TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE, CHICAGO STREET CANOPY IS IN DECLINE.

THE SENIOR RANKS FAR BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WITH THE DISPARITY OF TREES ON CHICAGO'S WEST AND SOUTH SIDES.

BUT THE LOCAL CONSERVATION GROUP OPEN LANDS HAS BEEN WORKING TO REVERSE THIS NARRATIVE.

3 TREAT KEEPER CERTIFICATION COURSE WHICH IS NOW BEING OFFERED SPANISH.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ABOUT THAT, THIS EFFORT, OUR DON'T YOU WANT TO GET THE COMMUNITY ARBORISTS THAT OPEN?

THAT'S WHO RUNNING THE GROUP SPANISH TREAT PURSE PROGRAM.

AND IS A CERTIFIED TREE KEEPER WITH OPEN.

AND SO WELCOME BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AND THIS IS A VERY PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO FAMILIAR WITH IT.

DO NOT THE TRICK KEEPER PROGRAM ACTUALLY WAS LAUNCH MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO.

PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS 1991.

WHAT IS THE TREE KEEPER ACTION TREE KEEPER IS GOING TO BE OPEN LANDS.

VOLUNTEERS.

IT'S A VERY INTENSIVE COURSE.

IT'S ABOUT MONTH LONG, 8 CLASSES, HOUR-LONG CLASS.

AND SO THEY LEARN ALL ABOUT TREE BIOLOGY TREND VACATION.

HOW TO PLANT TREES HAD A UPROOTING TREES, HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR TREES.

EVERYTHING TREE RELATED.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRAIN THEM.

AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH THE TRAINING PROGRAM, THEY'RE THEN ABLE TO COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER FOR US FOR A DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE DO LIKE PRUNING PLANTING A TREE.

AND THEN TORY, THINGS LIKE THAT TO PRETTY MUCH ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED COULD DO.

THIS COULD LEARN HOW TO DO EXPECT.

THERE IS A PRETTY MUCH ALMOST NO RESTRICTIONS, ESSENTIALLY ANYBODY FROM SOMEBODY IN HIGH SCHOOL ALL THE WAY TO SOMEBODY WHO IS RETIRED AND ACTUALLY A LOT OF OUR TREE KEEPERS ARE FOLKS THAT ARE RETIRED AND ARE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

NOW THEY HAVE THE FREE TIME TO DEDICATE TO IT.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE ONE OF PERSONS, RYAN, YOU ARE INTERESTED AND YOU'VE GOT CERTIFIED YOUR TREE.

COOPER NUMBER 19.

0, 5, RESUME HAVE HERE IN MY NOTES TO BE EXACT.

YEAH.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE LIKE?

AND WHAT YOU DO IS A TRICKY PROTECTED.

YES, A LAKE THAN IT WAS SAY.

WE HAVE 4 MAIN MAIN THINGS THAT WE DO.

WE DO TREE-PLANTING.

SO WE GO OUT AROUND THE COMMUNITY'S PLAN, SOME TREES IN AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE AS MUCH WE HAVE PROVEN SO NO RAIN DURING THE SUMMERTIME IS WHAT REPLANTING HAPPENS IN THE WINTER AND SPRING.

SO MORE ON THE ONE'S TIME.

WE HAVE PRINTING EVENTS GOING AROUND THE CITY, MAKE SURE THAT THE TREES, ESPECIALLY IN PARTS ARE GETTING TAKEN CARE AND THEN LASTLY, WE ALSO 2 WALKS AND LIKE TREE INVENTORY.

SO YOU GO AROUND THE COMMUNITY, LEARN WHAT REEVES SPECIES ARE AND YOUR LOCAL AREA, BUT ALSO TRANSITORY.

SO THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF CUT THE STREET, YOU HAVE TO GO AND SEE WHAT SHE'S THE HOPE.

AND SOME ALSO SOME OF THE EVENTS.

AND ALSO RIGHT I STEPPED UP CHAPTER LEADER.

SO WAS THAT YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIBERTY, SO MUCH UP THERE.

WE HAVE A BOOK CLUB.

SO WE GO OUT AND READ BOOKS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH TREES.

SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF LIBERTY ALSO WITH OPEN TO KIND OF IF THERE'S 3RD YOU SURE THAT THEY WANT TO DO.

YOU CAN DO WHAT WHAT INSPIRED TO DO WHY WHY ARE YOU DOING?

FOR ME ACTUALLY STARTED WITH A TREAT OR THAT I DIDN'T LINCOLN PARK SOON I LIVE IN EDGEWATER.

AND SO IS ARBOR DAY.

I WAS KINDA EXCITED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET IT.

GO OUT THERE.

BE A MAJOR AND LEARN ABOUT THAT TREAT OR LEARN ABOUT WHAT AN ARBORIST WAS.

SO I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GUY, YOU GET PAIN TO TAKE CARE OF TREES.

LET ME LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.

SAID THAT WAS SEARCH ABOUT 2 PROGRAMS IN CHICAGO.

LUCKILY OPEN LINES AS AND AMAZING ORGANIZATION DOING A LOT OF WORKING AROUND THAT.

SO I LIKE TO SEND EMAIL LEARN ABOUT THE TRICK KEEPING PROGRAM AND GOT INVOLVED.

YOU SEE YOURSELF DOING THIS FOR YEARS TO COME?

YES, I ACTUALLY I'M REALLY INTERESTED BECOMING EVENTUALLY SOLD AS AN ARBORIST I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.

SO I'M INTERESTED IN EVENTUALLY I'M DOING.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE PEOPLE MOTIVATED ON DOING THAT.

DO NOT FEEL THAT WIRE TREES DECLINING CHICAGO IN WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REVERSE THAT.

A MAJOR REASON LOSING TREES IN THE CITY IS BACK AND 2012.

WE HAD THE EMERALD ASH BORER COMING TO THE REGION.

AND SO A LOT OF THE TREES AND OUR CANOPY HERE IN CHICAGO WHERE ASH TREES.

SO WE'VE LOST A LOT OF THOSE.

SHE IS ANOTHER REASON TO IS WE HAVE A MATURING CANOPY US.

WE HAVE A LOT TREES.

TREES ARE LIVING THINGS.

SO AFTER A WHILE AFTER COUPLE OF DECADES IN THE GROUND, ESPECIALLY IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.

THEY TEND TO DECLINE NO LONGER THE LONGER BE ALIVE.

AND SO WE'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE LAW SAYS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OPEN JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH US TREE PLANTERS.

GRANT PROGRAM, AS WE ALL KNOW, RIGHT?

TREES ARE A SOURCE OXYGEN.

BUT WHAT HEALTH BENEFITS TO TREES BRING BRINGS US ALL.

THEY HAVE SO MANY BENEFITS.

SO WE HAVE LIKE YOU MENTIONED OXYGEN.

THEY SOCIETAL TREE LINE STREETS.

PEOPLE DRIVE A LOT SLOWER.

THERE.

THEY HAVE COOLING EFFECT.

SO YOU HAVE PROVIDING SHADE, LOWER YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS.

SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR AIR-CONDITIONER IN THE SHADE IS NOT GOING TO BE WORKING AS HARD STUDENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO TREES ON ON THEIR SCHOOL CAMPUSES TEND TO PERFORM BETTER TO HAVE A LESS BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AT 10 TO CRASHED WITH HIGHER GRADES.

IT'S THIS IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY.

WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO SPANISH SPEAKERS?

ONE OF MAJOR REASONS IS THAT THE LATINO COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH NATURE.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DO WHEN THE CLASSES WE ASKED EVERYBODY TO SHARE.

WHAT IS YOUR TREE STORY?

AND SO IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO SEE THE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 2 CLASSES.

SO IN THE ENGLISH CLASS THAT TENDS TO BE MORE THE TREE THAT WAS IN THAT BACKYARD THAT WAS PLAYING THERE, WHEREAS WITH THE SPANISH KEEPERS PUBLIC.

IF YOU REMEMBER, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, YEAH, I GREW UP AND LATIN AMERICA.

THESE CHEESE.

WE'RE PROVIDING FOOD FOR ME.

I WAS PLAYING IN THEM.

AND SO PROVIDED SUCH A VITAL ROLE.

THERE'S THIS MISCONCEPTION LATINO COMMUNITY DOESN'T APPRECIATE THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT'S JUST THAT NOBODY HAS US ABOUT IT IN OUR LANGUAGE.

INTERESTING.

BUT YOU ACTUALLY PLANTED THE 1000 IN APRIL 10,000?

I'M SORRY, 10,003 A PRO AT ARBOR DAY.

WHAT OTHER TECHNIQUES HAVE YOU LEARNED?

YEAH.

SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE BASED ON HIS PRONING IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STUCK ON A SCARED OF THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING AND CUTTING SOME BRANCHES OFF.

AND SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF HANDS-ON.

BUT OTHER PEOPLE SEE IT AS A SCARY THING BECAUSE THING THEY'RE GOING TO HURT THE TREE WAS ACTUALLY AN AMAZING THING.

SUPPORT IT.

WHEN THERE'S LIKE 5 YEARS SINCE THE COVID, THE BIGGEST ONE IS TRAINING.

YOU WANT TO TRAIN THE TREE TO GROW UP A PROPER WAY.

SO IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WILL BE HUGE.

ANOTHER WANTED JUST KNOW HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR TRAINS AND LEARNING HOW TO TALK TO YOUR ALDERMAN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR OF THERE'S THIS TREE THAT'S NOT GOING TO TAKING CARE OF FULL COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT.

AND YOU HAVE, JOE, YOU WERE VERY SHORT ON TIME.

SO I JUST LAST QUESTION, 15 SECONDS.

YES, REAL QUICK.

WHAT CAN WE DO AS A COMMUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF TREES?

REAL QUICK TALKED TO