Reports/Studies

Particulate Matter Filtration by Urban Vegetation at Charles Rice Learning Center, Dallas Particulate matter (PM) is a component of air pollution harmful to children’s health and is often found in elevated concentrations around urban schools. Vegetation barriers can protect children from exposure to PM by capturing and accumulating particulates and preventing their dispersion. This study,…

Increasing the number of trees across Dallas is vital to keeping our neighborhoods cool, healthy, and beautiful. But currently, too many of our historically underserved and overlooked communities lack even an adequate tree canopy. Download the Equity Planting Map here (.pdf)

Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan Growing and Maintaining Dallas' Tree Canopy A Message from the Texas Trees Foundation It’s a simple fact that trees are good. It’s also a fact that trees in cities just don’t happen by chance, except the Trinity Forest. The reality that the City of Dallas has a natural forest, and…

Urban Streetscape Master Plan Southwestern Medical District Transforming the intersection of health and nature. Link to SWMD Plan Link to SWMD Brochure Rooted in the City of Dallas for more than a century, the Southwestern Medical District (SWMD) is a premier medical center surrounded by active communities. Just three miles from downtown Dallas, the District…

Urban Heat Island Management Study A Study of Dallas' Urban Heat Island Effect from August 2017 Link to Report Texas Trees Foundation's Urban Heat Island Management Study from August 2017 is a year-long study of the impacts and implications of air temperatures at the neighborhood level. Most notable among them: Dallas is heating up faster than every…

State of the Dallas Urban Forest Report A Study of Dallas' Urban Forest From March 2015 Link to Report Dallas’ urban forest is comprised of the individual trees and groves in and around the places we live, work and play. Urban forest assessment provides a baseline from which to measure changes, trends and outcomes. Sound…

Texas Trees Foundation Brochure Learn more about the Texas Trees Foundation in our organizational brochure! Link to Brochure Since 1982, Texas Trees Foundation has championed the transformation of North Texas landscapes. In our neighborhoods, parkways, medians, schools and other open public spaces, we plant large trees to shade and beautify our environment, and to comfort…

Argyle Urban Forest Ecosystem Analysis Report Link to Report Argyle’s urban forest plays a crucial role in the livability and sustainability of the city. The city’s trees impact everything from economic development to the overall health and livelihood of the people that live, work, and play in Argyle every day. Understanding an urban forests structure,…

Rowlett Urban Forest Ecosystem Analysis Link to Report Rowlett’s urban forest plays a crucial role in the livability and sustainability of the city. Rowlett’s 340,000 trees impact everything from economic development to the overall health and livability of the people that live, work, and play in Rowlett every day. Understanding an urban forest's structure, function,…