Bloomington Urban Forestry Research Group: Indiana University
https://urbanforestry.indiana.edu... [Education] [Urban Forestry] [Web Page] 2021
Indiana University
We are a team of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students and partners who conduct research, provide outreach and service, teach classes and make presentations in urban forest management, urban ecology and related subjects. Located at IUB O'Neill and the Ostrom Workshop, and we primarily focus on Bloomington and the state of Indiana, and interact with municipal and non-profit urban forestry programs and partners throughout the Midwestern and Eastern USA and even beyond. ...

Native trees (and plants!) you ll see everywhere in Detroit - National Association of State Foresters
https://www.stateforesters.org/2021/10/25/native-t... [Urban Forestry] [Networks and Associations] [Web Page] 2021
Alison Hoover
While urban areas aren t often associated with flora or fauna, the Motor City is home to a lot more than just Motown, Vernors, and Buddy s Pizza. Like the rest of the Mitten State, southeastern Michigan is dotted with trees of all heights and colors. While there are about 100 native species of trees here, here are the ones you ll see everywhere around Detroit. Don t let the name fool you! This tree is native to the Lower Peninsula and offers stunning beauty all year. The branching limbs spro...

The Community Forest -- Video | University of Nebraska-Lincoln
https://mediahub.unl.edu/media/12311... [Urban Forestry] [Education] [Presentation] 2020
Nebraska Forest Service
Community forestry is really about all the plants and trees that grow in an environment where people live. So it could be a small town, it could be a large city. Really, it's about managing that living green infrastructure for the betterment of all of the people that live there. As an educator, I get really excited about community forestry as I teach students and work with communities, because every time they discover something unique about trees, you just see this sort of inspirational light go...

You call a forest home, whether you know it or not! - National Association of State Foresters
https://www.stateforesters.org/2021/05/06/you-call... [Urban Forestry] [Education] [Web Page] 2021
Keith Wood
Whether you know it or not!. Forest Science and Health, Pests and Disease, and Urban and Community Forestry. If you live in a city or town, did you realize you actually live in a forest? It is estimated that 138 million acres of trees comprise the urban forests in cities and towns across the United States. These forests span many ownership boundaries and provide numerous environmental, economic, and social benefits to communities and their residents. Growing, selecting, planting, maintaining...

Southwestern Medical District Overview - Texas Trees
https://www.texastrees.org/projects/southwestern-m... [Health and Safety] [Environment and Sustainability] [Web Page] 2021

Imagine a Medical District where brilliant minds and hopeful patients from around the world can thrive in an innovative, healthy and safe environment. Texas Trees Foundation, with support from the Southwestern Medical District, the City of Dallas, NCTCOG and numerous stakeholders are changing the way we think about public/private partnerships and public rights-of-ways. Together we are seeking to bring to life the Southwestern Medical District Urban Streetscape Plan to change the tone of the Di...

Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan - Texas Trees
https://www.texastrees.org/projects/dallas-urban-f... [Urban Forestry] [Networks and Associations] [Web Page]
Janette Monear, President/CEO // Texas Trees Foundation
It s a simple fact that trees are good. It s also a fact that trees in cities just don t happen by chance, except the Trinity Forest. The reality that the City of Dallas has a natural forest, and a built urban forest is remarkable. But we've come to a crossroads; nurture and manage this resource. Bulldozers, urban heat, pests, climate change, and a myriad of other maladies are affecting one of our most important natural resources trees. And it s up to us to come together, as a community, an...

Texas Trees Foundation Celebrates the Adoption of the First Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan - Texas Trees
https://www.texastrees.org/texas-trees-foundation-... [Education] [] [Web Page] 2021
Joshua Wilbanks
Texas Trees Foundation Celebrates the Adoption of the First Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan. The plan was unanimously adopted on June 9 by the Dallas City Council. Texas Trees Foundation (TTF) is proud to announce that the first Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan has officially been adopted by the Dallas City Council. This long-term strategic effort is a major milestone for the City and will provide the framework for action steps to maximize the value of our urban forest. Texas Trees Foundation...

Community Wildfire Protection Plans - Colorado State Forest Service
https://csfs.colostate.edu/wildfire-mitigation/com... [Fire Risk Management] [Health and Safety] [Web Page]

Colorado's Forests in a Changing Climate. Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) represent the best opportunity we have to address the challenges of the wildland-urban interface (WUI) in a way that brings about comprehensive and locally supported solutions. Community Wildfire Protection Plans are authorized and defined in Title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA) passed by Congress on November 21, 2003, and signed into law by President Bush on December 3, 2003. The Healthy Fo...

Salvaged Stories - Sawkill Lumber Co.
https://www.sawkill.nyc/salvaged-stories... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2015

Stories documents dismantled structures in the New York City area and the lumber that is salvaged from the sites. The research follows the journey of a log, from it s evolution as a tree species to a building and design project in the 21st century. The research and documentation includes natural history, tree anatomy, dendrochronology, early American logging and lumber heritage, historical construction techniques, the layers of history within an individual buildings, demolition process and rel...

How to Use Reclaimed Wood in Hotels to Deliver on Customer Experience - TerraMai
https://www.terramai.com/blog/hotel-customer-exper... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2021
terramai.com
The hotel sector is dynamic and booming. And, with it, guests. expectations are ever rising. It wasn t too long ago that Westin s Heavenly Bed propelled the industry to provide guests with an exceptional night s sleep. Now, guests are demanding fresh and more imaginative elements to provide an exceptional experience. To do this, every hotel space must be well designed with care given to choose materials that enhance and support the guest experience. Hotels are employing biophilic design mo...

Texas Trees Foundation Presents the First Urban Forest Master Plan to the City of Dallas for Next Steps
https://www.texastrees.org/texas-trees-foundation-... [Networks and Associations] [Management and Market] [Web Page] 2021
Joshua Wilbanks
Texas Trees Foundation Presents the First Urban Forest Master Plan to the City of Dallas for Next Steps. The Texas Trees Foundation (TTF) is presenting the completed Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP) to the City of Dallas at a press conference on June 3, 2021 at 8:30 a. The event will be held at the West Dallas Multipurpose Center, 2828 Fish Trap Road, Dallas, TX 75212. As the need for strategic management of the tree canopy and urban forest in Dallas came to the forefront, the collabora...

TXU Energy Urban Tree Farm and Education Center - Texas Trees
https://www.texastrees.org/txu-energy-urban-tree-f... [Education] [Networks and Associations] [Web Page]

The TXU Energy Urban Tree Farm and Education Center is located on the campus of Richland College in Dallas, and has been sponsored by TXU Energy since 2002. This tree farm serves as the Foundation s tree nursery and volunteer site as well as benefiting the college by offsetting emissions and energy consumption. With the valued sponsorship of TXU Energy, this project is one of Texas. largest-known urban tree farms. The four-acre tree farm features state-of-the-art production and irrigation te...

Storm-water Mitigation using Urban Forest Management
https://urbanforestry.indiana.edu/outreach/Bton_St... [Environment and Sustainability] [Urban Forestry] [Presentation] 2017
Ashlyn Carter, FarhanaKhan, and Julie Nicholson
Storm-water management is an important component in city planning, especially as urbanization increases.The more impervious surfaces reduce the water infiltration leading to an increase in storm water runoff,which occurs when rain water or melted snow flows over the streets, lawns and other sites creating negative economic and environmental impacts within the cities. We identified the flooding zones in Bloomington and of those areas, we examined one specific block in Bloomington-Indiana between ...

Normandy Park Working to become a Tree City USA - City of Normandy Park
https://normandyparkwa.gov/city-news/city-manager/... [Urban Forestry] [Networks and Associations] [Web Page] 2021
Amy Arrington
Trees are a vital asset to any community, and Normandy Park has embraced this value. Based on the 2018 Tree Canopy Survey from King Conservation District, Normandy Park has 740 acres, or 46%, of tree canopy. This is one of the highest percentages in King County. To celebrate, promote, preserve, and educate the public about this great asset, the city plans to join the Tree City USA program....

Not all ecological patterns hold true in cities – EcoIPM
https://ecoipm.org/2019/03/11/not-all-ecological-p... [Urban Forestry] [Environment and Sustainability] [Web Page] 2019
Michael Just, Long, L.C., Dale, A.G., and Frank, S.D.
Tree health declines as the amount of adjacent impervious surface increases. Urban trees are an important part of our infrastructure, that provide benefits like air and water filtration, shade, and, generally, contribute to salubrious environments for humans. In the Frank Lab, we study some of the challenges that trees encounter in cities (e. These studies have revealed that one of the most important urban challenges is the amount of impervious surface (e. , concrete, pavement) surrounding a ...

Necedah Hosts Urban Forestry Seminar For Neighboring Communities |
https://forestrynews.blogs.govdelivery.com/2021/10... [Networks and Associations] [Education] [Seminars/Webinars/Conferences] 2021
Patricia Lindquist
Part of our mission at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is to bring community foresters together to learn from one another and to provide training opportunities. Recently, one village administrator took it upon himself to do just that within his county. We were thrilled when Roger Herried of Necedah approached us with his plans to hold a Juneau County Area Urban Forestry Seminar this fall. Roger s intent was to provide much-needed training for his public works department an...

Right Tree, Right Place: Planning a More Efficient and Resilient Urban Forest
http://unri.org/wsb4713307301/wp-content/uploads/2... [Environment and Sustainability] [Urban Forestry] [Presentation] 2014
Alexander Sherman
Urban Forest Ecosystem•Human Population •Built Environment •Public Trees •Private Trees •Open Space •Public and Private Forested Parcels •Urban Wildlife •Water Resources/ Wetlands •Air/ Atmosphere •Exotic Tree Pests and Diseases How can we balance all of these competing interests and provide the best opportunity for the trees? ...

Creating the Urban Forest: The Bare Root Method
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/uhi/outreach/pdfs/bare... [Urban Forestry] [Environment and Sustainability] [Report] 2009
Nina L Bassuk Andrew Hillman
The DVD "Creating an Urban Forest: The Bare Root Tree Planting Method" and this publication are joint projects of Cornell University s Urban Horticulture Institute (UHI) and the Ithaca City Forestry Department. This method works for us but success depends on many factors and each situation will be unique....

12 Unique Houses Built From Reclaimed Materials
https://elemental.green/12-unique-houses-built-fro... [Reclaimed Wood] [] [Web Page] 2021
ElementalGreen
You’re probably familiar with reclaimed materials like wood from old barns, but have you ever considered using old egg shells in a building project? Or license plates for roofing? Dan Phillips does. In this inspiring, educational and highly entertaining TED Talk, Dan walks us through 12 unique houses built from reclaimed materials. You’ll never look at “junk” the same....

Vibrant Cities Lab: Resources for urban forestry, green infrastructure
https://www.stateforesters.org/2019/04/09/vibrant-... [Education] [Urban Forestry] [Web Page] 2019
Josh Knoll
As cities plan for the future, many are asking how best to manage their urban landscapes. The Vibrant Cities Laboratory (VCL) has set out to empower municipal leaders, planners, and managers with a one-stop-shop for resources on urban forests and how to maximize their many benefits. The VCL s urban forestry resource toolkit designed by the USDA Forest Service, American Forests, and the National Association of Regional Councils builds individualized plans for cities to Assess, Prioritize, Organ...