PLYMOUTH, Minnesota ( WCCO ) -- The City of Plymouth is the first in Minnesota to help monitor tree health with data using artificial technology.

Leaf by leaf, Conor Nolan, who's a navigator for Greehill Smart Tree Inventories, showed WCCO a new kind of data collection he does on a daily basis, driving no more than 23 miles per hour.

"So what's happening is the scanners in the back are spinning around," Nolan said while describing the technology.

You'll likely see those scanners on this vehicle roaming Plymouth streets for the first few weeks in August.

They're collecting information from the roughly 40,000 trees covering Plymouth city parks, roads and other public spots, looking for dying trees with drooping leaves that could soon spell problems.

"Hopefully, the idea is to lower th

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