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…
The Fire Adapted Community program envisions a collaborative, iterative approach where residents, communities, and governments work to identify and implement…
Yes! If you work at it. This interview with Karen Zumach, Director of Community Forestry at the Tree Trust, St.…
As one of the nation’s most wildfire-prone states, it’s not surprising that California also manages one of the most sophisticated…
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…
Research showing greener spaces with reduced crime, published by the Journal of Environment and Behavoir
Provides urban forestry professionals with specific steps to take when preparing for natural disasters. The guide contains 10 key components…
Engages residents in the planning process to help assure resilience in the face of high risks from climate change.
Using the National Intact Habitat Cores Database, ESRI offers a suite of tools for ArcGIS users to explore and plan…
A model ordinance for other Gulf Coast communities subject to severe weather and flooding.
An exemplary, if exhaustive, mitigation plan that aims for resiliency through multiple channels — urban trees prominent among them.
Identifies an easily-implemented green strategy that can reduce property crimes, violent crime, and total crimes. Suggests and supports the possibility…
Extensive literature survey of research on the environmental, social and economic benefits of urban forestry. The basic facts are well…