By Brooklyn Eagle Staff | Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Citywide – City of Forest Day, an initiative to encourage urban forest care, will take place across New York City on Saturday.

Organized by the Forest for All NYC coalition in partnership with NYC Parks and the Parks and Open Space Partners coalition, City of Forest Day will host over 150 free urban forest-related events for the fifth year running. The event aims to raise awareness around the importance of the city’s trees and how New Yorkers can take part in caring for them.

Events in Brooklyn include a free tour of Prospect Park, a Bed-Stuy tree identification tour, a block party with Partnerships for Parks and ample opportunities to plant and steward neighborhood street trees. The full list of events can be found on the Forest for All website.

New York City’s urban forest has received increased attention this year with the mayor’s release of the Urban Forest Plan in April, which lays out a roadmap for achieving 30% urban canopy cover citywide by 2040.

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