10 Million Trees To Be Planted in US To Replace Ones Destroyed By Hurricanes (theguardian.com) 11
The Arbor Day Foundation will plant 10 million trees across six U.S. states over four years to replace those destroyed during the devastating 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, the non-profit organization announced.
The restoration program, targeting Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, marks the group's largest undertaking in its 50-year history. The initiative will involve state and local governments, corporate sponsors and community volunteers. The 2024 hurricane season claimed 375 lives and caused an estimated $500 billion in damage and economic losses, making it the deadliest mainland U.S. season since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The restoration program, targeting Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, marks the group's largest undertaking in its 50-year history. The initiative will involve state and local governments, corporate sponsors and community volunteers. The 2024 hurricane season claimed 375 lives and caused an estimated $500 billion in damage and economic losses, making it the deadliest mainland U.S. season since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Deep roots (Score:2)
I do hope they pick trees with deep roots that aren't easily blown over.
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Tree species that can handle salt water inundation rarely have deep roots, at least not ones native to the area.
Expect to replace some trees every year from hurricanes. This isn't a one shot activity.
Re:Deep roots (Score:5, Informative)
Although some of the worst hurricane damage was near the shore, most of it was inland far enough that the trees aren't getting their roots soaked in saltwater. Asheville, for example, is in the mountains, nowhere near the ocean. Most of the trees lost were because the trees were blown over.
Re: Deep roots (Score:2)
Plant a lot of those new GMO chestnut trees (Score:3)
Did this in Boy Scouts... (Score:4, Interesting)
While in Boy Scouts, a three year adventure to learn just how much I hated camping, I'd spent a few weekends working on my nature badge planting trees. A regional farmer wanted to turn one of their fields back into a forest as a windbreak to prevent soil erosion on their other plots. I can never remember the name of the place and can barely remember where it is, I was a kid, but if I'm out driving and see the landmarks I'd remembered from back then I'll drive by.
40 years ago it was an empty field with a bunch of saplings, there's a forest there now and I gotta admit I feel a sense of pride for helping to do that - I mean think about it, I... me!, helped to make a forest once.
If you have kids around 10ish years old and see flyers for this around town looking for volunteers to plant them, sign up. It's easy to do and every time you drive by, watching it slowly turn into a forest, you can all feel a sense of accomplishment because it's not often a person does something so obviously impactful and beneficial to their local area.
If it’s going to take 4 years to replace the (Score:2)
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If it’s going to take 4 years to replace the trees lost in a single hurricane season this isn’t going to go well.
No, it won't take four years. Maybe twenty. Unless you're planting some pretty fast-growing trees.
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