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Three Ways to Use the Information
from the Tree Benefits Estimator
1) Share the results with your community -- You've spent at least several months, maybe years, telling local citizens why it is important to plant trees. Here's your chance to add solid data to your tree-planting messages. If community members can understand how trees really do make a difference in their back yards (and in their parks, schoolyards, and around public buildings)they may be more willing to plant the right trees in the right places and take good care of them. Plus, community members will be happy to learn that their utility is doing its part to improve the environment and save them money at the same time.
2) Report the numbers to legislators - It is becoming increasingly important to measure the effectiveness of environmental efforts. By keeping records of your tree-planting initiatives you can prove to local, state and national officials that you are doing your part to improve the environment.
3) Enhance your tree-planting program - It is hard to tell if your program is doing what it is suppose to be doing unless you evaluate its progress. By using the Tree Benefits Estimator, you can better understand the effects your tree-planting program has in your community. Then, you can determine what you need to do next: plant more trees; keep better records; promote your good results to your publics; etc.
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