While we may not think of trees in cities as a typical “forest”, these trees provide valued services to our daily lives by improving water quality, saving energy, lowering city temperatures, reducing air pollution, enhancing property values, providing wildlife habitat, facilitating social and educational opportunities, and providing aesthetic benefits. Scientists now have the ability to qualify and quantify the benefits of Urban Tree Canopy (UTC). An increase in UTC brings an associated increase in the UTC benefits indicated, and the below maps represent the Town’s Existing and Possible urban tree canopy.