I had always heard Sacramento had more trees than Paris, rather than second, and now we have been relegated to eighth.
However, the good news is that the counts are now becoming more accurate; and we are still planting millions of trees.
An excerpt.
L.A. sets goal to plant 1 million saplings
Race is on, and Sacramento may lose standing among world's great tree cities
By Laura Mecoy -- Bee Los Angeles BureauPublished 12:01 am PDT Tuesday, September 5, 2006
LOS ANGELES -- Watch out, Sacramento, City of Trees.
The City of Angels is making a run at your reputation -- and your claim to fame is already in doubt.
Los Angeles may be more renowned for its sprawl, smog and celebrities than its trees.
But it could challenge Sacramento's tree-loving status with a "Million Trees L.A." tree-planting campaign its mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, plans to officially launch Sept. 30.
"If you add a million trees to Los Angeles … it could begin to give the City of Trees a run for its money," said Greg McPherson, U.S. Forest Service Center for Urban Forest Research director.
Sacramento tree boosters beg to differ.
"We will stay one good shade tree ahead of them," promised Ray Tretheway, Sacramento Tree Foundation executive director and city councilman.
He said the Sacramento region is launching its own drive to plant 4 million trees in Sacramento and five surrounding counties over the next 40 years.
