Two Decades After Hurricane Katrina, Work to Restore Tree Canopy Damaged by the Storm Continues

LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 28, 2025--

In the 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, the Arbor Day Foundation has helped plant and distribute more than 160,000 trees in forests and communities hit by the historic storm. Still, according to the tree planting nonprofit, the work is far from over.

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Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, the effort to replant a lost tree canopy still continues. The Arbor Day Foundation’s most recent planting in February brought dozens of new trees to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood.

“The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina was unlike anything our country had experienced before. Even 20 years later, the pain still fee