Trees are considered major assets in cities. Like streets, sidewalks, sewers and buildings, the urban forest is a critical and valuable component of the urban infrastructure.
Trees are good for our health and help make our communities more livable.
Provide jobs for landscape architects, horticulturists, parks and recreation personnel, arborists, tree-trimmers and other related professions. Help cool the overall environment by shading asphalt, concrete and metal surfaces. Contribute to the economic well-being of the state by keeping our cities and communities beautiful for those who visit our island paradise. No town can fail of beauty, though its walks were gutters and its houses hovels, if venerable trees make magnificent colonnades along its streets.