Urban Corps of San Diego County, the City of La Mesa and Tree San Diego hosted a tree-planting event at Aztec Park to give residents and businesses an opportunity to plant trees.

Tree San Diego receives $1.18 million in grant funding from Cal Fire for its Branch Out San Diego project, which aims to plant 1,575 trees throughout the county beginning this fall.

Branch Out San Diego is the region’s first mass residential tree planting that brings urban forestry benefits directly to San Diego County residents.

Branch Out San Diego utilizes aerial imaging data provided by San Diego-based FireWatch, who is really pushing the envelope with aerial imagery to quantify and monitor the benefits of trees and urban forests

The sluggish growth of the urban forest may have to do with the newness of trees as climate solution.

Scott Paul, Taylor’s Director of Natural Resource Sustainability, serves as Tree San Diego’s Board Chair and participates in ongoing tree planting events under this grant.