Trees and other native plants help make our world more sustainable.  We constantly emphasize the importance of planting diverse selection of species appropriate to each site, and provide education and information about the benefits that those tree and plant species provide.  We promote the benefits of a diverse shade tree population that reduces energy consumption in our homes and businesses, of native plants that add more organic matter to the soil and clean our precious waters, or of trees and plants that create more sources of food and shelter to benefit song birds, game birds, amphibians, pollinators, and other wildlife.