Urban forest structure, ecosystem services and change in Syracuse, NY
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/46515... [Urban Forestry] [] [Journal Article] 2013
Nowak, David J.; Hoehn, Robert E.; Bodine, Allison R.; Greenfield, Eric J.; O'Neil-Dunne, Jarlath
The tree population within the City of Syracuse was assessed using a random sampling of plots in 1999, 2001 and 2009 to determine how the population and the ecosystem services these trees provide have changed over time. Ecosystem services and values for carbon sequestration, air pollution removal and changes in building energy use were derived using the i-Tree Eco model. In addition, photo interpretation of aerial images was used to determine changes in tree cover between the mid-1990s and 2009....

About Us - Ashwell Timber
https://ashwelltimber.com/about-us... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2022
Ashwells Timber
We are passionate about what we do and have the pleasure of working closely with gifted designers, architects and project managers with whom we share a vision of transforming bulk timber into durable, beautiful structures. And we want to share what we know. So please, feel free to download some of the information from our site. Help us close the recycling loop and buy RCP (Recycled Content Products). Our saw mill can produce timber to your specification, for construction purposes, landscapin...

About Us – The Britton Fund, Inc.
https://www.thebrittonfund.org/about-us... [Networks and Associations] [Urban Forestry] [Web Page] 2022
Britton Fund
Established in 2006 as a non-profit, 501c(3) corporation, and separate entity from Western Chapter ISA (WCISA), the John Britton Memorial Trust Fund (the Britton Fund) works for the public good to promote priority research and educational opportunities for the advancement in the field of arboriculture in the geographic region of California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. The Britton Fund is supported by the generosity of the WCISA community including WCISA members, corporate sponsors and private co...

Wisconsin Urban Wood: An Urbanwood Partner
http://urbanwood.org/about/details/wisconsin-urban... [Networks and Associations] [] [Web Page] 2022
Recycle Ann Arbor
Wisconsin Urban Wood is a growing and diverse group of urban wood professionals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that recycle urban trees back into the social and economic lives of the community. The Wisconsin Urban Wood network uses and processes wood from local trees removed only because of insect, disease or circumstance, NOT becaused of their timber value. These trees are recycled into fine furniture, flooring, art and architecture. Members of WUW include arborists, sawyers, kiln ...

DNR awards second round of urban forestry grants
https://forestrynews.blogs.govdelivery.com/2019/04... [Urban Forestry] [misMatch] [Unclassified/Other] 2019
Wisconsin DNR Forestry News
DNR awards second round of urban forestry grants. Posted on April 11, 2019 by Ellen Clark. The DNR Urban Forestry Grant program awarded over $70,000 to 3 Wisconsin communities and 1 nonprofit organization for urban forestry projects during our 2019 second round of funding. In order to ensure a pool of catastrophic storm funds throughout the year we award grants in two rounds rather than awarding all funds in December. The communities who received grants in the spring include City of Franklin...

Study compares EAB’s Impact: Vienna vs. Minneapolis | Illinois Urban Wood
https://illinoisurbanwood.org/study-compares-eabs-... [Invasive Species] [Urban Forestry] [Web Page] 2020

“Do differences in visual landscape preferences for EAB-impacted forest scenarios exist between forest visitors asked in EAB-impacted and EAB non-impacted cities?” This is one of the essential survey questions posed to visitors of urban forests in Minneapolis, MN, and Vienna, Austria, where ash trees have been a significant part of the landscape. The big difference, however, is that Minneapolis has lost a large chunk of its ash population, while Vienna has not been impacted by EAB yet, but is ex...

Weighing values and risks of beloved invasive species: The case of the survivor tree and conflict management in urban green infrastructure
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/56499... [Urban Forestry] [] [Journal Article] 2019
McMillen, Heather ; Campbell, Lindsay K.; Svendsen, Erika S.
A critical aspect of urban green infrastructure management hinges on the treatment of native and invasive species. Invasive species are widely seen as a major threat, yet the context-specific values people have for some of these species pose challenges for their management. Here, we offer a case study of the 9/11 survivor tree, a Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana Decne.) that survived the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York City and has since become a symbol...

Bookmatched walnut dining table with stainless legs « City Bench
https://www.city-bench.com/walnut-dining-table-wit... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2015
City Bench
This dining table was made from two large bookmatched walnut slabs we salvaged in Westport, CT. This table is made from the last two slabs remaining from a log we reclaimed from behind Long Lots elementary school. If you want to see the table it is in the front lobby of the Westport town hall along with another table of ours that is made from an historic tulip tree that came down in Westport....

CBS News Features Report on Baltimore Urban Wood Project | Illinois Urban Wood
https://illinoisurbanwood.org/cbs-news-features-re... [Reclaimed Wood] [Urban Wood Utilization] [Unclassified/Other] 2021
Illinois Urban Wood
The Baltimore Urban Wood Project was showcased in a report aired by CBS This Morning on Dec. 12, 2020. CBS News reporter Errol Barnett focused on how wood is being salvaged from dilapidated rowhouses and urban trees in Baltimore to produce furniture, create jobs and keep these repurposed materials from ending up in the waste stream. In addition to the Baltimore Urban Wood Project, the report features representatives of Urban Wood Rescue of Sacramento, CA, and Room & Board of Minneapolis, MN, wh...

Trees help clean the air
https://forestrynews.blogs.govdelivery.com/2017/06... [Health and Safety] [Urban Forestry] [Report] 2017
Ellen Clark
Posted on June 13, 2017July 15, 2020 by Ellen Clark. A recently published report from The Nature Conservancy titled. detailed which cities could benefit most from tree plantings, focusing on the benefit they could gain from the heat and PM (particle matter) reduction credited to tree plantings. This report found that investing $4 per resident in these cities for tree planting could improve the health of millions, further showcasing trees as a cost-effective solution for air pollution and heat...

Urban Wood Lab Partners with Wisconsin Urban Wood to Advance the Tree-to-Table Movement
https://www.hoppetreeservice.com/post/urban-wood-l... [Urban Wood Utilization] [] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 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.” ...

Present and future ecosystem services of trees in the Bronx, NY
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/58042... [Urban Forestry] [] [Journal Article] 2019
Nyelele, Charity ; Kroll, Charles N.; Nowak, David J.
Trees provide ecosystem services such as air pollutant removal, carbon storage and sequestration, urban heat island reduction, stormwater runoff reduction as well as other socio-economic benefits. Large-scale tree plantings are occurring in many cities to increase tree canopy coverage as well as the health, economic and environmental benefits that come with trees. Thus, there is a need to assess the extent to which trees provide these ecosystem services, where services are realized, and most imp...

DBH Distributions in America s Urban Forests—An Overview of Structural Diversity
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/59336... [Urban Forestry] [] [Journal Article] 2020
Morgenroth, Justin ; Nowak, David J.; Koeser, Andrew K.
The structural diversity of an urban forest affects ecosystem service provision, and can inform management, planning, as well as policy. Trunk diameter at breast height (DBH) is amongst the most common measures of tree structure due to its ease of measurement and strong relationships with other structural and non-structural urban forest characteristics. Materials and Methods: In this study, the DBH distributions of urban forests are summarised for 38 American cities with a combined population of...

Strategic National Urban Forest Inventory for the United States
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/62074... [Urban Forestry] [] [Journal Article] 2021
Edgar, Christopher ; Nowak, David ; Majewsky, Mark ; Lister, Tonya ; Westfall, James ; Sonti, Nancy F.
SDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program is initiating a strategic inventory of the nation’s urban forests. The inventory is designed to provide timely and credible data on urban forests, thereby meeting an expanding need for information on trees located in communities where more than 80% of people live. The program monitors the status and trends of trees in urban settings (i.e., urban forests), enabling assessment of their composition and structure, ecosystem services and ...

A Custom Reclaimed Wood Dining Table will be the Talk of Your Next Dinner Party
https://www.oecustom.com/a-custom-reclaimed-wood-d... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2022
OE Custom
Reclaimed wood comes in a diverse selection allowing you to choose the perfect color and grain pattern for your reclaimed wood dining table. Having your furniture piece custom made will ensure that it s done exactly the way that you want it and that it s done right. If you are interested in choosing a reclaimed wood dining table, you can also receive additional benefits. A Reclaimed Wood Dining Table is Made of Strong Woods. Reclaimed wood often comes from old growth wood instead of new grow...

Heart Pine, White Pine & More - Longleaf Lumber
https://www.longleaflumber.com/galleries/commercia... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2021
Longleaf Lumber Inc.
Species from throughout the East Coast come together seamlessly in the gorgeous new space of South Boston’s Capo Restaurant. Heart Pine, reclaimed from the Boston Rubber Shoe Company in Melrose, Massachusetts was used for the rear bar and in the kitchens. Northern Hard Pine, salvaged from a Pennsylvania bank barn (circa 1890), was used for the rear tables....

Eco-Friendly Home Flooring
https://elemental.green/eco-flooring... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Brochure/Product Sheet] 2021
ElementalGreen
For many, the most obvious answer is that the material used to make the flooring was sustainably sourced. That would include hardwood flooring sourced from FSC certified forests, or wool carpet from ethically raised sheep, or cork which can be recycled or harvested from trees without harming them, or tile made using recycled materials. For the health of your family, you will want to choose a flooring which was not manufactured using harmful chemicals such as volatile organic chemicals (VOCs). ...

Urban Forest Effects Model - UFORE - Online Tools - Tools & Applications - Northern Research Station - USDA Forest Service
https://nrs.fs.fed.us/tools/ufore... [Urban Forestry] [] [Web Page] 2009
David J. Nowak, Daniel E. Crane, Jack C. Stevens, and Robert E. Hoehn III
The UFORE computer model (a.k.a. i-Tree ECO) was developed to help managers and researchers quantify urban forest structure and its functions. UFORE is designed to use standardized field data from randomly located plots, and local hourly air pollution and meteorological data to quantify urban forest structure and numerous urban forest effects for cities across the world....

Cross-boundary wildfire and community exposure: A framework and application in the western U.S. | Pacific Northwest Research Station | PNW - US Forest Service
https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/publications/cross-bou... [Fire Risk Management] [] [Report] 2019
Ager, Alan A.; Day, Michelle A.; Palaiologou, Palaiologos; Houtman, Rachel M.; Ringo, Chris; Evers, Cody R.
In this report we provide a framework for assessing cross-boundary wildfire exposure and a case study application in the western U.S. The case study provides detailed mapping and tabular decision support materials for prioritizing fuel management investments aimed at reducing wildfire exposure to communities located proximal to national forests. The work was motivated by a number of factors, including a request from U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary James Hubbard (Natural Resources a...

Wildfire exposure to the wildland urban interface in the western US | Pacific Northwest Research Station | PNW - US Forest Service
https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/publications/wildfire-... [Fire Risk Management] [] [Journal Article] 2019
Ager, Alan A.; Palaiologou, Palaiologos; Evers, Cody R.; Day, Michelle A.; Ringo, Chris; Short, Karen
Predicting wildfire disasters presents a major challenge to the field of risk science, especially when fires propagate long distances through diverse fuel types and complex terrain. A good example is in the western US where large tracts of public lands routinely experience large fires that spread from remote wildlands into developed areas and cause structure loss and fatalities. In this paper we provide the first comprehensive assessment of where public wildlands potentially contribute wildfire ...