Watch North Las Vegas tree giveaway draws big crowd, continues momentum for improving urban canopy in the valley North Las Vegas tree giveaway draws big crowd, continues momentum for improving ...

Yet as we celebrate those forests and the roughly 22 million acres they cover — approximately half of the state — the urban tree canopy also deserves attention. “Trees provide a lot of benefits.

Research shows parts of North Las Vegas and the east valley have the least amount of tree canopy in the Las Vegas metro area and subsequently feel the worst impacts from what's known as the urban ...