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# Why saving our mature trees matters (ft. Dan Herms)
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/why-saving-our-mature-trees-matters-ft-dan-herms/
- Published: 2022-05-04T19:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-14T16:37:02.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: Dan Herms, climate change, tree preservation, flooding in Detroit

Mature trees are more important than ever.

Our climate is changing, with Metro Detroit on pace in a best case to feel like northern Arkansas within a lifetime; and worst, Texas.

So how do we protect the trees we have?

What trees should we be thinking of planting so they survive climate change?

We get into all of that and more with Dan Herms, Vice President of Research and Development for The Davey Tree Expert Company.

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