What Will ReTree Nebraska Accomplish?

• Properly plant and maintain at least 1 million new community trees by 2017.
• Increase by at least 25 percent the average tree canopy cover in at least 200 communities by the year 2020.
• Provide direct assistance to at least 50 communities each year.
• Increase species diversity by at least 25 percent in at least 100 communities by 2017.
• Develop at least 100 “Community Tree Recovery Action Plans” by 2017.
• Increase the number of certified arborists (International Society of Arboriculture or Nebraska Arborists Association) by 2017.
• Increase the number of nurseries selling bare-root trees by 25 percent by 2017.