The tree canopy cover in the seventeen neighborhoods of Springfield, Massachusetts was examined in a study released by Regreen Springfield, providing a summary of the percent tree canopy within each community sector, using i-Tree Canopy.  The study was completed in partnership with the US Forest Service and the University of Massachusetts, and includes the results of data collected across the city’s entire urban forest, including public and private lands.

Additionally, the area of tree canopy in total acres, in each neighborhood was determined using the i-Tree toolkit. The study, completed in mid-2014 provides the City’s Forestry Division with a baseline measure of Springfield’s tree canopy, as it moves toward establishing tree canopy goals for the next decade. Finally, the comparison of neighborhood tree cover provides useful information that will assist in targeting new tree planting efforts across the city.

For more information on i-Tree, visit www.itreetools.org

View the report below.  And, for a more detailed analysis of each neighborhood, please visit Click Here

On Saturday, August 16th,  join Regreen Springfield ‘Tree Tenders’, beginning at 8:30 AM, in helping to prune trees in the city. This “Tree Pruning Happening” is one of three events we will be undertaking this late summer and fall.  We’ll work on caring for street and park trees for the morning, and celebrate our efforts with a bar-b-que for all participants.

For those who have not completed the Tree Tender training workshops, you can attend a hands-on workshop from 8:30 -11:00 AM, which will bring you the skills needed to help in this effort.

Please plan to attend this community event, which will help to bring needed assistance to trees in two Springfield neighborhoods.  Bring your own pruners if you have them, but more importantly bring your enthusiasm to this event.  We’ll even feed you following your hard work.

We will meet at Regreen Springfield headquarters, on One Federal Street, in the Business Growth Center.  This is just across from the main entrance to Springfield Technical Community College on Federal Street.

To register for the event, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tree-pruning-happening-tickets-12425425783