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From YouTube: Tree Announcement - 9/21/22
Description
Boston Mayor Wu hosts a press conference at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University to announce enhanced efforts to protect and expand Boston’s tree canopy to foster healthier and more livable neighborhoods.
A
A
When
the
Arboretum
began
in
1872
the
founding
director
and
by
the
way
I'm
only
the
eighth
person
to
have
this
gig.
So
it
does
not
turn
over
very
often
Charles
Sprague's
Sergeant
decided
that
he
would
go
around
the
world
and
collect
as
many
of
the
world's
trees
to
be
brought
to
Boston
to
be
shown
to
anyone
who
wanted
to
see
the
world's
biodiversity,
and
we
would
study
the
science
of
trees
here
at
the
Arnold
Arboretum,
and
so
this
old
sheep
pasture.
This
bare
land
150
years
ago,
was
populated
with
young
trees.
A
A
So
shortly
after
the
founding
of
the
Arboretum
sergeant
had
an
idea,
it
wasn't
going
to
be
enough
for
us
to
be
a
tree
Museum,
a
science
institution.
We
had
to
be
part
of
the
life
of
Boston
and
he
turned
to
Frederick
Law
Olmsted,
the
greatest
landscape
architect
in
history,
and
he
asked
for
Olmsted,
as
he
was
beginning
to
lay
out
the
emerald
necklace
to
design
the
Arnold
Arboretum.
And
you
are
looking
at
the
Masterpiece
of
Frederick
Law
olmsted's
career,
but
more
than
that
Olmsted
and
sergeant
had
an
extra
idea.
A
What
if
they
would
give
the
land
to
the
city
of
Boston,
so
that
forever?
This
would
be
part
of
the
park
system.
It
would
be
free
to
everyone
every
single
day
and
we
would
take
care
of
the
trees
and
Boston's
world
would
come
to
us
and
get
what
we
think
is
so
important,
a
sense
of
connection
with
nature
in
an
Urban
Oasis.
A
So
let
me
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
these
Dawn
redwoods
behind
you.
These
were
grown
three
years
ago.
They
were
small
seeds.
You
could
have
held
in
your
hand.
Imagine
that,
but
our
plant
propagators
are
the
world's
greatest
Growers
of
trees,
and
those
seeds
have
now
grown
to
actually
six
seven
and
eight
feet
and,
as
I
said
in
just
a
matter
of
years,
you
always
plant
a
tree
not
for
yourself,
but
for
your
children
and
for
your
grandchildren
and
for
your
great
grandchildren.
That's
what
they
will
be
around
the
city
of
Boston.
A
So
what
are
Dawn
redwoods,
well,
they're,
a
symbol
of
so
much
about
the
Arnold
Arboretum,
including
our
deep
love
of
biodiversity
and
particularly
the
trees
and
other
Woody
plants
of
Asia.
We
have
been
going
to
Asia
to
China,
Japan
and
Korea
for
over
a
century,
it's
one
of
the
world's
biodiversity
hot
spots
for
temperate
trees
and
when
you're
in
love
with
trees,
you
go
where
they
are
thought
to
be
extinct
for
a
long
time
in
the
1940s.
A
It
was
discovered
that
this
Dawn
Redwood
was
alive
and
well
and
growing
in
Hubei
Province
and
the
Arnold
Arboretum
was
the
first
institution
outside
of
China
to
receive
seeds.
Some
of
the
people
who
had
trained
here
from
China
and
were
now
in
China
as
practicing
botanist
arranged
for
us
to
get
seeds
sent
to
us
in
1948
and
that
tree
behind
me
is
from
one
of
those
seeds
that
was
collected
in
Hubei,
was
brought
across
and
around
the
world
to
the
Arnold
Arboretum
coaxed
to
life
and
then
planted
in
the
ground.
It's
a
magical
tree.
A
It's
a
deciduous
Conifer
whose
needles
will
turn
a
beautiful
bronze.
This
fall
and
then
fall
to
the
ground,
revealing
the
great
architecture,
the
bones
of
the
tree,
the
deeply
fluted
trunk.
It's
an
inspiration
in
the
winter.
It's
an
inspiration
in
the
fall.
It's
an
inspiration
all
year
round
and
what's
wonderful
about
it
is
that
its
ancestors
go
back.
It's
a
living
fossil.
It
goes
back
90
million
years
we
can
pull
lawn
redwoods
out
of
the
Rocks,
it's
been
wandering
around
the
Northern
Hemisphere
and
then
about
two
million
years
ago.
A
We
applaud
Mario
Wu
for
making
the
strong
and
ambitious
commitment
that
she's
about
to
describe
to
invest
in
trees,
to
improve
Boston's
environment
and
boost
quality
of
life
for
everyone
as
I
tell
everyone,
the
Arnold
Arboretum
of
Harvard
University
and
all
of
the
parks
are
not
amenities.
They
are
part
of
the
Health
Care
Network
of
Boston.
We
are
important.
B
Good
morning,
I'm
always
excited
when
we
get
to
celebrate
the
great
work,
that's
happening
in
our
city
and
the
incredibly
hard
work
of
teams
at
the
city
of
Boston,
but
today
I'm
really
really
excited.
This
is
the
place
that
my
family
comes
for.
Sanctuary
I
can't
even
count
how
many
hours,
the
kids
and
my
husband
and
I
wander
around
the
various
Pathways
or
make
our
ways
up
to
the
tops
of
Hills
to
look
out
into
the
city
skyline
or
just
to
sit
and
be
when
you
can
smell
lilacs
or
you
can
walk
through.
B
B
You
can
walk
on
a
path
and
all
of
a
sudden
feel
chilly
a
huge
temperature
difference,
because
you've
entered
into
a
space
that
the
trees
have
cleaned
the
air
and
cooled
down
the
temperatures,
and
we
need
that
very
much
today,
all
across
the
world,
but
in
the
city
of
Boston.
This
is
our
best
green
technology
to
fight
heat,
to
make
us
resilient
and
to
make
our
communities
beautiful.
I
grew
up
in
trees,
and
it
probably
says
more
than
I
should
be
saying
about
how
nerdy.
B
Even
today,
as
I'll
walk,
our
our
two
boys
to
school,
sometimes
there's
a
huge
sycamore
tree
that
is
right,
probably
150
years
old
right
on
on
Poplar
Street,
and
we
always
take
the
time
and
and
just
give
our
a
little
high
five
to
our
tree
as
we
we
go
by
and
and
one
that
has
been
protected
from
development
as
it
was
under
threat
with
a
renovation
and
reconstruction
of
a
new
building
there.
And
that
experience
and
what
Ned
described
of
planting
a
tree
for
the
Next
Generation
and
the
generation
after
that.
B
You're
also
entrusting
care
of
our
natural
environment
and
the
responsibility
that
we've
inherited
from
those
who've
come
before
us
to
ensure
that
all
the
pieces
we're
trying
to
balance
of
creating
homes.
So
more
people
can
afford
to
stay
in
our
city
of
ensuring
that
we
are
putting
in
the
infrastructure,
that's
necessary
that
at
the
same
time,
we
recognize
the
value
and
the
necessity
of
green
infrastructure
and
the
gifts
that
Generations
before
have
left
us.
B
B
We
know
how
critical
trees
are
to
our
communities,
cleaning
our
air,
improving
mental
health,
creating
healthier
safer
streets
and
keeping
our
neighborhoods
cool
as
we
experience
hotter
and
hotter
Summers.
This
is
especially
important
as
we
consider
the
disparities
in
extreme
heat
in
our
city
and
what
that
means
for
Public
Health
median
temperatures
have
been
measured
in
parts
of
Roxbury
as
above
100
degrees
Fahrenheit,
while
across
town
parts
of
West
Roxbury
are
almost
10
degrees.
B
Cooler
than
that,
and
it's
due
to
the
choices
we've
made
in
what
infrastructure
we
build,
what
Green
Space
we
nourish
and
which
trees
we
we
plant
West
Roxbury,
has
roughly
17
percent
more
tree
canopy
than
Roxbury,
and
so
we
know
the
numbers
as
they
are.
They
bear
out
Citywide
with
all
this
in
mind.
Earlier
this
summer,
the
city
of
Boston
brought
together
some
of
Boston's
tree
Advocates
and
urban
forestry
stakeholders.
We
are
blessed
to
have
so
many
in
Boston
to
brainstorm
ways
to
protect
and
expand
our
tree
canopy.
B
B
The
parks
department
put
an
incredible
amount
of
work
into
this
report
and
I
know.
Our
chief
will
share
some
more
details
about
the
plan
shortly,
but
some
top
level
highlights
many
of
the
important
changes
announced
and
commitments
and
chart
the
roadmap
that
we're
charting
out
is
rooted
in
the
creation
of
a
new
Forest
Street
division
which
will
live
within
our
Parks
Department.
B
The
plan
also
highlights
and
documents
the
disparities
that
we
still
see
in
our
Urban
Tree
canopy,
even
as
we've
been
measuring
and
measuring
for
over
a
decade
now
in
the
coming
months,
we'll
be
releasing
specialized
neighborhood
plans
for
those
neighborhoods
where
we
know
that
tree
canopy
is
particularly
limited.
Chinatown
East,
Boston,
Roxbury
and
Alston
Brighton.
B
We're
also
investing
in
our
forestry
career
pipeline
through
the
incredible
power
core
Boston
team,
some
of
whom
are
standing
here
with
us
today,
and
our
new
youth
green
jobs
program
clear
this
week.
Our
first
cohort
of
power,
core
students
began
their
curriculum
around
tree
work
and
we'll
hear
from
DeAndre
shortly
on
that
and
finally,
we're
committed
to
deepening
our
Partnerships
with
the
many
private
and
non-profit
groups
like
The
Arboretum,
who
provide
critical
care
to
our
trees
across
the
city.
I
wanted
to
say
a
little
bit
more
about
our
baby
Don
redwoods
here
as
well.
B
These
are
treasures
and
jewels
that
the
Arboretum
has
shared
with
the
city
of
Boston.
These
living
fossils
will
be
a
tangible
reminder
of
what's
possible,
the
type
of
research
and
Innovation
and
care
for
the
future
that
this
city
has
always
embodied.
We
are
passing
on
and
will
be
looking
for
spaces
to
ensure
that
they
are
deeply
rooted
in
our
Park
system
and
in
our
other
public
spaces.
B
One
note
one
of
my
favorite
parts
of
the
relationship
between
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
Arboretum
is
about
the
sense
of
time
and
the
vision
into
the
future
that
we
should
be
planning
for.
We
often
hear
about
City
plans
talking
about
here's,
what
will
get
done
in
two
years
or
four
years,
and
we
need
that
short-term
accountability.
B
This
is
a
space,
and
this
is
a
city
where
we
want
to
be
home
for
everyone.
We
want
to
be
home
for
families,
we
want
to
be
home
to
the
most
Equitable
growth
and
development
in
in
the
city.
We
want
to
be
home
to
those
who
want
to
do
good
and
change
the
world
for
the
better.
That
kind
of
innovation,
partnership
and
collaboration
is
what
we
hope
to
model
every
day.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
E
Do
but
there
is
nothing
that
I
have
done
in
my
last
year
and
a
half
that
means
as
much
to
me
as
working
to
establish
power
core
as
it
as
I
mentioned.
I
grew
up
in
Roxbury
in
our
one
of
our
least
forested
neighborhoods,
and
with
all
honesty,
there
were
lots
of
places
that
that
had
lots
of
trees
that
did
not
feel
accessible
to
my
community.
It
did
not
feel
like
when
we
went
there.
E
People
would
receive
us
and
The
Whispers
and
the
things
that
happen
when
people
don't
believe
you
belong
somewhere
and
when
I
came
in
I
knew
that
the
work
we
need
to
do
around
environmental
justice
means
we
have
to
put
at
the
heart
those
communities
that
have
been
left
out
and
power.
Core
is
a
program
that
allows
young
people
18
to
30,
to
deepen
their
knowledge
of
our
environmental
challenges
and
to
be
able
to
serve
on
the
front
line
of
turning
things
around.
E
So
they
have
been
working,
I
mean
tirelessly
pulling
invasives
all
throughout
the
city.
You
may
not
have
noticed,
they
can
tell
you
exactly
what
invasions
are
out
there,
why?
You
need
to
make
sure
that
the
berries
don't
drop
if
you've
been
to
the
Boston
Nature
Center
and
you
go
there
regularly.
You
will
notice
a
big
difference,
because
there
has
been
a
lot
of
knotweed
removed
and
a
lot
of
invasives
that
they've
addressed,
but
this
week
they
begin
what
was
the
heart
of
this
program,
which
is
their
tree
training
and
I'm.
E
F
Good
morning,
guys,
I
got
a
loud
voice,
so
I
don't
know
if
y'all
could
hear
me.
I'll,
probably
most
likely
louder
than
a
speaker,
but
I
want
to
say.
First
give
another
round
of
applause
for
mayor
Wu
to
open
up
the
forestry
and
Division
to
help
get
a
lot
of
jobs
going
especially
for
power
course.
They
vote
to
start
in
Boston,
especially
Dorchester,
the
chief
two
as
well
to
get
a
lot
of
Youth
around
my
age.
F
I
know:
I,
look
young
I'm
23.,
you
know,
but
I
look
right,
I
get
old,
I
get
younger,
but
our
goal
here
is
to
get
kids
from
18
years
old,
19
years
old,
because
that's
the
future.
That's
where
we're
looking
for
that's
who
we
gotta
nurture
right
now,
especially
with
the
trees.
That's
all,
because
we're
similar
as
cheese
grow
human
grow.
So
with
that
being
said,
it's
just
like
pow
courts,
including
younger
kids,
getting
them
to
training
the
OSHA
10.
F
F
We
planting
trees,
pruning
we're
using
hand
pruners
loppers
hand,
loppers
all
the
tools
that
you
think
that
we
not
using
we're
using
we're
learning
we're
trying
to
get
to
it.
Another
thing
is
attitude:
Dorchester.
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
trees.
So,
like
you
don't
see,
a
lot
of
kids
outside
I
know
it's
dangerous
out
here
in
Boston
the
city
of
Boston
we're
doing
our
best
to
get
it
under
control
and
everything.
F
But
it's
not
a
lot
of
trees
and
not
a
lot
of
shady
parts
for
kids
to
go
outside
and
chill
after
when
they've
been
running
around
or
if
they
want
to
go
just
chill
with
their
friends
after
school.
Go
to
a
park,
there's
not
a
lot
of
parks,
there's
not
a
lot
of
flowers
trees
to
have
the
egg
blowing
around
for
them
to
have
like
that
fresh
breath
of
air,
as
if,
like
we
in
Arboretum
right
now,
there's
a
lot
of
trees,
a
lot
of
plants
and
that
fresh
air
that
we're
feeling
right
now.
F
That's
what
we
need
in
our
in
our
neighborhoods
and
there's
a
lot
of
heat
as
we've
been
through
experience,
there's
a
heat
wave
going
on.
We
need
trees
to
cool
it
down,
because
if
we
don't
cool
it
down,
it's
going
to
worsen
up
in
our
neighborhood,
so
we're
not
about
to
survive
out
here,
really
not
like
survive
survive.
But
it's
going
to
be
drastic.
Like
Waters,
you
got
to
drink
a
lot
of
water
two
times
as
much
it's
going
to
be
creating
a
lot
of
problems
in
the
other
worlds.
F
Like
other
aspects,
I
have
a
member.
Here
too,
we
also
worked
at
Landscaping.
He
has
a
landscaping
business
too.
This
is
what
the
program
offers,
but
not
offered
Landscaping
but
teaching
you
whatever
you
want
to
do
in
your
life.
What
career
you
want
to
do
if
you
want
to
become
a
tree
climber,
a
planetary
work
at
an
arboretum
work
here.
If
you
want
to
there's
a
lot
of
jobs
that
mayor
we'll
just
open
up
as
well,
the
problem
is
feeling
it
we're
doing
our
best
to
outreach.
F
F
True,
really,
like
you,
never
know,
you're
learning
about
your
neighborhood
you're
learning
about
your
city,
different
areas,
neighborhood
like
High,
Park,
Roslindale,
everything
just
like
a
city
air
year
up,
if
we're
just
like
that
program,
non-profit,
so
any
profit
I
mean
any
donations
or
anything
that
you
want
to
put
not
like
that,
but
it's
already
funded,
but
anything
more
can
help
out,
especially
within
your
neighborhood.
Whatever
you
see,
I
believe
mask
girl
for
Maywood
was
going
to
set
up
a
website
or
whatever
to
put
your
opinions
in
there.
G
G
In
addition
to
your
local
city,
council
I'm
also
the
chair
of
the
environmental
justice
resiliency
and
Parks
committee
on
the
Boston
city
council,
so
I
am
incredibly
happy
and
Incredibly
excited
to
be
here
with
all
of
you
this
morning.
For
this
incredible
announcement
now
I'm
a
JP
kid
and
as
a
JP,
kid
I
grew
up
with
the
Beauty
and
the
inspiration
of
Franklin
Park,
Jamaica
Pond
and
the
Arboretum
right
in
my
backyard
and
I
want
that
for
everybody.
G
I
want
that
for
every
single
neighborhood
I
want
it
for
every
young
person
in
the
city
of
Boston.
That
is
the
kind
of
access
that
we
deserve
all
across
the
city,
not
just
here
in
District,
Six,
now,
I
believe
that
climate
change
and
the
work
of
reversing
the
damage
that
we've
done
to
this
planet
is
all
of
our
responsibility.
G
But
I,
don't
think
that
we
can
be
good
Steward
of
the
land
if
we
are
not
in
deep
relationship
with
it
and
what
better
way
to
cultivate
a
deep
relationship
with
the
land
than
making
sure
that
it
is
visible
and
accessible
to
every
single
neighborhood
in
every
single
place.
In
the
city
of
Boston
and
that.
G
G
We
are
making
a
commitment
to
ensuring
that
the
work
that
we're
doing
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
is
aligned
with
values
of
equity
and
Justice,
and
that
the
people
who
are
going
to
be
most
deeply
impacted
by
climate
change
are
at
the
Forefront
of
doing
the
work,
and
so
for
me,
I
think
that
this
is
an
incredible
first
step.
We
have
a
lot
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
but
my
what
a
way
to
start
it.
G
So,
thank
you
so
much
to
Mayor
Wu
to
Chief
white
Hammond
to
director
Jefferson
to
all
of
the
folks
at
the
Boston
parks
department
and
to
all
of
the
young
people
who
are
here
with
us
today
who
are
representing
power
core
I,
look
forward
to
continuing
to
be
a
partner
in
this
work
and
I
look
forward
to
activating
our
district
into
filling
those
positions
to
make
sure
that
we
can
get
all
of
this
work
done.
So.
Thank
you
all.
C
So
you
know
I
think
this
is
really
something
where
all
of
government's
able
to
come
together,
but
but
the
part
that
excites
me
frankly
is
most
is:
is
not
those
of
us
who
hold
elected
office.
It's
the
leadership
that
we're
going
to
see
from
the
likes
of
DeAndre
and
Iman
and
the
and
the
cohort
that
we've
got
started
at
power
core.
C
I
I
had
the
great
Good
Fortune
to
go
and
visit
them
out
of
the
Nature
Center
last
week,
and
indeed
the
knowledge
of
invasives
is
already
amazing
and
I
learned
a
ton
just
talking
to
all
the
participants.
But
you
know
I.
Just
I
really
want
to
emphasize
to
people
today
that
same
visual,
that
you
see
where
you
see
these
six
seven
eight
foot
trees
and
then
you
see
the
I.
Don't
know
that
how
tall
is
it
but
the
7
500
foot
tree
whatever?
C
B
B
E
E
Roots
wouldn't
be
deep
enough,
but
it
looks
like
harambe
will,
will
work
so
we're
we're
still
working
but
we're
trying
to
get
them
spread
out
across
the
city
in
the
places
with
our
most
significant
heat,
but
in
places
we
believe
they
can
survive
470
years
400
years,
that's
a
maybe
that
is
on
the
list
of
possible
expiration.
So,
but
we
have
to
get
max
out
to
look
at.
We
don't
want
to
play,
put
them
somewhere,
get
excited
and
then
find
20
years
from
now.
B
E
Yes
and
no
I
mean
I
think
there
are
we
use
actually
so
Consultants
that
came
that
have
done
this
work
in
other
parts
of
the
country.
I.
Think
where
there's
some
unique
is
our
heavy
focus
on
bringing
together
the
urban
Forest
plan
and
the
heat
plans,
so
that
they're
in
conversation
with
each
other
but
I
do
want
to
say
we
have
looked
at
other
folks
and
we
have
learned
a
lot
from
them.
E
So
I
want
to
definitely
uplift
that
what
I
will
also
say
is
I
think
in
our
desire
to
one
Center
equity
and
to
to
produce
a
lot
of
materials
that
we
could
share
with
you.
Having
looked
at
some
others,
maybe
not
quite
as
much
transparency
as
we've
been
trying
to
Foster.
So,
yes,
we're
building
off
the
legacy
of
many
others
and
I
think
we
are
also
cutting
some
new
ground.
Both
both
are
true.
A
On
all
16
000
of
our
trees
and
mayor
Wu
and
I
will
do
that.
It's
a
gift
from
the
Arnold
Arboretum
to
the
city
of
Boston
in
celebration
of
its
Urban
Forest
plan,
September
21
2022,
meta,
Sequoia
glyptostrobertes,
which
is
the
Latin
binomial
for
the
Don
Redwood
and
the
accession
number,
which
will
always
let
you
know
where
it
came
from.