Warning: Check Tree-care Credentials Several autumn fatalities linked to dangerous tree care practices are prompting a coalition of arborists and urban foresters to urge contractors (and others) to hire only certified tree-care professionals. MORE >> Best Trees For The Street Scientist John Hammond of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific research agency, has announced the findings of a four-year project to determine the best trees to use in urban spaces. MORE >> Selling Houses By the Yard Worried home owners hope landscaping adds value- from the Wall Street Journal MORE >> NADF Hardiness Zone Map Find out the right tree to plant where you live MORE >>

"The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now."

	Resources
	Benefits of Trees Brochure Available through the ISA Web store There's Money in Your Trees How much are your trees worth? Most likely more than you think. MORE >>