Edwards says the area outside her home in the Lower 9th Ward was completely covered in water. “I guess we were surprised because it has never flooded like this here before,” Edwards said.

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As CEO of the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development, Arthur Johnson is trying to get the community to see the value in tree planting. For Johnson, the sudden reversal has ...

Volunteers planted trees in January in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. Trees can help protect neighborhoods from extreme heat and air pollution.

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Those are trees that largely low-income residents otherwise couldn’t afford to plant or maintain, said the 71-year-old Johnson, who runs a local nonprofit, the Lower 9th Ward Center for ...

If those trees aren’t replaced and more aren’t continually added, “it really takes a toll on the sustainability of the Lower 9th Ward and its community.” The benefits of trees are vast.