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…
Calculating the Relative Performance Index
Conduct a basic inventory of public trees, noting typical characteristics of each tree – species, height, diameter, age and condition.…
EPA’s EnviroAtlas Explores How Ecosystem Services Mitigate Natural Disasters
This multi-purpose mapping tool describes how good management of local ecosystems can reduce the impact of flooding, hurricanes, extreme heat…
Field Protocols for Urban Tree Monitoring
Comprehensive manual for regular monitoring of urban forests. Drawing on existing tools and designed for use by professionals and trained…
Environment and Crime in the Inner City
Research showing greener spaces with reduced crime, published by the Journal of Environment and Behavoir
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…
New Orleans Plans for High-Risk Futures
Engages residents in the planning process to help assure resilience in the face of high risks from climate change.
ESRI National Green Infrastructure and Future Land Use Map.
Using the National Intact Habitat Cores Database, ESRI offers a suite of tools for ArcGIS users to explore and plan…
New Orleans Incorporates Trees and GI in their Stormwater Ordinance.
A model ordinance for other Gulf Coast communities subject to severe weather and flooding.
Community Forestry Assessment Report — Las Cruces
This i-Tree Community Forestry Assessment demonstrates how the benefits of urban trees far outweigh the costs of planting and maintainng…
Disaster Preparedness and Planning Project Helps Cities Prepare for Climate Change.
An exemplary, if exhaustive, mitigation plan that aims for resiliency through multiple channels -- urban trees prominent among them.
Green Streets Don’t Have to be Mean Streets
Identifies an easily-implemented green strategy that can reduce property crimes, violent crime, and total crimes. Suggests and supports the possibility…
Social, Economic, and Environmental Benefits of Urban Forests.
Extensive literature survey of research on the environmental, social and economic benefits of urban forestry. The basic facts are well…