USDA Forest Service Chief, Tom Tidwell, tsis ntev los no tau hais ntawm lub Society of American Foresters lub rooj sib tham txhua xyoo. Nov yog qhov nws tau hais txog hauv nroog thiab zej zog hav zoov:
"Nrog ntau dua 80 feem pua ntawm cov neeg Amelikas nyob hauv cheeb tsam nroog, Kev Pabcuam Hav Zoov tau nthuav peb txoj haujlwm hauv cov chaw xws li New York, Philadelphia, thiab Los Angeles. America muaj 100 lab acres ntawm nroog hav zoov, thiab los ntawm peb Kev Pabcuam Nroog thiab Zej Zog Forestry, peb tab tom muab kev pab rau 8,550 cov zej zog, tsev rau ntau tshaj li ib nrab ntawm peb cov pejxeem. Peb lub hom phiaj yog kev sib txuas txuas ntxiv ntawm thaj chaw muaj kev noj qab haus huv hav zoov, los ntawm thaj chaw nyob deb roob moj sab qhua mus rau qhov chaw zoo nkauj hauv nroog, chaw ua si, thiab txoj kev ntsuab.
Ib qho kev sib koom ua ke kho dua tshiab rau thaj chaw hauv nroog yog Urban Waters Federal Partnership. Lub Tsev Dawb tau tshaj tawm txoj kev koom tes hauv lub Rau Hli kawg hauv Baltimore. Nws suav nrog 11 lub koomhaum tseemfwv txawv tebchaws, thiab nws tau tsim los kho kev noj qab haus huv ntawm cov dej hauv nroog, feem ntau ntawm lawv tsawg kawg yog qee qhov hav zoov. Xya qhov chaw tsav tsheb tau raug xaiv, thiab Kev Pabcuam Hav Zoov tau ua tus thawj coj ntawm peb ntawm lawv - hauv Baltimore, qhov chaw uas cov dej ntws ntawm Patapsco River thiab Jones Falls nyob rau hauv thaj chaw nyob deb nroog mus rau sab qaum teb thiab sab hnub poob; nyob rau hauv Denver, qhov uas peb tab tom ua hauj lwm nrog Denver Dej los kho cov hav zoov hav zoov uas puas los ntawm Hayman hluav taws nyob rau hauv 2002; thiab nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob Indiana, ib feem ntawm cheeb tsam Chicago loj dua, qhov uas peb tab tom ua haujlwm dhau Chicago Wilderness. "