Street trees in the urban environment provide important ecosystem services including stormwater management, reducing pollutant discharges and flooding by lessening surface runoff. Does…
This worksheet was designed to help communities review and revise their development regulations, so that future projects conserve and protect…
Whether your community is attempting to revitalize a neglected downtown, pursuing Complete Streets, or trying to foster better transit-oriented development,…
The model, now in wide use, applies general principles of sustainability to urban trees and forests. The central tenet of the model…
Traditionally, conservation practitioners measure success in dollars, acres and biological diversity, and do not often consider factors related to community well-being.…
A metric for incorporating human impacts into conservation strategies
Using Vacant Land to Create Greener Neighborhoods in Baltimore
Established in 2002, Casey Trees is an urban forestry nonprofit that connects people to trees and inspires communities to come…
DC’s Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) is the keeper of Washington DC’s approximately 145,000 street trees and have created this map…
The Green Build-out Model is a planning tool that quantifies the cumulative stormwater management benefits of trees and green roofs…
To create Washington DC’s first sustainability plan, the Mayor’s Office engaged the departments of planning, energy and environment, and representatives from…
For decades, the International Society of Arboriculture has served as the primary education, certification and continuing education resource for tree…
Conduct a basic inventory of public trees, noting typical characteristics of each tree – species, height, diameter, age and condition.…
This multi-purpose mapping tool describes how good management of local ecosystems can reduce the impact of flooding, hurricanes, extreme heat…
Many research studies have confirmed that, without adequate soil volume and composition, trees won’t thrive. In fact, they’re unlikely to…
The University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center created Maintenance Guidelines and Checklists for pervious pavements, subsurface gravel wetlands, and bioretention…
Oregon State University hosts the Field Guide: Maintaining Rain Gardens, Swales, and Stormwater Planters, which was developed by numerous practitioners…
This memorandum of understanding, between the New York City Department of Transportation and its urban forestry agency, the Department of…
Scientists and practitioners have created a network, under the auspices of International Society of Arboriculture, which advances standards and protocols…
Though focused on health, the strategies and approaches suggested would apply to any type of neighborhood engagement. Panelists included both…
The University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center created Maintenance Guidelines and Checklists for pervious pavements, subsurface gravel wetlands, bioretention and…
Educational materials about proper planting techniques to assure healthy root systems.
In most urban settings, conflicts are unavoidable but with proper planning and species selection, most can be overcome.
Opti is among the first companies to develop “internet of things” to control automatically when and how fast stormwater flows.
By combining sensors and cloud computing, Chicago is piloting an IoT solution to stormwater management. Launched by City Digital, a smart…