Tree Removal Trends FY 2020 Quarterly Trends FY 2014 FY 2020 Trends - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Tree Removal Trends FY 2020 Quarterly Trends FY 2014 – FY 2020 Trends DDH and Illegal Tree Removal Tree Replanting Presentation by The Tree Next Door using annual & quarterly reports provided by the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning. Visit treenextdoor.org for more information

FY 2020 Quarterly Trends

Private Property Trees Permitted To Be Taken Down By Quarter During Fiscal Year 2020* - City of Atlanta 224 110 4,500 202 4,000 Illegally Cut Trees 3,500 1,747 1,745 224 (including DBH unknown) 1,535 3,000 Healthy Trees Permitted 1,051 2,500 2,000 Dead/Dying/Hazardous (DDH) Trees Permitted 1,500 2,462 2,461 2,282 1,935 1,000 500 0 FY 2020 - 1st Qtr FY 2020 - 2nd Qtr FY 2020 - 3rd Qtr FY 2020 - 4th Qtr *A fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 of each calendar year. FY 2020 – 4 th Qtr is the 2 nd Qtr of calendar year 2020, and includes the initial months of the COVID-19 shutdown, although construction workers and tree cutters were considered “essential workers” and allowed to work. Chart created by The Tree Next Door using quarterly reports provided by the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning. Visit treenextdoor.org for more information.

Private Property Trees Lost and Replaced By Quarter During Fiscal Year 2020* - City of Atlanta Net Tree Loss in 4 th Qtr: 2,274 % Trees Replaced in 4 th Qtr: 30% 3 rd Qtr: 2,129 3 rd Qtr: 47% 4,430 4,319 4,032 3,210 4,500 4,000 Trees Replaced 3,500 1,969 3,000 1,857 Healthy Trees Lost 1,750 (including DBH unknown) 2,500 1,883 1,903 1,275 1,604 2,000 Total Trees Lost (inclduing 1,500 DDH trees) 936 1,000 500 0 FY 2020 - 1st Qtr FY 2020 - 2nd Qtr FY 2020 - 3rd Qtr FY 2020 - 4th Qtr *A fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 of each calendar year. FY 2020 – 4 th Qtr is the 2 nd Qtr of calendar year 2020, and includes the initial months of the COVID-19 shutdown, although construction workers and tree cutters were considered “essential workers” and allowed to work. Chart created by The Tree Next Door using quarterly reports provided by the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning. Visit treenextdoor.org for more information.

Private Property Tree Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) By Quarter During Fiscal Year 2020* - City of Atlanta Net Tree Inches Lost in 4 th Qtr: 55,856 % Tree Inches Replaced in 4 th Qtr: 5% 3 rd Qtr: 65,458 3 rd Qtr: 9% 82,929 77,073 71,655 Inches Replaced 58,543 90,000 80,000 70,000 Healthy Inches Lost (excluding DBH 60,000 unknown) 30,531 28,962 50,000 27,829 19,047 Total Inches Lost 40,000 (including DDH trees) 30,000 20,000 6,232 6,197 4,992 2,687 10,000 0 FY 2020 - 1st Qtr FY 2020 - 2nd Qtr FY 2020 - 3rd Qtr FY 2020 - 4th Qtr *A fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 of each calendar year. FY 2020 – 4 th Qtr is the 2 nd Qtr of calendar year 2020, and includes the initial months of the COVID-19 shutdown, although construction workers and tree cutters were considered “essential workers” and allowed to work. Chart created by The Tree Next Door using quarterly reports provided by the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning. Visit treenextdoor.org for more information.

FY 2014 – 2020 Annual Trends

Private Property Trees Permitted To Be Taken Down By Fiscal Year* - City of Atlanta 601 773 16,000 276 250 27 71 14,000 36 Illegally Cut Trees 6,078 (including DBH 12,000 7,755 unknown) 7,158 7,144 6,374 5,991 7,617 10,000 Healthy Trees Permitted 8,000 Dead/Dying/Hazardous 6,000 (DDH) Trees Permitted 9,140 7,579 4,000 7,188 7,013 6,898 6,875 5,985 2,000 0 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 *A fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 of each calendar year. FY 2020 includes the initial three months of the COVID-19 shutdown, although construction workers and tree cutters were considered “essential workers” and allowed to work. Chart created by The Tree Next Door using quarterly reports provided by the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning. Visit treenextdoor.org for more information.

Private Property Trees Lost and Replaced By Fiscal Year* - City of Atlanta Net Trees Lost in FY 2020: 9,665 % Trees Replaced in FY 2020: 40% FY 2019: 9,228 in FY 2019: 42% 15,991 15,935 14,622 14,269 13,629 Trees Replaced 13,343 13,040 16,000 14,000 Healthy Trees Lost 12,000 8,356 7,644 (including DBH 7,394 7,434 6,851 10,000 6,445 8,136 6,027 unknown) 6,707 6,542 8,000 6,326 6,294 6,326 5,591 Total Trees Lost 6,000 (including DDH 4,000 trees) 2,000 0 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 *A fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 of each calendar year. FY 2020 includes the initial three months of the COVID-19 shutdown, although construction workers and tree cutters were considered “essential workers” and allowed to work. Chart created by The Tree Next Door using annual & quarterly reports provided by the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning. Visit treenextdoor.org for more information.

Private Property Tree Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) By Fiscal Year* - City of Atlanta Net Tree Inches Lost in FY 2020: 270,092 % Tree inches Replaced in FY 2020: 7% FY 2019: 273,411 FY 2019: 7% 294,574 290,200 278,313 264,829 258,872 249,035 244,251 Inches Replaced 300,000 250,000 Healthy Inches Lost 200,000 (excluding DBH 127,606 121,469 123,308 110,286 106,639 105,679 unknown) 96,337 150,000 Total Inches Lost 100,000 (including DDH trees) 26,168 21,280 21,163 19,519 20,500 20,108 50,000 17,632 0 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 *A fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 of each calendar year. FY 2020 includes the initial three months of COVID-19 shutdowns, although construction workers and tree cutters were considered “essential workers” and allowed to work. Chart created by The Tree Next Door using annual & quarterly reports provided by the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning. Visit treenextdoor.org for more information.

DDH and Illegal Tree Removal

Private Property Trees Permitted for Removal The percentage of trees removed as DDH or illegally has increased significantly over the past... four quarters of FY Year 2020* 70% 60% 60% 57% 57% 56% 49% 49% 52% 50% 50% 49% 48% 48% 48% 40% 40% 39% 38% Dead, Dying or Hazardous (DDH) Trees 33% 30% Healthy Trees 20% Illegally Cut Trees (including DBH unknown) 10% 7% 5% 5% 4% 3% 2% 2% 1% 0% FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2020 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr *A fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 of each calendar year. 4 th quarter of FY 2020 is the 2 nd quarter of calendar year 2020, and includes the initial months of the COVID-19 shutdown, although construction workers and tree cutters were considered “essential workers” and allowed to work. Chart created by The Tree Next Door using annual & quarterly reports provided by the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning. Visit treenextdoor.org for more information.

Private Property Trees Permitted as Dead, Dying, or Hazardous (DDH) Less than 2% of DDH tree permit applications were denied during the first three months of COVID-19 (FY 2020 4 th Qtr) FY Year 2020* Quarters 98% 100% 86% 85% 83% 90% 85% 81% 81% 79% 80% 70% 60% 60% 57% 57% 56% 49% 49% 52% 50% 50% 49% 48% 48% 48% 40% 40% 39% 38% 33% 30% 20% 10% DDH Approval Rate DDH Trees Permitted Healthy Trees Permitted 0% FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2020 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr *A fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 of each calendar year. 4 th quarter of FY 2020 is the 2 nd quarter of calendar year 2020, and includes the initial months of the COVID-19 shutdown, although construction workers and tree cutters were considered “essential workers” and allowed to work. Chart created by The Tree Next Door using annual & quarterly reports provided by the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning. Visit treenextdoor.org for more information.

Private Property Illegal Tree Cutting The percentage of trees cut illegally sharply increased in FY 2020, especially during the first three months of COVID-19 (FY 2020 4 th Qtr) FY Year 2020* Quarters 20% 18% 18% Healthy Trees (including DBH unknown) 16% 14% 12% 11% 12% Total Trees (including DDH trees) 10% 8% 7% 7% 6% 5% 5% 6% 4% 4% 3% 3% 4% 1% 2% 2% 1% 2% 0% FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2020 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr *A fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 of each calendar year. 4 th quarter of FY 2020 is the 2 nd quarter of calendar year 2020, and includes the initial months of the COVID-19 shutdown, although construction workers and tree cutters were considered “essential workers” and allowed to work. Chart created by The Tree Next Door using annual & quarterly reports provided by the City of Atlanta Department of City Planning. Visit treenextdoor.org for more information.

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