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Urban Forestry1 comment

Zach Beaulieu wrote 1 week ago: A project that has detailed drawings and information on how trees benefit the environment, how to pl … more →

Tags: landscape architecture, landscape design, Benefits of Trees, planting details, bioretention, Infiltration basins, planting design, stormwater management

Cultivated vacant lot and a street cat

anthromes wrote 1 month ago: This cat hangs out in an abandoned lot I planted. … more →

Tags: Fauna, Flora, Tropical America, Panama, Urban Agriculture, tropical plants, Central America, passiflora, guerilla gardening

Last tree tour of the year, Toronto!

Lisa wrote 2 months ago: I just recieved this email, and thought perhaps the granola U&Fers may like a heads up on this o … more →

Tags: Events, Toronto, tree tours, St. James Town, cabbagetown, tour, Tourist, toronto forestry, Rose Ave

Tree Canopy Loss and Impervious Surface Gain

Susan Reisch wrote 3 months ago: Recently, the Sustainable Community Forestry Program (SCFP) staff was asked to select one project or … more →

Tags: Tree Canopy/Impervious Surface, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia Forestry Commission, tree canopy, impervious surface, Columbus, Atlanta, NARSAL

Get your trees here...

ECOSS wrote 3 months ago: Last week the City of Seattle created a nine-member Urban Forestry Commission “to advise the M … more →

Tags: General, Neighborhood news, Trees, City of Seattle, urban forest, urban forestry commission, Neighborhood Matching Fund, tree fund, Tree

Emerald ash borer discovered in St Paul, MN

Eli Sagor wrote 6 months ago: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has announced that EAB has been discovered in St Paul, Minne … more →

Tags: invasives, forest health, Minnesota, EAB, Fraxinus, Emerald Ash Borer, Ash, MDA, Discovery

Carbon Sequestration Potential of the MillionTreesNYC Initiative

biocarbonmitigation wrote 7 months ago: By Jesse Moore In April of 2007 Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, announced PlaNYC. PlaNYC … more →

Tags: Land use and land management, Carbon Sequestration, MillionTreesNYC, PlaNYC, NYC, New York City

Redmond - City Named as a Tree City USA

mrsclib wrote 7 months ago: For the tenth consecutive year, City of Redmond has been named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor … more →

Tags: Planning

The Wetland at Rio de Los Angeles State Park in Spring

barlowco wrote 8 months ago: Flowering at Rio de Los Angeles Shown is a picture of our Wetland Park  located at 1900 San Fernando … more →

Tags: Our Projects

Developing a Stormwater Credit System for Using Trees

Matt Baumgardner, P.E. wrote 8 months ago: The following four municipalities have developed a stormwater credit system for developers who incor … more →

Tags: Low Impact Design, Residential BMPs, municipalities, Stormwater Runoff

Using Trees to Manage Stormwater - (Green Street Series)

Matt Baumgardner, P.E. wrote 9 months ago: Trees have an integral part in the green street stormwater strategy. Essentially, they help to colle … more →

Tags: Green Street Series, Low Impact Design, RESEARCH & STUDIES, Infiltration, soil volume, structural soils, transpiration, Trees

Nature by design1 comment

Melissa McMasters wrote 10 months ago: This is an article I originally drafted for Sylvan Communities magazine, but I thought I’d sha … more →

Tags: ecological restoration, schenley plaza, Highland Park, schenley park, Invasive Plants, Pittsburgh, Parks, Trees, Chestnut

• ‘Giant Grass’ helps make city dwellers healthier

Felcor wrote 1 year ago: By Prosy B. Montesines Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines–EXPERTS SAY THAT GROWING … more →

Tags: Bamboo News Archive, Bamboo, bambusetums, Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB), giant grass, pollution protection, Reforestation

Lawyer Sanders says urban forestry is critical component to healthy urban environment.

Lawyer Sanders wrote 1 year ago: Urban forestry is the care and management of urban forests, i.e., trees located in urban settings fo … more →

Tags: covington kentucky, Urban Forests, Trees

DEC Announces Environmental Justice Grants

goingcoastal wrote 1 year ago: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announ … more →

Tags: Dive In, Region, grants, going coastal, DEC, Environmental Justice, Community Impact Grants, Water Quality Monitoring, lead poisoning prevention

Air Quality Management

aireco wrote 1 year ago: The Air Quality Management Program The Environmental Protection Agency better known as the EPA is ul … more →

Tags: air quality, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, air quality management, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Bay Area Aire Quality Management District, VOCs, green infrastructure

with all construction, there is deconstruction

melissahardy wrote 1 year ago: Deconstruction began last week.  Our plan to take down the canopies is now complete. Why?!  Why woul … more →

Tags: Before, Exterior, Deconstruction, Video, Signs, urban trees, Paul Discoe

PARK(ing) Day! 1 comment

greendcgirl wrote 1 year ago: Almost two months ago- I was advised by a reader to look up PARK(ing) Day…I followed the trail throu … more →

Tags: Art, green dc, green infrastructure, washington dc, DC, open space, (park)ing day, Parks, REBAR

Get a Free Tree from PG&E

terraformearth wrote 1 year ago: As part of the Our City Forest Campaign, Pacific Gas and Electric, as part of its trial Shade and Sa … more →

Tags: Derrick Williamson, san jose, Trees, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, PG&E, Pacific Gas and Electric, Shade and Save


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