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The continuing drought is threatening the survival of trees in Los Angeles. Photo: courtesy of TreePeople

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Throughout Los Angeles trees are in decline. It is a quiet crisis, and it’s accelerating. Losing trees begins a vicious cycle of creating an ever hotter and drier urban climate that threatens public health and the very livability of our city.

Last spring I attended a presentation by the Urban Forester of Santa Monica. He said that after four years of drought, our trees’ ability to take up water has atrophied, especially in trees not native to our region. Whereas in past years many trees have been struggling but surviving, it’s now reached the point where they’re dying. This is a critical time for saving LA’s trees.

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