Trees lower your heating and cooling bills.

Buffalo households save about $1,000 on energy costs per tree over 20 years, or about $50 every year.

Street trees raise property values.

In Buffalo’s disadvantaged neighborhoods, house values on streets with trees planted in front of most homes are about 60% higher than in areas that are missing most of their street trees.

The unseen benefits of trees add up too.

Each Buffalo street tree adds $259 in eco-benefits, like air and water quality, over 20 years.

National studies have found that every $1 spent on urban trees generates $3.09 in benefits

Trees save taxpayer dollars.

Every year, street trees in the City of Buffalo save…

… $517,602 on stormwater services

… $375,272 on air quality benefits.

If we planted trees on 10% of all empty street tree sites in Buffalo, the city would save $432,806 a year.

Increase revenue.

Trees add $3.3M in property values across Buffalo—that could add $1.12M in revenue over the next 30 years, providing resources to reinvest in our parks, trees, and open spaces.

Trees can promote safety.

One study showed that a 10% increase in tree canopy cover is associated with a 12% reduction in crime.

Children need trees.

Children in Buffalo are 33% more likely to live in neighborhoods where most street trees are missing than areas where most street trees are intact. Urban trees have been shown to promote children’s cognitive development and physical well-being.

Trees keep us cool.

The Buffalo street with the fewest trees planted can be 9 degrees hotter than the street with the most trees planted during the summer.

Trees help us breathe.

Buffalo residents living in neighborhoods without at least half of their street trees are 1.6 times more likely to experience acute respiratory symptoms.

Trees keep us active.

By filtering air pollution, Buffalo’s trees are estimated to prevent 100 incidents of asthma attacks and acute respiratory symptoms per year. This prevents the loss of 10 school days and 2 workdays each year.

Trees make us feel better.

Buffalo residents living in areas with less than half of their street trees are 44% more likely to report having poor mental or physical health.

Trees clean our air.

Each tree in Buffalo removes nearly 1 pound of pollutants from the air each year

Trees prevent flooding and sewer overflows.

Rainfall absorbed by the roots of Buffalo trees and kept out of the city’s storm sewers is enough to fill 98 Olympic-sized pools a year!

Trees combat climate change.

Buffalo tree canopy capture enough CO2 to counteract the emissions from 1,470 gas-powered vehicles driving in a year.