MANY TREES IN ALBUQUERQUE ARE NOT IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. THAT FROM CITY FORESTER JORAN VIERS WHO TELLS 770 KKOB THERE ARE TWO MAIN PROBLEMS … LACK OF WATER AND PLANTING TREES WHERE THERE ISN’T ADEQUATE SPACE FOR THEM.
VIERS SAYS IT’S UNCLEAR HOW MANY TREES THERE ARE IN ALBUQUERQUE … BUT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND IN CITY PARKS ALONE. HE SAYS THERE ARE GREAT BENEFITS TO CITIES WITH HEALTHY TREE POPULATIONS, INCLUDING LOWER ENERGY COSTS AND INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES. PLUS, HE SAYS, GREEN SPACES SIMPLY MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BETTER.
