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>Residents won't be required to plant the trees as staff will perform the actual plantings and is growing 32 species of trees with a focus on natives, which will help with diversity issues, Bradford said.
>Another challenge is overcoming resident opposition, as many homeowners view trees as a liability after experiencing decades of poor city maintenance. Falling limbs can damage cars or cause outages, and trimming branches can be a problem for low-income residents who can’t afford the burden in cities like Detroit.
>“There’s a feeling that these trees get planted and aren’t necessarily maintained by the people who are planting them,” Dowtin said.
>Another key piece of the equation is sustaining funding into the future. Though the $900,000 will help launch the effort, it will need much more over time to maintain trees and continue planting.
The city isn't forcing anyone to take the trees but there's no way it is going to come by and prune the trees across the entire city for residents. If residents don't want the trees, they really can't complain about their neighborhoods having less trees than those neighborhoods that welcome them.
>American Forests puts its minimum target tree equity score at 75. Overall, Detroit has a tree equity score of 80, but about one-third of its block groups score below 75, and some as low as 36. The city will need around 280,000 more trees to boost every neighborhood above the minimum target tree equity score of 75, meaning planting at a clip of about 14,000 trees or more each year for the next two decades.
>They’re using a “tree equity score analyzer” to help determine each parcel or parcel group’s score and prioritize them accordingly. The tool incorporates data from the US Census Bureau, Center For Disease Control, U.S. Geological Survey and other public agencies to generate the score.

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Is there really significant scientific evidence that racism is a root cause of environmental injustice in the united states?