Canopy

Canopy refers to the tree area inside a city block, neighborhood, and increasing larger scales. More trees, more canopy, more tree benefits. On public and private property, we plant ​​and tend for canopy growth, while human activities involving land clearing remove canopy. Winds and ice from summer and winter storms reduce canopy, sometimes severely.

Canopy Overview

Hyperlink Restoring South Louisiana's Community Forests
The Nature Conservancy

The Canopy Report 
The Arbor Day Foundation

Urban Tree Canopy Assessment 
for Lake Charles, Louisiana