Great job, Milwaukee! Milwaukee named one of 10 best U.S. cities for urban forests
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When the sentient “Great job, Milwaukee!” robot isn’t busy trolling the Internet for the slightest mention of our fair city (four words is usually all it takes), it enjoys unwinding its tightly wound gears and exploring the great outdoors. Happily, it needn’t wander far: In news that will surely be trumpeted and celebrated for minutes to come, tree-embracing group American Forests has named Milwaukee one of the 10 best U.S. cities for urban forests.
Milwaukee, along with cities like New York, Austin, and Minneapolis, was awarded this leafy honor based on six criteria:
• Civic engagement in maintaining the urban forest
• Urban forest strategies and city greening to address city infrastructure challenges
• Accessibility of urban forest and greenspaces to the public
• Overall health and condition of the city’s urban forest
• Documented knowledge about its urban forests
• Urban forest management plans and management activities
In American Forests’ profile of our city, the group says some nice things about Milwaukee (we fought off Dutch elm disease like champs!), lists some interesting tree-related facts about Milwaukee (we have 3,377,000 trees!), and includes some nice pictures. Great job, Milwaukee!
(As with all “Great job, Milwaukee!” posts, please share this important info a billion times on social media and/or print a copy for your scrapbook.)
