AP News—When Hurricane Katrina roared through New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward district two decades ago, it wiped out 200,000 trees across the city, which has struggled ever since to restore its tree canopy.
Those efforts will be set back by the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to terminate a $75 million grant to the Arbor Day Foundation, which was working to plant trees in neighborhoods that might not otherwise be able to afford them.