A Global Concern

Accelerating climate change and its impact on both the environment and our quality of life have become a part of our everyday concerns. Globally, scientists predict an increase in extreme storms, extinction of animals, melting of our polar icecaps and severe droughts and floods.   Locally, it threatens our water supply, the health and productivity of our forests, and the safety and livability of our communities.

A Local Solution

Forterra is addressing this problem by partnering with individuals and local businesses to mitigate their carbon footprint through urban forest restoration. Forterra’s Green City Partnerships are community-based stewardship projects that restore urban forests by removing invasive plants, replanting native shrubs and trees, and monitoring the areas. 

A Smart Approach

Forterra is a national leader in urban forest restoration. Recognizing that successful urban reforestation requires long term maintenance and monitoring, we’ve developed 20-year strategic plans for individual cities. The current state of city forests is accessed and categorizes acres into nine different value and threat levels. These levels are placed into a “tree-iage” system where high value and low threat receives priority attention, while low value and high threat receives the least priority.

A Worthy Investment

Forterra’s Carbon Mitigation Program connects individuals and local businesses to our Green Cities Programs and allows them to invest in urban forest restoration in five cities across the region.  The cost to mitigate your carbon is comprised of the base field costs—such as invasive removal, site preparation, plant and planting materials, irrigation, and other maintenance necessary to ensure plant establishment and survival. 

Contact us for more information on Carbon Mitigation:

(206) 292-5907
info@forterra.org