Natural turned national infrastructure: Urban forest patches in the 21st century

Abstract

With about 82 percent of the U.S. population living in urban areas today, it may sometimes feel that we’re removed from nature. Yet science is increasingly revealing how dependent we are on nature for our individual and collective physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as for climate resilience. In some cases, the connections we need for our own and other species' survival and well-being may literally be just down the street.

Citation

USDA Forest Service. 2020. Natural turned national infrastructure: Urban forest patches in the 21st century. The Cross-Pollinator.  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Urban Field Station Network. Issue 1. 8p.