In the Inland Empire, tree cover is hard to come by. Less than 10% of the Inland Empire is covered by tree canopy, and the region has fewer trees per person than any other area of California. And we know that trees are critically important for air quality, preventing more than a million respiratory symptoms and hundreds of thousands of school absences in the U.S. every year.

The good news is that there’s an easy fix: planting trees. When you make your Clean Air Pledge, commit to planting a tree for California Clean Air Day on October 6, 2021.

2021 Inland Empire Regional Working Group

Mark Cloud, Southern California Edison

Casey Dailey, Western Riverside Council of Governments

Michelle Decker, The Community Foundation

Kareem Gongora, San Bernardino Board of Supervisors

James Hayes, Riverside City College

Margaret Hill, San Bernardino City Unified School District

Tonya Huff, Riverside City College

Francis Mitalo, UCR Sustainability Office

Fortino Morales III, University of Riverside

Kristine D. Scott,  Council Member, Rancho Cucamonga

Deepika Srivastava, Redlands Unified

Lynniece Warren, CSU San Bernardino