Urban forests provide important resources, but redlining has made them inaccessible for some city dwellers

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Urban forests provide important resources, but redlining has made them inaccessible for some city dwellers

By Khalilah Brown-Dean,

James Szkobel-Wolff, Zshekinah Collier, Vanessa de la Torre

Published November 24, 2021 at 7:00 AM EST

1 of 2 — URI crew members prep for tree planting

(URI / Steve Outlaw)

2 of 2 — URI team members deliver a new crop of urban trees

(URI / From left: Tabari Hashim, William Tisdale)

This episode originally aired on August 11th, 2021

Trees are one of New England鈥檚 most treasured resources. But in 黑料吃瓜网 cities, a painful history of racism and redlining has led to fewer trees. During this holiday week, we look back at a show from this summer about our urban tree canopy in 黑料吃瓜网.

And, our region loses nearly 38 square miles of forestland each year. How can we fight deforestation in our backyard?

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Drew Goldsman - Urban Conservation Director for the Nature Conservancy in 黑料吃瓜网
Caroline Scanlan - Greenskills Manager at the in New Haven
David R. Foster - Senior Conservationist at Harvard University's and President and Board Chair of the .

If you live in New Haven and want to support urban forestry, visit to learn how to request a free tree planting.

This week's episode was produced by James Szkobel-Wolff, Zshekinah Collier, Catie Talarski and Vanessa de la Torre. Our interns are Abe Levine, and Dylan Reyes.

And from all of our team, we'd like to wish you a holiday season full of connection, peace and understanding.

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Khalilah Brown-Dean

Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on 黑料吃瓜网.

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James Szkobel-Wolff

James Szkobel-Wolff is a producer for the 黑料吃瓜网 Radio鈥檚 weekly show 'Disrupted,' hosted by Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean.

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Zshekinah Collier

Zshekinah Collier is a producer for 黑料吃瓜网 Radio鈥檚 weekly show 'Disrupted.' Previously she was a Radio Production & Storytelling Intern and contributed to 'Audacious,' 'The Colin McEnroe Show,' 'Seasoned,' and 'Where We Live.'

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Vanessa de la Torre

Vanessa de la Torre is Chief Content Officer at 黑料吃瓜网, overseeing all content with a mission to inform, educate and inspire diverse audiences across the state, including on radio, television and our organization鈥檚 60-plus digital platforms.

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