The 2021 Tree City USA Summary is out, and with it is great news for Wisconsin’s Urban Forests!

Wisconsin communities reported planting 29,370 trees and spending $48,120,648 on Urban Forestry Management.

There are 201 Tree City USA communities within the Wisconsin, and 59.75% of the state lives in a Tree City USA community. Of the previous Tree City USA communities, 99% have been recertified to the program!

We deeply appreciate the commitment to urban forestry demonstrated by our 2021 Tree City, Tree Campus and Tree Line USA participants. Thank you for your hard work.

Keep reading to see more community specific awards and highlights.

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We want to celebrate Ephraim and Ledgeview for their first year as a Tree City USA community. Ephraim is also the smallest community that is a Tree City USA community, with a population of 325.

We would also like to recognize Sheboygan for being Wisconsin’s longest-running active Tree City USA Community (44 years!) and the first Tree City of the World located in Wisconsin. Congratulations, Sheboygan! (Click here to find out how you can become a Tree City of the World.)

Tree City USA Growth Awards City (Years of Growth Awards): Bayfield (6 years), Bayside (9 years), Fond Du Lac (17 years) Fond Du Lac (17 years) Grand Chute (5 years), Greenfield (27 years), Hillsboro (8 years), La Crosse (4 years), Madison (17 years), Manitowoc (10 years), Mauston (4 years), Milwaukee (14 years), Monroe (11 years), Oconomowoc (6 years), Racine (7 years), Shawano (10), Sheboygan (3 years), Shorewood (4 years), Slinger (4 years), Stanley (2 years), Stevens Point (17 years), Town of Beloit (2 years), West Allis (10), Whitewater (12 years)

Tree City USA Participants City (years): Adams (27), Albany (18), Algoma (21), Allouez (26), Amery (6), Amherst (25), Antigo (29), Appleton (38), Ashwaubenon (29), Baraboo (30), Barron (4), Bayfield (22), Bayside (13), Beaver Dam (31), Belgium (10), Bellevue (19), Beloit (34), Brillion (22), Bristol (10), Brodhead (9), Brookfield (24), Brown Deer (25), Cambridge (16), Cedarburg (32), Chenequa (37), Chilton (28), City of Altoona (3), City of Gilett (5), City of South Milwaukee (3), City of Tomahawk (36), Clinton (19), Clintonville (32), Columbus (16), Combined Locks (29), Cottage Grove (26), Cudahy (31), De Pere (26), Deforest (17), Delafield (25), Delavan (32), Dodgeville (27), Dunn (15), Eau Claire (43), Edgar (26), Edgerton (4), Elkhart Lake (22), Elm Grove (32), Ephraim (1), Evansville (21), Fennimore (4), Fitchburg (25), Fond Du Lac (34), Fontana (34), Fort Atkinson (30), Fort McCoy (33), Fox Point (33), Franklin (21), Frederic (2), Fredonia (27), Fremont (26), Gays Mills (6), Germantown (18), Gilman (34), Glendale (24), Grafton (28), Grand Chute (18), Green Bay (40), Greendale (26), Greenfield (28), Green Lake (15), Greenville (21), Hales Corners (22), Hartford (31), Hillsboro (29), Hobart (23), Horicon (35), Hortonville (10), Howard (30), Hudson (12), Jackson (28), Janesville (18), Jefferson (28), Johnson Creek (17), Kaukauna (29), Kenosha (40), Kimberly (34), La Crosse (33), Lake Geneva (27), Lake Mills (30), Lancaster (7), Ledgeview (1), Little Chute (28), Madison (33), Manitowoc (39), Maple Bluff (20), Marinette (30), Marion (21), Marshfield (40), Mauston (8), Mayville (12), McFarland (12), Medford (33), Menasha (39), Menomonee Falls (22), Menomonie (32), Mequon (28), Merrill (36), Middleton (28), Milton (6), Milwaukee (43), Mineral Point (17), Monona (32), Monroe (34), Monticello (29), Mount Horeb (25), Muskego (23), Neenah (38), Nekoosa (2), New Berlin (20), New Glarus (27), New Holstein (19), New London (29), New Richmond (5), North Fond Du Lac (18), Oak Creek (22), Oakfield (17), Oconomowoc (29), Oconto (22), Onalaska (22), Osceola (14), Oshkosh (41), Owen (7), Paddock Lake (23), Pardeeville (3), Phillips (18), Pittsville (20), Platteville (14), Plover (29), Plymouth (29), Port Washington (27), Portage (27), Prairie du Chien (8), Princeton (14), Racine (24), Reedsburg (11), Rice Lake (31), Richland Center (23), River Falls (24), Rothschild (20), Schofield (4), Shawano (28), Sheboygan (44), Sherwood (20 years), Shorewood (25), Shorewood Hills (20), Slinger (10), Spooner (19), Stanley (6), Stevens Point (41), Stoughton (28), Stratford (6), Sturgeon Bay (28), Sun Prairie (28), Superior (23), The Village of Mukwonago (6 years), Thorp (29), Town of Beloit (5 years),  Town of Turtle (7), Two Rivers (28), Verona (27), Village of Athens (3), Village of Brooklyn (9), Village of Fox Crossing (16), Village of Palmyra (2), Village of River Hills (9), Village of Spencer (9), Village of Sussex (2), Village of Thiensville (7), Village of Waterford (25), Washburn (17), Watertown (33), Waukesha (43), Waunakee (20), Waupaca (28), Wausau (41), Wauwatosa (40), West Allis (39), West Bend (37), Weston (11), Weyauwega (27), Whitefish Bay (28), Whitewater (28), Whiting (16), Williams Bay (21), Wisconsin Dells (13), Wisconsin Rapids (33), Wonewoc (10)