Healthy Trees – Healthy People (HT-HP) is an outreach and education program created to enlist and train participants in exotic pest detection while providing them with structured opportunities to connect with urban nature and increase their physical and emotional health. HT- HP creates infrastructure to increase engagement by the urban populace in the urban tree canopy. The program solicits participants to engage in an 8-week intervention designed to expand capacity to detect non-native insect pests and pathogens, while increasing physical activity, raising awareness of healthy lifestyle choices, and improving the health of participants. Program participants were trained in tree and tree pest identification to provide ‘eyes on the ground’ that can contribute to exotic pest detection, reducing the risk of pest establishment, and increasing the sustainability of urban tree canopies. Participants in this pilot program reported significant improvements in their knowledge of tree identification and tree care, an awareness of, and ability to identify selected exotic invasive tree pests, and improved mindfulness. Healthy Trees – Healthy People is nimble, easily adaptable, and serves as a unique model that could include tailored tree identification and pest detection. The program can engage citizen scientists in exotic pest detection while increasing usage of urban parks.

健康的树木–健康的人（HT-HP）是一项推广和教育计划，旨在吸引和培训参与者进行外来有害生物的检测，同时为他们提供与城市自然联系并增强其身心健康的结构化机会。HT-HP建立了基础设施，以增加城市居民在城市树冠中的参与度。该计划要求参与者进行为期8周的干预，旨在扩大检测非本地病虫害和病原体的能力，同时增加体育锻炼，提高对健康生活方式选择的认识并改善参与者的健康。计划参与者接受了树木和树木有害生物识别方面的培训，以提供“地面上的眼睛”，有助于发现外来有害生物，从而减少有害生物形成的风险，并提高城市树冠的可持续性。该试点计划的参与者报告说，他们在树木识别和树木护理方面的知识有了显着提高，对选定的外来入侵性树木害虫的认识和能力得到了提高，并且提高了正念。健康的树木–健康的人灵活，容易适应，并且可以作为独特的模型，其中包括量身定制的树木识别和害虫检测。该计划可以使公民科学家参与外来有害生物的发现，同时增加城市公园的使用率。