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North Las Vegas forester: rising heat is exceeding trees' tolerance; city shifts to heat‑tolerant plantings
Summary
Municipal forester Eddie Rodriguez told the advisory board that rising temperatures have begun to exceed the heat tolerance of many commonly planted trees, and described the city's shift to species selection, deeper watering, mulch, grouped plantings and restrained pruning to improve survival.
Eddie Rodriguez, municipal forester for the City of North Las Vegas, told the Parks, Arts, Recreation and Culture Advisory Board on Oct. 14 that rising daytime and nighttime temperatures are stressing and killing many common trees in the Las Vegas Valley and explained the city’s new strategy to improve urban tree survival.
Rodriguez said a study covering 1970–2022 found average temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley have increased about 6 degrees Fahrenheit, making it among the fastest‑warming U.S. cities, and that climate projections show average increases of 7–9 degrees by midcentury. “We are starting to see trees and plants fail throughout the valley,” Rodriguez said, citing a Southern Nevada Water Authority‑related analysis that predicted many…
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