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Great & Future Trees of Newburgh

The Great Trees of Newburgh project aims to document, map, and preserve Newburgh’s ancient trees and to foster a vibrant culture of urban tree planting and stewardship.

Protecting ancient trees conserves biodiversity and cultural heritage for future generations. Perhaps most importantly, they remind us that a tree-lined, shady, walkable city of the future depends on us all taking action on the saying that, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

Great Trees of Newburgh Map created in partnership with thread collective; creative content from GNPC's 2025 Environmental Justice Fellows; historical research from Mary McTamaney; and tree expertise from Kevin Vasquez and Thomas Ching. Inspired by the Great Trees of Paris Map and supported in part by initial seed funding from Partners for Climate Action Hudson Valley and Awesome Newburgh Foundation.

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Newburgh’s trees belong to all of us. GNPC is inviting the community to protect the ones we have and plant many more through a citywide tree planting and maintenance program. Walk with us. Our city’s canopy depends on it.

Newburgh needs more trees & more people to take care of them.

Trees provide essential public health, economic, social and environmental benefits. Yet the City of Newburgh has lost over 4,000 trees in recent decades and has not prioritized replacing them.

Join the Conservancy in caring for the trees we have now and planting new trees for future generations. Help ensure we have the pollution absorption, stormwater mitigation, shade, cooler & safer streets, oxygen, biodiversity, habitat and other benefits that trees provide.

Trees are not just beautiful - they are an indispensable part of liveable urban communities.

WHAT BENEFITS DO TREES PROVIDE?

— Trees absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.
— Trees remove ozone, pollution and particulate matter from the air.
— Trees serve as food and shelter for other lifeforms (animals, fungus and other plants)
— Trees help retain stormwater, reduce flooding and prevent pollution from entering groundwater, streams and rivers.
— The environmental benefits of trees are directly related to tree size. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and water from the environment. Because this process takes place in a tree’s leaves and branches, the benefits increase as a tree grows in size. So it is in everyone’s interest to help trees grow and thrive!
— Trees filter the air and reduce pollutants in the air that trigger respiratory ailments such as asthma.
— Trees shade playgrounds, sidewalks, and parks, encouraging physical activity and overall fitness.
— Trees are aesthetically pleasing—beautifying our neighborhoods and streets.
— Trees can help to reduce crime.
— Trees enhance our emotional and mental health.
— Trees can even encourage drivers to slow down.
— Trees reduce the need for air conditioning in the summer by shading buildings.
— Trees help cool down the City of Newburgh
— Trees reduce the need for heat in the winter by serving as windbreaks.
According to the City’s Tree Inventory, Newburgh’s street trees bring the City an annual economic benefit value of over $500,000.
Greenhouse Gas Benefits by CO2 absorption: $4267.76
Water Benefits by preventing flooding and runoff : $42,390.66
Energy Benefits from shading and cooling: $208,445.08
Air Quality Benefits by producing oxygen: $31,089.04
Property Benefits from beautification: $222,083.22
TOTAL: $508,275.76
Trees also help to raise property values and to discourage redlining practices that harm black and brown neighborhoods in many ways, such as higher-than-market mortgage rates that put homeownership out of reach.