Toronto’s tree canopy is among the city’s most precious assets and the deputy mayor, Norm Kelly, said today that the damage done by the December ice storm has reduced this essential green umbrella to perhaps its lowest level in recorded history. He spoke at a roundtable meeting of interested parties in Toronto today. Kelly said the canopy is at 25%, about 15 percent below the city’s established goal of having a tree cover shading as much as 40 percent of the community. According to Wikipedia, the tree canopy refers to the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms 680 News
