As the colors of autumn entice us to do some foliage watching, many people in Pittsburgh need look no further than their nearby neighborhoods.
According to the U.S. Forest Service and the University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Lab, 42 percent of Pittsburgh is covered by tree canopy. That’s more than green cities like Portland, Washington D.C., Austin and Philadelphia. Despite our reputation as an industrial town, Pittsburgh has one of the largest urban forests in the country. So how did these forests form? What is an urban forest and where can they be found?
Urban forester Brian Wolyniak joins us along with Heather Mikulas, the Agricultural Marketing and Economic Development Educator for the Penn State Cooperative Extension of Allegheny County, a land grant institution that provides teaching, research and service to local residents, businesses and organizations.
