<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4DtZ5p_1H1sPMK600" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4DtZ5p_1H1sPMK600" width="1250" height="703" ><figcaption>The Green City Coalition, City of St. Louis Tornado Recovery Office, the Forestry Division, Forest ReLeaf and the Academy Sherman Park Neighborhood Association collaborated to plant a hundred trees in a cleared vacant lot on Enright Avenue. (Spectrum News / John Gerding)</figcaption></figure>ST. LOUIS—The early stretch of November has sprouted new life in St. Louis throughout the area impacted by the May 2025 tornado. Over 5,000 trees fell and/or were removed following the tornado, and city officials vowed to replant what was lost. As part of the Regreening North St. Louis Initiative, the Forestry Division spent the first week this month planting 2,300 trees alongside city roadways. Dozens of forestry workers tackled the staggering amount, faster than expected.“It was a challenge and we were all nervous about going into it,” said St. Louis Commissioner of Forestry Alan Jankowski. “Figured it'd take us a month or so to get all the trees in the ground, but as we started rolling through the process, we got more and more trees in every day. I credit the crew.”Forestry workers planted nearly 20 different species of trees while taking into account neighbors’ feelings. Since the tornado, crews planted 2,700 trees in impacted parks, including Forest Park and O’Fallon Fountain Park.Another effort to improve the city’s tree canopy was underway on Veteran’s Day. The Green City Coalition, City of St. Louis Tornado Recovery Office, the Forestry Division, Forest ReLeaf and the Academy Sherman Park Neighborhood Association collaborated to plant 100 trees in a cleared vacant lot on Enright Avenue.“This coming year, you can expect these trees to be looking okay at the grass to grow in, for it to be nicely maintained for some of the flowers to pop,” said Director of Green City Coalition Mike Ziegler. “In ten years, imagine a lot more shade. These trees are bigger. We (also) have a paved bike lane or bike path going through. In 50 years, imagine just a really beautiful, stately, almost small little forest in the middle of the Academy neighborhood.”Until recently, the land remained covered in debris from the tornado. Now, it’ll serve as a connector an incoming Great Rivers Greenway project to the north.“We knew the Greenway was coming in right up here in 2027, when we were looking at the neighborhood planner designs,” said Chief Recovery Officer of St. Louis Recovery Office Julian Nicks. “That’s what gave us the vision of how we can actually connect the neighborhood and the residents here into that beautiful asset going to be coming into this neighborhood while still planning to build housing all around it.”The second phase of the project will be the coalition working with residents for placemaking activities. Some more likely possibilities include signage, artwork, seating and fencing. The city said replacing vacant lots with a tree canopy is an effort to attract residents back to the city. Nicks says shade provided by trees can reduce heat by 14 degrees, lower the overall cost of utility bills, improve water mitigation and increase property values by 15-20%.“Trees make a spot beautiful and looks like a place that you want to live,” said Nicks. “So, it serves as many different functions, both in recovery but also more broadly in our neighborhoods.”</div></body>

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ST. LOUIS—The early stretch of November has sprouted new life in St. Louis throughout the area impacted by the May 2025 tornado. Over 5,000 trees fell and/or were removed following the tornado, and city officials vowed to replant what was lost. As part of the Regreening North St. Louis Initiative, the Forestry Division spent the first week this month planting 2,300 trees alongside city roadways. Dozens of forestry workers tackled the staggering amount, faster than expected.

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ST. LOUIS—The early stretch of November has sprouted new life in St. Louis throughout the area impacted by the May 2025 tornado. Over 5,000 trees fell and/

St. Louis using trees to restore tornado-impacted zones

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