Feeling down? Head to the park.
That may not be the exact prescription of your doctor, but a first-of-its-kind study shows that visitors to urban parks…
Canton Uses i-Tree Tools to Plan Landscape Restoration
In 2016, Canton was awarded a landscape restoration grant from the US Forest Service. Among specific criteria for the grant…
Where the people are: Current trends and targeted investment opportunities to mitigate pollution and heat island effects
Urban trees reduce particulate matter (PM10) concentrations and maximum daytime summer temperatures. While most cities are losing tree cover, some…
The Value of US Urban Tree Cover for Reducing Heat-Related Health Impacts and Electricity Consumption
High air temperatures are a public health threat, causing 1300 deaths annually in the United States (US) along with heat-related…
Urban Trees, Air Quality and Asthma: An Interdisciplinary Review
A must read for those interested in trees and public health! This rigorous review of studies from around the world…
Tucson Green Streets Action Guide
A directive from the city’s director of transportation lays out why and how green features must be built into municipal…
Green Infrastructure Manual for Desert Communities
This manual provides information for neighborhood residents, municipal professionals, grassroots advocates and others who seek to implement green infrastructure (GI)…
Forest Service Guide to Urban Tree Canopy Assessment
A sound canopy assessment provides the foundation for crafting an urban forest management plan and creating the programs and policies…
NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
While more and more organizations – domestic and international, public and private – are promoting community resilience to lower disaster tolls, transforming…
A Dose-Response Curve Describing the Relationship Between Urban Tree Cover Density and Self-Reported Stress Recovery
Although it is well established that viewing nature can help individuals recover from a stressful experience, the dose-response curve describing…
Remotely-sensed imagery vs. eye-level photography: Evaluating associations among measurements of tree cover density
The easy availability and widespread use of remotely-sensed imagery, especially Google Earth satellite imagery, makes it simple for urban forestry…
Social Life Under Cover: Tree Canopy and Social Capital in Baltimore, Maryland
To what extent does the density of the tree cover in a city relate to the amount of social capital…
Impacts of views to school landscapes on recovery from stress and mental fatigue
Previous research has demonstrated positive associations between the greenness of high school landscapes and school-wide academic performance. We do not…
Making Your Community Forest-Friendly: A Worksheet for Review of Municipal Codes and Ordinances August 2018
This worksheet was designed to help communities review and revise their development regulations, so that future projects conserve and protect…
Branching Out to Residential Lands: Missions and Strategies of Five Tree Distribution Programs
Residential lands constitute a major component of existing and possible tree canopy in many cities in the United States. To expand…
Metrics for Inclusive and Sustainable Cities
Yale University’s Samuel Center for Social Connectiveness has developed a comprehensive set of metrics by which cities can measure both…
Implementing and managing urban forests: A much needed conservation strategy to increase ecosystem services and urban wellbeing
Planting more trees in potential tree cover areas could nearly double the benefits provided by the urban forest. In 2016…
Development Practices and Ordinances as Predictor of Tree Canopy
This study compared the management practices and ordinances enacted by 43 Florida communities to assess their potential impact on tree…
Designing Green Infrastructure in Ultra-Urban Environments
The City and County of Denver is making green infrastructure a fundamental part of the city’s long-term stormwater management strategy by…
Urban Environmental Stewardship Practices as Indicators of Social Resilience: The Case of Living Memorials
The authors studied living memorials and interviewed volunteers and participants in building out the sites. They concluded that stewardship practices…
Guide to Creating Fire Adapted Communities
The Fire Adapted Community program envisions a collaborative, iterative approach where residents, communities, and governments work to identify and implement…
Everything’s Changing: Can Your Urban Forest Thrive?
Yes! If you work at it. This interview with Karen Zumach, Director of Community Forestry at the Tree Trust, St.…
CalFire’s Comprehensive Approach to Mitigating the Effects of Wildfire
As one of the nation’s most wildfire-prone states, it’s not surprising that California also manages one of the most sophisticated…
The Power of Place in Dealing with Grief after Disasters
Encompassing new content on the treatment of grief, loss, and bereavement, the updated and revised fifth edition of this gold-standard…
Toledo’s Stormwater Credit Manual
A revised stormwater credit guide for the City of Toledo, OH that lists forested buffers as an eligible management practice…