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Green spaces make people healthier and happier, but decades of systemic racism have left many people of color living in areas without access to nature.

Construction of the Capitol Annex Project threatens many historic, irreplaceable trees at Capitol Park.

Trees make our communities beautiful, but they do so much more than that. Learn more about the benefits of trees by watching this video.

Our hearts are with the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Stephon Clark and everyone whose lives have been impacted by injustice and race-based violence. Communities of color in the Sacramento region suffer from many of these same social ills that impact cities across our nation, and there is huge inequity between neighborhoods. Here is our promise to do our part to remedy this injustice.

Ashley Williams from Good Day Sacramento visited Urban Wood Rescue to learn more about how we are saving trees from the landfill.

The Sacramento Tree Foundation's Tree Hero Awards recognize the people, organizations, and trees that champion our urban forest and ensure a healthy, green legacy for future generations. Watch this video to find out who this year's winners are and to get inspired by all of the good work they do!

"The Sacramento Tree Foundation has come up with a novel way to manage wood waste from the urban forest. Through a program called Urban Wood Rescue, dead trees that normally would be chipped into mulch or sent to a landfill to decompose are turned into slabs of quality kiln-dried wood prized by artisans and do-it-yourselfers."

"An underground visitor center would be built in front of the state Capitol... as part of the project that has a group of conservationists concerned it could affect about 100 historic trees in Capitol Park."