What is Urban Forestry? - Why it's Important & How You Can Help

Kerry Gray, principal consultant for urban forestry at Davey Resource Group is joined with Omar Leon, urban forester for the City of Miami Beach to discuss what urban forestry is, why urban forestry is important and what you can do to help urban foresters reach their goal. In this episode we cover: What Kerry and Omar are working on (0:56) Kerry's role in urban forestry (2:47) Trees in Miami Beach (4:18) 10-20-30 rule (5:59) Defining urban forestry (6:51) Feel-good part of the job (9:47) Miami Beach project (11:35) Advice for homeowners - how to help with urban forestry (15:32) How Omar started his job (16:57) How Kerry started her job (18:49) To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code. To learn more about urban forestry at Davey, check out our Urban Forestry Resources . To learn more about other projects Davey Resource Group does, head to the DRG webpage . Connect with Davey Tree on social media: Twitter: @DaveyTree Facebook: @DaveyTree Instagram: @daveytree YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com. We want to hear from you! Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!