A Specialized Data Crawler for Urban Wood Information | Forest Products Journal
https://meridian.allenpress.com/fpj/article/73/4/3... [Urban Wood Utilization] [Reclaimed Wood] [Journal Article] 2023
R. Edward Thomas; Omar Espinoza
A Specialized Data Crawler for Urban Wood Information. The Internet is composed of >50 billion Web pages and grows larger every day. As the number of links and specialty subject areas increases, it becomes ever more difficult to find pertinent information. For some subject areas, special purpose data crawlers continually search the Internet for specific information; examples include real estate, air travel, auto sales, and others. , targeted crawlers and knowledge databases), also allows the...

Publication Search | US Forest Service Research and Development
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch?text=%... [Urban Forestry] [Unclassified/Other]

Agov website belongs to an official government. Treesearch Displaying 1 - 10 of 75 Publications. Urban forests as habitat for people and wildlife. The actions urban forest managers, ecologists, and community stewards undertake to. on ecological communities and biodiversity, and how urban and community plans, policies, and actions can make a. Cocroft, Susannah B Lerman, Patricia N Klein, Phillip. Urban Forest Management Motivations and Practices in Relation to a Large-Scale Tree Planting In...

A tale of urban forest patch governance in four eastern US cities | US Forest Service Research and Development
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/64835... [Urban Forestry] [Unclassified/Other]

Abstract Urban forests are important components of societal interactions with nature. We focused on urban forest patches, a distinct and underexplored subset of the urban forest that spans land uses and ownerships, and requires silvicultural practices to address their unique biophysical characteristics and management regimes. Our goal was to elucidate multi-scalar urban forest patch governance arrangements as they translated to on-the-ground management in four urban areas (Chicago, New York Ci...

The tree cover and temperature disparity in US urbanized areas: Quantifying the association with income across 5,723 communities
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/62536... [Urban Forestry] [Health and Safety] [Journal Article] 2021
Robert I McDonald, Tanushree Biswas, Cedilla Sachar, Ian Housman, Timothy M. Boucher, Deborah Balk, David Nowak, Erica Spotswood, Charlotte K. Stanley, Stefan Leyk
Abstract Urban tree cover provides benefits to human health and well-being, but previous studies suggest that tree cover is often inequitably distributed. Here, we use National Agriculture Imagery Program digital ortho photographs to survey the tree cover inequality for Census blocks in US large urbanized areas, home to 167 million people across 5,723 municipalities and other Census-designated places. We compared tree cover to summer land surface temperature, as measured using Landsat imagery....

Comparing i-Tree Eco Estimates of Particulate Matter Deposition with Leaf and Canopy Measurements in an Urban Mediterranean Holm Oak Forest
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/62545... [Urban Forestry] [Environment and Sustainability] [Journal Article] 2021
Rocco Pace, Gabriele Guidolotti, Chiara Baldacchini, Emanuele Pallozzi, Rüdiger Grote, David J. Nowak, Carlo Calfapietra
Trees and urban forests remove particulate matter (PM) from the air through the deposition of particles on the leaf surface, thus helping to improve air quality and reduce respiratory problems in urban areas. Leaf deposited PM, in turn, is either resuspended back into the atmosphere, washed off during rain events or transported to the ground with litterfall. The net amount of PM removed depends on crown and leaf characteristics, air pollution concentration, and weather conditions, such as wind...

Modeling lives saved from extreme heat by urban tree cover
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/62532... [Urban Forestry] [Health and Safety] [Journal Article] 2021
Paramita Sinha, Robert C. Coville, Satoshi Hirabayashi, Brian Lim, Theodore A. Endreny, David J. Nowak
Urban tree cover contributes to human well-being through a variety of ecosystem services. In this study, we focus on the role that trees can play in reducing temperature during warm seasons and associated impacts on human health and well-being. We introduce a method for quantifying and valuing changes in premature mortality from extreme heat due to the changes in urban tree cover and apply this method to Baltimore City, Maryland. The model i-Tree Cool Air uses a water and energy balance to es...

Using climate analogues and vulnerability metrics to inform urban tree species selection in a changing climate: The case for Canadian cities
https://www.fs.usda.gov/psw/publications/vandoorn/... [Urban Forestry] [Management and Market] [Journal Article] 2022
Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Camilo Ordoñez, Natalie S Van Doorn, Andrew Hirons, Christian Messier
Our approach is a potential tool to aid urban tree selection and integrate climate change into urban forest management. Here, we present an empirical approach combining the use of climate analogues and. Using vulnerability metrics, tree species in both locations can then be compared and species at risk of future climate change. can be identified and substituted with species known to be resilient to climatic changes in the other location. Using Canadian cities as a case study, we show how our...

Using climate analogues and vulnerability metrics to inform urban tree species selection in a changing climate: The case for Canadian cities | US Forest Service Research and Development
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/65140... [Urban Forestry] [] [Journal Article]

Abstract Urban forests provide ecosystem services to more than 4.2 billion people living in cities; however, the provision of these services is threatened by climate change. Cities will experience novel, warmer climates that will impact tree species survival. Here, we present an empirical approach combining the use of climate analogues and vulnerability metrics to guide urban tree species selection. Climate analogues can be used to identify where the current climate in a given location is sim...

Urban forests as habitat for people and wildlife
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/66357... [Urban Forestry] [] [Journal Article] 2023
Alexandreana Cocroft, Susannah B. Lerman, Patricia N. Klein, Phillip Rodbell
The actions urban forest managers, ecologists, and community stewards undertake to review and comment on new development plans and to plant, remove, and otherwise manage trees in cities have implications for local wildlife habitat and biodiversity. Far too often, these influences do not receive enough attention unless threatened and endangered species are present, or if residents make it an issue. This article puts a spotlight on the impacts of urbanization on ecological communities and biodiv...

A socio-ecological approach to align tree stewardship programs with public health benefits in marginalized neighborhoods in Los Angeles, USA | US Forest Service Research and Development
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/64865... [Urban Forestry] [Health and Safety] [Journal Article] 2022
Edith B. de Guzman, Francisco J. Escobedo, Rachel O'Leary
Abstract Extreme heat in the United States is a leading cause of weather-related deaths, disproportionately affecting low-income communities of color who tend to live in substandard housing with limited indoor cooling and fewer trees. Trees in cities have been documented to improve public health in many ways and provide climate regulating ecosystem services via shading, absorbing, and transpiring heat, measurably reducing heat-related illnesses and deaths. by planting trees in marginalized nei...

A Passion for Connecting Communities to Urban Forestry | US Forest Service Research and Development
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/psw/news/featured... [Urban Forestry] [Education] [Web Page] 2023
Hilary Clark
Francisco Escobedo stands on a rocky outcropping by a lake in Inyo National Forest. As a social scientist for the Pacific Southwest Research Station, Francisco Escobedo thinks a lot about his audience and how to reach them. His career has mainly focused on studying and promoting the socioeconomic benefits of trees in and around cities, known as urban forestry. He feels these population centers are where his work can make the most impact. According to the World Bank, roughly 4.4 billion peopl...

ScienceDirect: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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Urban and Community Forestry Grants - 2023 Grant Awards | US Forest Service
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forest... [Environment and Sustainability] [Urban Forestry] [Web Page] 2023
USDA Forest Service
Trees make a difference. Studies show that communities with access to trees and green spaces are associated with improved health outcomes, reduced crime, lower average temperatures, and an influx of other kinds of investments and new economic opportunities. Through funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, the Forest Service is making historic investments in boosting the nation’s tree cover in urban, suburban and rural communities nationwide. The agency has selected 385 grant proposals from enti...

The city's new urban forester has big plans for Asheville's tree canopy | Mountain Xpress
https://mountainx.com/news/the-citys-new-urban-for... [Urban Forestry] [Education] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2023
Storms Reback
The city s new urban forester has big plans for Asheville s tree canopy. Posted on September 29, 2023September 25, 2023 by Storms Reback. SEEKING SHADE: Earlier this year, the City of Asheville hired Keith Aitken as its first urban forester. Among Aitken s many goals are to restore and increase the city s total tree canopy coverage. As progressive as Asheville is, when it comes to protecting its tree canopy, it lags far behind many municipalities. Ed Macie, who served as the US Forest Servi...

The Bronx is Blooming receives $5M urban forestry grant from USDA
https://www.bxtimes.com/the-bronx-is-blooming-5m-f... [Urban Forestry] [Environment and Sustainability] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2023
Bronx Times
The Bronx is Blooming, a non-profit organization actively working to address long-standing environmental injustices in the Bronx, is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded a $5 million Urban & Community Forestry grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, through funding from the Inflation Reduction Act....

Survey of Durango’s public treescape will inform long-term plans for urban forest – The Durango Herald
https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/survey-of-d... [Urban Forestry] [Education] [Unclassified/Other]

Weather data from The Durango Herald and WeatherKit. Survey of Durango s public treescape will inform long-term plans for urban forest. By Christian Burney Herald Staff Writer. Wednesday, Oct 4, 2023 5:00 AM Tree health, present and future shade and equitable distribution among factors under consideration. Lexie Anderson, a tree inventory specialist with PlanIT Geo, measures a tree in Fassbinder Park on Thursday as she surveys trees in Durango. Lexie Anderson, a tree inventory specialist wi...

UAlbany receiving $5 million to study urban forests and climate adaptation | WAMC
https://www.wamc.org/news/2023-10-04/ualbany-recei... [Urban Forestry] [Unclassified/Other]

UAlbany receiving $5 million to study urban forests and climate adaptation. Published October 4, 2023 at 10:37 AM EDT Numerous communities throughout the Northeast are receiving federal funding to expand and study urban forests. The Forest Service is spending $1 billion to expand access to trees and greenspaces nationwide. In New York s Capital Region, the city of Albany is getting nearly $2 million to prune all 20,000 street trees. Albany is also aiming to plant 2,025 trees by 2025. The ci...

Urban Wood Utilization: From Trash to Treasure
https://forestproud.org/2023/06/29/urban-wood-util... [Networks and Associations] [Urban Wood Utilization] [Web Page] 2023
forestproud
Reconnecting People and Forests Reimagining Our Cities Rethinking Our Carbon Future Carbon + Climate Change, Forest Management, Forest Products, Urban Forests Urban Wood Utilization From Trash to Treasure. In a given year, an estimated 15 - 30 million tons of urban wood is wasted across the country, ending up in landfills, releasing carbon back into the atmosphere as the wood rots slowly away. But it doesn t have to be that way. At its core, urban and community wood utilization diverts wood f...

Customer Built Projects Made from Wood From the Hood Lumber
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Urban Forests | US Forest Service
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forest... [Urban Forestry] [Web Page] 2021
US Forest Service
The Forest Service is allocating $250 million to state and territory forestry agencies that are working in disadvantaged communities to increase and maintain a healthy urban canopy and access to nature. We re rethinking the value of what many consider to be urban wood. and the role that urban wood can play in achieving a city s economic, social, and environmental sustainability goals. The National Ten-Year Urban Forestry Action Plan expands awareness of the benefits of our urban forests to co...