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Updated 9/15/2015

The Benefits of Street (Roadside) Trees
(Scroll down for Calculations of Monetary Value.)

         The benefits of street trees, listed in the chart below, are discussed with a focus on tall trees in "In Defense of Tall Trees" by Chris Donnelly, published in Connecticut Woodlands, Winter 2015, Vol. 79, No. 4, a publication of the Connecticut Forest & Park Association.   As the article states, tall trees provide many of these benefits to a greater extent than smaller stature trees.   More articles on the benefits of tall trees are found below the chart.
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"Out on a Limb:  The Future of Trees in Cities," by Chloe Medosch, Gizmodo, 3/09/15
Excerpts from
"22 Benefits of Urban Street Trees"
By Dan Burden, Senior Urban Designer Glatting Jackson and Walkable Communities, Inc; May, 2006

Big, old trees continue to grow and capture increasing amounts of carbon ( 1/15/2014 LA Times news report of a study reported in Nature.)
See also, the Baltimore Trust's efforts to plant trees to filter stormwater runoff. 
"Greening Our Streets,"  by F. Kaid Benfield, Huffington Post, 6-05-2015.  Discussion of tree planting policies in a number of cities and the benefits of such policies. 

The article, "Think About Your Urban Trees Before Planting Them . . ." (December 6, 2013), discusses the benefits of street trees and how trees can be planted to maximize their benefits.  It also discusses how disposing of trees after they have been cut down can increase carbon emissions, depending on the method used.  Thus, removal of healthy large trees not only eliminates beneficial carbon reduction, but is likely to increase carbon emissions. 
Calculations of Monetary Value
Download below:
"Assessment of the Environmental Service Benefits of the City of New Haven’s Street Tree Population"
          by Suzanne Oversvee
Master's Project, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Spring 2007


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To calculate the monetary value of the benefits of the street trees in your neighborhood, town or city, use I-Tree.   Click Swarthmore Street to see the results of using I-Tree on this Hamden street. 
NOTE:  This calculation is not the basis for the damages and penalties that could be recovered for unauthorized removal or pruning of trees and shrubs under CT law. 
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Updated January 18, 2021