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Philadelphia launching 10-year ‘urban forest’ plan after startling tree decline

Philadelphia launches 'urban forest' plan, a 10-year strategy to grow the city's tree canopy as part an effort to address climate change and the heat island effect that makes some parts of urban areas hotter than others.

Trees line Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia's Overbrook Farms neighborhood.
Trees line Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia's Overbrook Farms neighborhood.Read moreMONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer