A tree stump that should be dead is still alive; here’s why

By Cell Press, July 25, 2019

One thing you can do: Know your tree facts

By Tik Root, The New York Times Climate Fwd:, July 17, 2019

So, if you plant a tree, what kind should it be?

Peter Del Tredici, senior research scientist emeritus at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University said that, for trees to sequester a lot of carbon, they need to live long and healthy lives. “You want a tree that is going to survive in your climate with the minimum amount of maintenance,” he said.

To have a meaningful effect, he said, a tree must live at least 10 to 20 years. “It takes that long for a tree to build up enough foliage so that it can have a substantial impact on the environment,” Dr. Del Tredici said.

LIFESPANS OF COMMON TREES IN VIRGINIA

Virginia Tech Big Tree Program

MATURE TREE CARE – CARING FOR OLDER TREES (January 25, 2019)

YOUNG TREE CARE – CARING FOR YOUNG TREES (January 18, 2019)

Tree Canopy Management Strategy

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

(May 2018)

USDA Forest Service:

Declining urban and community tree cover in the United States (April 6, 2018)

URBAN TREES: YES, THE TREE IN YOUR YARD IS DIFFERENT FROM A FOREST TREE (December 29, 2017)

The Nature Conservancy, Funding Trees for Health – An Analysis of Finance and Policy Actions to Enable Tree Planting for Public Health (2017):

2017 FundingTrees4Health_Nature Conservency

Vibrant Cities Lab: Thriving urban forests boost public health, safety, sustainability, and economic growth

Mapping Maryland’s Green Infrastructure

DISAPPEARING TREE CANOPIES what you need to know…

Americans love mulch — and many of us are misusing it (September 13, 2017)

Science Direct: Implementing and managing urban forests (September 2017)

A much needed conservation strategy to increase ecosystem services and urban wellbeing.

RESIDENTS WHO REMOVE TREES: UNDERSTANDING RATIONALES AND EXPLORING DETERRENTS (September 2017)

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Environmental Services Tree Program Monitoring Effort

Quartz Media: Houston’s flooding shows what happens when you ignore science and let developers run rampant (August 29, 2017)

Granting stormwater credit for trees (January 2017)

The Center for Watershed Protection is developing a stormwater credit for urban tree planting.

From http://www.cwp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cwp_rr_jan17.7.pdf

Davey Institute/USDA Forest Service, The Sustainable Urban Forest – A Step-by-Step Approach (September 27, 2016):

Sustainable_Urban_Forest_Guide_14Nov2016 – US Forest Service

Intelligent Trees – Do Trees Care For One Another? (September 21, 2016)

What’s Causing the Sharp Decline in Insects, and Why It Matters, YaleEnvironment360 (July 6, 2016)

Yet even environmental campaigners like Miller admit that the root causes and the full dimension of the problem aren’t yet fully understood. “I suspect it is a multiplicity of factors, most likely with habitat destruction, deforestation, fragmentation, urbanization, and agricultural conversion being the leading factors,” says Stanford ecologist Dirzo.

PRESERVING + PROTECTING VEGETATION DURING CONSTRUCTION (November 23, 2015)

Use of Urban Tree Canopy Assessments by Localities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (November 25, 2014)

PBS: Removing trees can kill you (June 2013)

The U.S. Forest Service found links between insects’ destruction of 100 million trees in the U.S. starting in 2002 and increased human mortality rates.

Improving Stormwater Abatement with Urban Forestry GIS and Planning by Vincent Verweij (February 28, 2013)

TREES IN BIORETENTION – Prepared for Arlington County by the Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. (September 2012)

A Watershed Approach to Urban River Restoration (May 2008)

City Trees and Property Values (August 2007)

Arborist News article on how we can determine the value of urban trees.