“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 ...

In a unanimous vote Monday night, the Atlanta City Council approved the Tree Protection Ordinance, the first update to the city’s ordinance on removing trees since 2001.

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

Atlanta City Council passed a new version of the tree protection ordinance, a complex task that has divided real estate professionals and environmentalists.

The city’s goal is to bring tree coverage back to 50% of the city's land. That coverage had dropped at least 46.5% as of 2018 as development surged in the city limits.