The Atlanta City Council has tripled penalties for illegal tree removals and enacted strict preservation requirements, increasing fines to $200,000 per acre for unpermitted removals and requiring ...

“The City of Atlanta 2018 percent urban tree canopy coverage for 2018 was 46.5%, a slight decrease from 2014 and almost 1.5% less than 2008, which equated to an estimated .43 acres of canopy ...

Tree service companies also must register with the city to improve accountability. When it comes to Atlanta’s famous trees, a study from Georgia Tech found the city’s canopy coverage dropped ...