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Call to Action on Forests and Climate
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On Earth Day 2021, King County Executive Constantine launched an initiative to plant, protect and prepare a combined three million trees throughout King County. This initiative builds on the successful partnership that completed the 1 million Trees initiative nearly one year early. The county will take a more integrated approach that increases tree canopy in communities where there is the greatest need, accelerate land conservation to protect the trees that are storing carbon today and prepare local forests for climate impacts. The Executive announced this initiative at a new urban park in unincorporated King County that has a dearth of open green space. This new park, formerly trash-strewn and covered with invasive species, demonstrates the multiple benefits that can be achieved with partners, including equitable access to safe, welcoming open space; healthier, more resilient forests that absorb more carbon; and protecting urban forest that cool streams that feed into salmon–bearing rivers.
