Jersey City - Why a ‘Tree Census’ Makes Cents

Oct 30, 2020 09:35AM

Over the past year, 300 residents of Jersey City have fanned out across 35 of its neighborhoods to take stock of the trees. Using a mobile app and some basic tools (including their arms), these trained volunteers have been recording vitals statistics—like species, diameter and circumference—and plugging them into a live map of the city’s urban tree canopy.