David J. Nowak, Susan M. Stein, Paula B. Randler, Eric J. Greenfield, Sara J. Comas, Mary A. Carr, and Ralph J. Alig
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
June 2010
What to do With Fallen Leaves
National Wildlife Federation Blog
Connecting fractured habitats has long-lasting ecological benefits, study finds
By Ben Guarino
The Washington Post, September 26, 2019
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
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)
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)
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.
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.
Explore Street Work, Rain Garden, and more!
Shows examples of other communities using landscaping to deal with rain water.