American Forests opens $12 million grant funding opportunity for faith-based and frontline environmental justice organizations advancing Tree Equity 

September 17, 2024

American Forests has opened our second funding opportunity for faith-based and frontline environmental justice organizations advancing Tree Equity. Awards will be made through a competitive request for proposals (RFP) process.

Building resilience: How Tree Equity can address extreme heat and promote climate justice 

By Lida Aljabar | September 5, 2024

American Forests helped to unlock the historic $1.5 billion for urban and community forestry in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), and American Forests is putting these dollars into action as a national pass-through funding partner of the USDA Forest Service through our Tree Equity Catalyst Initiative.

American Forests awards over $25 million in grants to 36 urban and community projects to promote Tree Equity  

September 4, 2024

The funding will help bring the many benefits of trees and urban greening to communities across the country, especially those that have been historically disadvantaged.

A Tale of Two Cities

By Tori Jowers and Neveen Shawish | August 1, 2024

Two American Forests staff visited neighborhoods in both San Antonio and Washington D.C. on June 26 during a sweltering afternoon, using Tree Equity Score to locate areas with and without trees.

Tree Equity Score Analyzer takes root in Toronto

By Julia Twichell | July 25, 2024

Tree Equity Score Analyzer (TESA) Toronto is the first urban forestry tool of its kind launched for a city outside the United States.

From startup to global model: Tree Equity Score celebrates 3 years of success and growth 

By Chris David | June 27, 2024

Three years ago, American Forests launched Tree Equity Score. What began as a simple idea – measuring and mapping how much of a city is covered by trees and forests – has quickly taken root and grown in cities across the country and, increasingly, around the world.  

The Detroit News: Tree Equity is essential for health equity

April 30, 2024

The spring planting season is well underway and the Detroit Tree Equity Partnership's goal of planting 5,000 trees by the end of this summer is within reach! Learn more from Jad Daley, CEO of American Forests, and Jerry Norcia, CEO of DTE Energy in their latest article in The Detroit News (subscription needed).

Tree Equity Score goes international

By Julia Twichell | December 11, 2023

Team members from American Forests, Woodland Trust, and Centre for Sustainability weigh in about the groundbreaking launch of Tree Equity Score UK.

Climate justice tool “Tree Equity Score” launches in United Kingdom to illustrate that trees are not distributed equally

December 5, 2023

American Forests, Woodland Trust, and The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare today unveiled the U.K. Tree Equity Score, a tool from U.S. conservation nonprofit American Forests intended to bring awareness to inequitable tree cover and the disparities it creates.

Forest Footnotes

March 7, 2022

Exciting developments, outside of American Forests, in the field of forestry.

Making Tree Equity a reality: U.S. cities participate in first Tree Equity Learning Lab

December 21, 2021

What does creating Tree Equity in American cities actually look like? This fall, American Forests set out to answer this question. It turns out that every city has a different answer.

We partnered with TAZO Tea to create an urban forestry workforce

October 21, 2021

American Forests and TAZO Tea teamed up in 2021 and launched the TAZO Tree Corps, a paid, locally-hired workforce that is planting and taking care of trees to help mitigate climate change, address environmental injustice and bring jobs to people of color and those in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Two Arizona cities take major steps towards realizing Tree Equity

October 4, 2021

American Forests partners with the cities of Phoenix and Tucson to help achieve Tree Equity.

Eighth forest congress to build on historic contributions and focus on women’s role in forestry

October 4, 2021

A look at the history of the American Forest Congress and a sneak peak of the upcoming women-focused eighth forest congress.

Forest Facts

October 31, 2020

Here are ten forest facts that explain how trees work their carbon-sequestering magic, both in large landscapes and your neighborhood.