Nearly 3,500 trees make up Governors Island’s canopy, providing essential benefits for Island visitors and all New Yorkers: they capture and remove pollution from the air, help mitigate climate change by absorbing and sequestering carbon dioxide, reduce runoff and other flooding during weather events, help cool our communities, and foster critical biodiversity. Join the Governors Island Nature team for a free guided tour on October 4, 2025, in honor of City of Forest Day. Meet at the Soissons Landing Welcome Center. Please register at the link below.