EarthDefine | US Tree Map: Seamless high-resolution tree canopy data
https://www.earthdefine.com/treemap... [Urban Forestry] [] [Web Page] 2022
EarthDefine LLC
What is the US Tree Map?. Accurate and updated tree cover data is critical for effectively managing our tree resources. The US Tree Map (UTM) is the most detailed and up-to-date source of tree cover data for the country. It provides information on presence/absence of trees at 60 cm resolution, accurately capturing individual trees and small gaps in the forest. The data is refreshed annually to capture changes in tree cover due to deforestation, urbanization, land-use change and natural disas...

Emerald Ash Borer: A Green Menace - Colorado State Forest Service
https://csfs.colostate.edu/emerald-ash-borer... [Invasive Species] [] [Web Page] 2022
Colorado State Forest Service
Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis; EAB) is an insect native to Asia. It was introduced into North America sometime during the 1990s, probably via ash wood pallets or wood packing material. Since its initial discovery in southeastern Michigan in 2002, this insect has killed millions of ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) throughout the central and northeastern United States and Canada. EAB is now considered the most destructive tree insect pest ever to be introduced into North America. An infestation...

Urban Wood Lab Partners with Wisconsin Urban Wood to Advance the Tree-to-Table Movement
https://www.hoppetreeservice.com/amp/urban-wood-la... [Networks and Associations] [Urban Wood Utilization] [Web Page] 2020
Urban Wood Lab
We’re dedicated to being your favorite resource for quality urban wood! To bring you the widest selection possible, our store stocks some live-edge slabs from partners we’ve met through Wisconsin Urban Wood. WUW is a network of about 50 like-minded arborists, sawyers, millers, woodshops, municipalities and advocates committed to “the highest and best use for every tree 100% of the time.”...

Overview of our Perspectives and Woods
https://whitecedar.com/overview-of-our-perspective... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2022
White Cedar Lumber Company
There’s a number of companies that offer milled wood siding, but very few with our experience. For almost 50 years, we’ve been serving architects and designers with custom milled options and other exterior wood products. We appreciate your consideration. On this page, you can get our take on things, and since we’ve been around a long time, there’s a lot. Feel free to scan or scrutinize....

Factors influencing buyers willingness to offer price premiums for carbon credits sourced from urban forests | Treesearch
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/50219... [Urban Forestry] [Management and Market] [Journal Article] 2015
N.C. Poudyal; J.M. Bowker; J.P. Siry
Marketing carbon offset credits generated by urban forest projects could help cities and local governments achieve their financial self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability goals. Understanding the value of carbon credits sourced from urban forests, and the factors that determine buyers’ willingness to pay a premium for such credits could benefit cities in strategically marketing carbon credits to generate revenue. This study surveyed business organisations participating in carbon tradin...

Northern California coast community tree guide: benefits, costs, and strategic planting
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/34891... [Urban Forestry] [] [Report] 2010
E. Gregory McPherson James R. Simpson Paula. J. Peper Aaron M.N. Crowell Qingfu Xiao
Trees make our cities more attractive and provide many ecosystem services, including air quality improvement, energy conservation, stormwater interception, and atmospheric carbon dioxide reduction. These benefits must be weighed against the costs of maintaining trees, including planting, pruning, irrigation, administration, pest control, liability, cleanup, and removal. We present benefits and costs for representative small, medium, and large deciduous trees and coniferous trees in the Northern ...

Urban tree monitoring: a field guide
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/60818... [Education] [] [Report]

Urban tree monitoring: a field guide. Order a printed copy of this publication. stberg, Johan PA; Mueller, Lee S; Koeser, Andrew K; Mills, John R; Hallett, Richard A; Sanders, John E; Battles, John J; Boyer, Deborah J; Fristensky, Jason P; Mincey, Sarah K; Peper, Paula J; Vogt, Jess. Publication Gen Tech. Madison, WI: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 48 p. Abstract This report provides detailed protocols for urban tree monitoring data collection. Sp...

Wildfire in Maine's Wildland Urban Interface - Maine.gov
http://media.maine.gov/cgi-bin/vid?id=b45SJ09jpLvj... [Fire Risk Management] [] [Web Page] 2009
Maine Dept of Conservation
An area of recent concern is the increasing amount of Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) throughout the state of Maine. WUI is defined as the area where homes meet the forest and are at risk from wildfire. As Maine communities grow, the threat of a fire in the Wildland Urban Interface increases as well. Fires in the WUI can originate in the forests and threaten homes or start as structural fires and threaten the forests. This video is targeted towards homeowners who live in Maine's WUI and offers su...

Trees in the city: valuing street trees in Portland, Oregon | Treesearch
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/36186... [Urban Forestry] [] [Journal Article] 2010
G.H. Donovan; D.T. Butry
We use a hedonic price model to simultaneously estimate the effects of street trees on the sales price and the time-on-market (TOM) of houses in Portland. Oregon. On average, street trees add $8,870 to sales price and reduce TOM by 1.7 days. In addition, we found that the benefits of street trees spill over to neighboring houses. Because the provision and maintenance of street trees in Portland is the responsibility of adjacent property owners, our results suggest that if the provision of street...

History of Urban Forests
https://academic.oup.com/jof/article/117/3/313/547... [Education] [Environment and Sustainability] [Book/Book Section] 2019
Jill Jonnes
Intended for a broad-based audience interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the history of trees and people in the United States, Urban Forests is a widely ranging and deeply researched resource produced by renowned author and ambassador of trees, Jill Jonnes. This 394-page book is informative and enlightening and features accounts with, and interviews from, s...

Assessing urban forest effects and values: the greater Kansas City region | Treesearch
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/42931... [Urban Forestry] [] [Report] 2013
David J. Nowak; Allison R. Bodine; Robert E. III Hoehn; Daniel E. Crane; Alexis Ellis; Theodore A. Endreny; Yang Yang; Tom Jacobs; Kassie Shelton
An analysis of trees in the greater Kansas City region of Missouri and Kansas reveals that this area has about 249,450,000 trees with tree and shrub canopy that covers 28.3 percent of the region. The most common tree species are American elm, northern hackberry, Osage-orange, honeylocust, and eastern redcedar. Trees in the greater Kansas City region currently store about 19.9 million tons of carbon (72.8 million tons CO2) valued at $411 million. In addition, these trees remove about 1.0 million ...

Urban Forestry Commission | Portland.gov
https://www.portland.gov/trees/ufc/ufc... [Networks and Associations] [] [Web Page] 2022
City of Portland, Oregon
Access City programs, people and projects helping Portland recover. Portland United Volunteer. Show the Rose City a little love. Here for Portland. Advisory Groups Groups, boards, and commissions. Calendar of Events Events, public meetings, and hearings. Charter, Code, Policies Official City documents. City Council Live sessions, agendas, and archives. Construction Projects Building, transportation, maintenance, and sewer projects. Find a Park Parks, facilities, and reservations. News ...

Tree Plotter - Texas Trees Foundation
https://www.texastrees.org/tree-plotter... [Log and Lumber Quality and Grading] [] [Web Page]
Texas Trees Foundation
The Texas Trees Foundation TreePlotter map, custom built by PlanIt GEO, is a free tool that quantifies the benefits and values of trees, aids in tree and urban forestry management and advocacy, and shows potential risks to trees and overall urban forestry health. Explore Map This is the place to get curious, get into the map and find your trees. Click on the trees, you can check out the location, species, size, and a street view. TreePlotter. Public Portal is where you up your tree knowledge...

Health Benefits of Wood Based Designs in Interior Applications - reSAWN TIMBER co.
https://resawntimberco.com/health-benefits-of-wood... [Reclaimed Wood] [Health and Safety] [Web Page] 2020
Jocelyn Mahan
The stay-at-home orders and quarantines in place across the world have many homeowners taking advantage of the additional time at home by jumping into neglected renovations and improvements. According to LikeFolio, consumers mentioning home renovation ideas on social media doubled from normal levels in just two weeks during the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Americans spend a whopping 93 percent of their lives indoors breathing in recycled air. What most don t realize is the air we brea...

Planning Resilient Urban Forests with i-Tree Landscape
https://www.planning.org/blog/blogpost/9154538... [Urban Forestry] [Environment and Sustainability] [Web Page] 2018
David J. Nowak
Trees provide multiple benefits and costs to society that should be considered in planning for the future. Benefits include moderating climate, lowering energy use in buildings, reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), improving air and water quality, mitigating rainfall runoff and flooding, enhancing aesthetics, human health and social well-being, as well as lowering noise impacts. Trees also have various costs associated with planting, maintenance, and removal. There are indirect costs su...

WUI Areas | City of Santa Fe, New Mexico
https://www.santafenm.gov/wildland_urban_interface... [Fire Risk Management] [] [Web Page] 2022
Santa Fe, New Mexico
In 2006, wildland-fire professionals from Anchor Point Group/Fire Management Consultants evaluated the City's wildland fire hazard and risk. Anchor Point assessed communities within one mile of the City limits and ranked them according to wildfire hazard....

Urban Forests and Carbon Markets: Buyers’ Perspectives | Treesearch
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/42112... [Urban Forestry] [Environment and Sustainability] [Journal Article] 2011
Neelam C. Poudyal; Jacek Siry; J.M. Bowker
Currently, carbon credit prices frequently do not reflect the type and location of offset projects. Because of the social image and ancillary benefits, buyers may place higher value on credits sourced from certain types of projects such as urban forestry. This study surveyed carbon credit buyers participating in the Chicago Climate Exchange to assess their preferences for credits from various offset projects. Specifically, it evaluated the desirability of carbon credits sourced from urban forest...

Quality of urban forest carbon credits | Treesearch
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/38422... [Environment and Sustainability] [Urban Forestry] [Journal Article] 2011
Neelam C. Poudyala; Jacek P. Siry; J.M. Bowker
While the urban forest is considered an eligible source of carbon offset credits, little is known about its market potential and the quality aspects of the credits. As credit suppliers increase in number and credit buyers become more interested in purchasing carbon credits, it is unclear whether and how urban forest carbon credits can perform relative to the other types of carbon credits available in the market. Delivering quality credits would be crucial especially in voluntary markets such as ...

Lower Midwest community tree guide: benefits, costs, and strategic planting
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/36470... [Urban Forestry] [misMatch] [Report] 2009
Paula J. Peper, E. Gregory McPherson, James R. Simpson, Kelaine E. Vargas, Qingfu Xiao
Even as they increase the beauty of our surroundings, trees provide us with a great many ecosystem services, including air quality improvement, energy conservation, stormwater interception, and atmospheric carbon dioxide reduction. These benefits must be weighed against the costs of maintaining trees, including planting, pruning, irrigation, administration, pest control, liability, cleanup, and removal. We present benefits and costs for representative small, medium, and large deciduous trees in ...

Locating spatial variation in the association between wildland fire risk and social vulnerability across six southern states | Treesearch
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/42126... [Fire Risk Management] [Urban Forestry] [Journal Article] 2012
Neelam Poudyal; Cassandra Johnson Gaither; Scott Goodrick; J.M. Bowker; Jianbang Gan
Wildland fire in the South commands considerable attention, given the expanding wildland urban interface (WUI) across the region. Much of this growth is propelled by higher income retirees and others desiring natural amenity residential settings. However, population growth in the WUI increases the likelihood of wildfire fire ignition caused by people, as humans account for 93% of all wildfires fires in the South. Coexisting with newly arrived, affluent WUI populations are working class, poor or ...