Restoring Trees to the Landscape: Creating “Shovel-Ready” Jobs Across the United States
Build Back Better: Rebooting the U.S. Economy After COVID-19

Synopsis
Congress could immediately create hundreds of thousands of jobs while advancing a cleaner economy by investing in restoring trees. Jobs on tree planting crews, in nurseries, and as foresters are literally “shovel-ready,” and support the single largest near-term opportunity for carbon dioxide removal at scale in the United States.
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