Tampa’s urban tree canopy is decreasing, and tree advocates explained it’s happening at an alarming rate. On Thursday, the city council will hear from advocates about Tampa's tree canopy analysis reviewing data from the last five years. One of the founding members of the Tampa Tree Advocacy Group, Carroll Ann Bennett, explains that trees offer a lot of economic and environmental benefits. "They save the city several million dollars a year in costs like avoided runoff, flood mitigation, cooling and health benefits," she said. "They are being cut down at an alarming rate and it is getting to a critical point." MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/tech/science/environment/tampa-tree-canopy-declining/67-c3fd3d38-d47a-42d2-bb9d-d85d08171d50 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay