The 22 trees planted in the arboretum are part of a larger Cal Fire grant to add 312 trees across the Ravenswood City School District
Volunteers Ken Wang, left, Mary Dateo, center, and Cairo Simmons, right, plant trees at Los Robles Ronald McNair Academy on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in East Palo Alto, Calif. The tree planting event on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will qualify Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy as California’s first accredited arboretum on a K-12 public school campus.
“In general, East Palo Alto has about 15% tree canopy, significantly lower compared to other cities,” said JP Arnaud, executive director of Canopy. “With the lack of trees, it takes away that sense of community that people have.”, which surveys canopy cover across U.S. neighborhoods, many Palo Alto areas have 30-40% coverage, while Atherton boasts 40-50%. The Tree Equity Score targets 30% canopy coverage for every neighborhood.
“When there are no trees around, people don’t have protection from the heat, since trees generally cool the air by about 7 degrees,” Arnaud said. “Standing in the shade versus in the sun can feel up to 30 degrees cooler during extreme heat.”As Peninsula cities experience rapid development, tree planting and protection are often overlooked due to “limited resources, competing priorities, historical development, and urbanization patterns,” according to Canopy.
Volunteers Phoebe Tobias, left, and her father Paul Tobias, center, dig a hole during a tree planting event at Los Robles Ronald McNair Academy on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in East Palo Alto, Calif. The tree planting event on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will qualify Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy as California’s first accredited arboretum on a K-12 public school campus.
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