Street Trees Serve Double Purpose: Capture Stormwater, Remove PCBs
The City installed six stormwater treatment tree well units in its sidewalk planting strips in West Oakland. The project is…
Tree Utah
Non-profit organization in Utah educating the public on the benefits of trees. Promotes stewardship and with the help of over…
Low-Impact Development and Green Infrastructure in the Semi-Arid West
EPA webpage that contains information and resources on green infrastructure and low impact development techniques for use in semi-arid western…
Homeowner’s Guide to Stormwater Management in San Anselmo, CA
Contains design specifications, checklist, and species suggestions for rain gardens in San Anselmo, CA
Park your cars — and your stormwater — in UC Davis Lot
UC Davis implemented a green infrastructure system, which incorporates trees, in the school’s parking lot to capture stormwater runoff.
Low Impact Development Guide for Puget Sound
Provides stormwater managers and site designers with a common understanding of LID goals, objectives, specifications for individual practices, and flow…
Tropical Community Tree Guide
Presents benefits and costs for representative small, medium, and large trees in the Tropical region derived from models based on…
Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program
Program offers educational programs; financial support in the form of cost-share grants; technical training; Arbor Day promotions and public/private partnerships.
Philly Tree People
Volunteer operated neighborhood-based non-profit organization dedicated to organizing tree plantings and maintaining the health of the urban forest in Philadelphia
Neighborwoods Program
Annual campaign to plant and care for community trees during the month of October
Trees Atlanta
Non-profit citizens' group that addresses Atlanta's tree loss, protects its forests, and creates new green space.
Morton Arboretum’s Community Trees Program
Helps communities, public and private landowners, land managers, tree professionals, and groups interested in trees to effectively manage and care…
Urban Forestry Emergency Operations Planning Guide for Storm Response
Provides urban forestry professionals with specific steps to take when preparing for natural disasters. The guide contains 10 key components…
Charlottesville Invasive Plant Inventory
This inventory allows the city to quantify and budget for the extent of the invasive plant problem within the city.…
Biodiversity Assessment Handbook for New York City
Designed as a guide for land managers, policymakers, conservationists, researchers, consultants, educators, and students who are addressing the myriad questions…
i-Tree Assessment Reports
Many communities have conducted i-Tree assessments. This site lists most of them.
Urban Forest Sustainability and Management Audit
This system is designed to provide a framework for comprehensively evaluating urban forest management programs. This program review system (the…
Climate Change Response Framework
Effort to help urban communities assess the vulnerability of their forests and to identify and develop tools to assist in…
Annual Budgets for Community Tree Programs
This article explains the essentials of budgeting for the costs of a community tree program each year. It includes a…
Climate Change Adaptation Options for Toronto’s Urban Forest
This document incorporates adaptation to climate change into program planning and implementation to reduce the vulnerability of Toronto and its…
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA produced this map for use in determining which plants are most likely to thrive at a specific location.
The ForeCASTS Project
The maps in this atlas forecast future suitable habitat for North American forest tree species under two climate change models,…
Urban Forest Assessment Data by State and Region
Refers users to data based on top-down aerial approaches and bottom-up field data collection as well as reports prepared at…
Austin Tree Map (Planting Prioritization)
Austin developed a tree-planting priority analysis and map for identifying where trees should be planted on public land.
Park trees in car parks, and manage stormwater runoff.
Parking lot bioswales provide valuable stormwater and pollutant reduction, especially with planted trees.