Tampa to plant 30,000 trees by 2030 to restore city’s canopy - SLRPNK

> TAMPA, Fla. - The city of Tampa will be adding hundreds of trees in two communities as part of the mayor’s mission to plant 30,000 new trees by 2030. > > “We were known, previously, as having one of the best tree canopies in the world,” Mayor Jane Castor said. “Every five years, USF does a tree study in the city. This last tree study showed that we had lost approximately 8% of our canopy. And so, we are doing all that we can to replace that and replace it with trees that make a difference.”