Miami Proud: ‘Million Trees Miami Program’ Makes The 305 Greener, One Tree At A Time

By Brooke Shafer, CBS Miami

January 14, 2021

Making the 305 greener, one tree at a time. That’s essentially what Miami Dade County’s Million Trees Miami Program set out to do.

The program started in 2011. It has given over 6,000 free trees to residents and facilitated countless tree planting events since. Gaby Lopez is the Community Image Manager at Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation. She heads up the effort and explained why trees are so important and how they are the ultimate multi-taskers.

“They add to our biodiversity as habitats for animals and they’re beautiful to look at it of course. When there’s a storm here in Miami, that we have so frequently, trees are really great at absorbing the stormwater. They are the first line of defense in terms of wind resistance, so these trees actually act as a natural barrier for the wind that could maybe save our canopy, could save our equipment, and if it was your house, it could help with that as well,” Lopez stated.

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