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Alabama Urban Forestry Association
About this Resource: The Alabama Urban Forestry Association's webpage offers users information about urban forestry in Alabama, news and newsletters, and links to related resources. There is also publications and videos as well as information about AUFA programs.

Urban Forestry Coordinators News
About this Resource: The Urban Forestry Coordinators News is an electronic newsletter published bi-monthy for state and federal urban forestry program coordinators and other interested individuals. It is available for viewing on this website as well as an archive with issues dating back to February 1999, Vol. 4, No. 2.

Florida Urban Forest Council
About this Resource: Florida's Urban Forest Council works toward promoting urban forestry in Florida. At this website users can view publications from the council and other sources, including a newsletter. Membership information, pictures of unusual trees, links, and other urban forestry information are availabe.

Tree City Initiative
About this Resource: The Tree City Initiative was formed in 1995 by the GWB, The German Institute for Arboriculture, and The International Institute for the Urban Environment to address the need for development and improved management of urban forests in developing countries. Their site provides information about their approach, vision, activities, and events. There are links to publications, an urban forestry mailing list, and urban forestry worldwide links.

Urban Forestry Database | University of MInnesota
About this Resource: A database that identifies publications relating to the history of urban forestry; urban forest legislation;","the benefits of urban forests, selection and planting of trees; maintenance of the urban forest; planning and management; and urban forestry programs.

Clemson University, Arboriculture and Urban Forestry
About this Resource: This site provides information about research, activities, and education related to arboriculture and urban forestry at Clemson University. There is information about teaching, research, and outreach in the topics of arboriculture and urban forestry, as well as links to recent news and additional topics of arboriculture and urban forestry.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: Urban and Community Forestry
About this Resource: The Urban and Community Forestry division of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources provides information about news and events, program information, and grant information. There are links to lists of urban forestry staff, information about the Wisconsin Urban Forestry Council, and links to related resources. There is a link to a tree planting quiz and a list of Wisconsin's Champion Trees where there are records on the largest trees in the state.

Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
About this Resource: This site features research on peoples' perceptions and behaviors regarding urban forestry. There are studies related to nature and consumer environments, trees and transportation, and civic ecology. There is information on policy and planning and more resources, studies, and links related to urban forestry and human benefits.

California Urban Forests Council
About this Resource: CaUFC works to promote the planning, planting, and management of urban and community forests through leadership, education, and advocacy. Their website provides information about membership, conferences, and seminars. There is information about the Certified Urban Forester Program which encourages and enhances the education and experiences of urban forestry professionals. There are links to publications, education campaigns, and regional councils.

Southern Urban Forestry Associates
About this Resource: Southern Urban Forestry Associates is a collection of a variety of specialists in areas including forestry, arboriculture, marketing, management, computer programming, fund raising and accounting. They are able to perform services for individual homeowners, builders, developers, attorneys, tree care companies, non-profit organizations, municipal, county and state organizations, insurance companies and power companies. Their site offers information about the associates and their services and products. There is a link to SUFA's articles and presentations and a link to their online tree inventory system.

Tennessee Urban Forestry Council
About this Resource: The Tennessee Urban Forestry Council (TUFC) works to improve awareness and understanding of the importance of urban forests and to improve Tennessee's urban forests. Their website provides information about TUFC programs and benefits, tree factoids, and membership information. They offer information about landmark trees, historic trees, heritage trees, and notable trees of TN. There is a link to a TN certified Arboreta listing and information about TUFC history. There is a access to a discussion group and a place to email related questions to an expert in the field.

Louisiana Urban Forestry Council
About this Resource: The Louisiana Urban Forestry Council (LUFC) works to recognize, promote, and improve the value of Louisiana's urban forest through research, management, education, training, and conservation. The LUFC's strategic plan is outlined on their website. Names of local LUFC contact people can be searched by region. There is information about the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and Tree City USA. There are links to current events, newsletters, publications, and information about membership services.

Center for Urban Forest Research: Newsletters
About this Resource: Newsletters produced by the Center for Urban Forest Research are available for viewing here. Newsletters are available as far back as March 2001. Also available are research summaries, fact sheets, center news briefs, and frequently asked questions.

Eastern Ontario Urban Forest Network
About this Resource: This site, a part of the Eastern Ontario Model Forest site, promotes forestry in an urban setting. There are facts and information about urban forests, information about the benefits of urban forestry, threats to urban forestry, and how to maintain a newly planted tree.

Minneapolis Park and Recreaion Board: Urban Forests
About this Resource: The forestry section of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board works to maintain and preserve the urban forest by monitoring the planting, pruning, and removal of trees on public property. Their site provides information about reforestation, Dutch Elm Disease, tree removal, pruning, natural area management, storm response, gypsy moth, and disposal of private wood debris. There are links to information about the Wood Chip Program, volunteer information, and tree health tips.

Friends of the Urban Forest
About this Resource: Friends of the Urban Forest provides financial, technical, and practical assistance to San Franciscans for tree planting, tree care, community involvement, and youth education. Their site provides information about volunteering, education, and tree planting and care.

Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
About this Resource: PPS is dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities by providing technical assistance, education, and research. Their site provides information about the non-profit organization, placemaking tools, services, and projects. There are links to information about parks, transportation, buildings, and markets. They provide access to various articles and other related publications.

Red Rose Forest
About this Resource: The Red Rose Forest is working to transform a large part of Greater Manchester into a greener, better place to live, work and invest in. The site provides information about their forest projects, grants, and funding. There are also links to woodland and timber industries, Community Forests Northwest, and related publications.

National Urban Forestry Unit
About this Resource: This site provides information about the UK's National Urban Forestry Unit and its work. There is access to an online forum for the discussion of issues surrounding trees and woods. There is information about urban and community forestry projects throughout the UK as well as links to resources and publications.

Florida Urban Forestry Council
About this Resource: The Florida Urban Forestry Council works to preserve Florida's urban forests by working with others to promote urban and community forestry initiatives, by offering programs of continuing education, and by enhancing professionalism in urban and community forestry. Their site offers information about Arbor Days, underutilized trees, and unique Florida trees. They also provide educational information, information on grant funding and membership, and links to resources.

Texas Urban Forestry Council
About this Resource: The Texas Urban Forestry Council serves as a forum for networking, education and advocacy for those interested in impacting Texas' community forests. Their site provides information about the Texans for Trees program, which helps Texans plant trees in public and residential areas in their community. There is information about the Texas Urban Forestry License Plate program and several forest facts. There are links to news and photos.

Pennsylvania Urban and Community Forestry Council
About this Resource: The Pennsylvania Urban and Community Forestry Council works to improve our community forests and green spaces and guides a statewide program that provides technical and financial assistance for communities and volunteer groups. Their website provides information about the Council and its success stories, links to publications, information about the PA Urban and Community Forestry Grants Program, and links to a calendar and related resources.

Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry
About this Resource: The Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry works to contribute to healthy and sustainable communities by facilitating and supporting research and coordinating the exchange of information among the states in the region. Their site provides access to STEMS, the street tree electronic management system software. There are downloadable lectures, presentations, strategic planning documents, and recent publications. They offer information about NCUCF projects and links relating to municipal forest management.

National Tree Trust
About this Resource: The National Tree Trust provides resources that aid people in growing and caring for urban and community forests. Their site provides information about every state and about the national coalition. They offer information about their programs, including the Seeds Program, the Roots Program, and the Branches Program. There is also general information about the National Tree Trust and links to related news and media.

Urban National Forest Home Page
About this Resource: The Urban National Forest works to enhance our ability to address urban values and needs, to promote national understanding of the value of urban national forests, to build external constituencies to facilitate management of the Urban National Forests, and to develop State and Private Forests and research programs. Their website provides access to a Urban National Forest Directory, information about current issues, links to research and publications, and map and fact sheet links to Urban National Forests.

Urban Habitat
About this Resource: Urban Habitat works to develop multicultural urban environmental leadership in the San Francisco area by building bridges between environmentalists, social justice advocates, government leaders, and the business community. Their website provides information about The Leadership Institute for Sustainable Communities, The Social Equity Caucus, and Community Based Regionalism. There are links to publications, policy papers, a calendar of events, and a listing of employment opportunities.

Society of Municipal Arborists
About this Resource: This website is for municipal arborists and urban foresters and discusses events and conferences of the group as well as news, information about programs and officers, joining, employment, and the arborist exchange program. There is access to online publications and also a members only area.

METRIA: The Metropolitan Tree Improvement Alliance
About this Resource: METRIA works to provide information that will enable wiser choices of species or cultivars for particular urban environments and uses, to promote the utilization of improved cultivars and better cultural techniques, and to provide information about managerial techniques used to make trees healthier. There are past proceedings from METRIA conferences available for downloading on their site. There is also a listing of current officers and executive council.

Tree Canada Foundation
About this Resource: The Tree Canada Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides education, technical assistance, resources and financial support to encourage Canadians to plant and care for trees in an effort to help reduce the harmful effects of carbon dioxide emissions. Their website provides information about the environment and urban forests. There are also links to carbon neutral companies.

Natural Resource Publications : Utah Extension Service
About this Resource: PDF documents cover range management; rural and conservation forestry; urban and community forestry; water management; water quality; and wildlife maangement. Accessible through Utah State University.

Southern Region Extension Forestry (SREF)
About this Resource: The Southern Region Extension Forestry Office works to identify, prescribe, and implement a mix of education and technical services that increase the efficiency of forestry programs in the southern United States. Their site provides information about several regional programs including Master Wildlifer and Master Tree Farmer as well as information about forest certification, urban forestry, and landowner materials. There are links to a forestry index, a forest encyclopedia, RNGR, Urban Forestry South, Water Quality BMPs, and wildfire programs. The site also contains information about events, publication, news, education, and links to natural resources associated web sites for 13 southern states.

Ohio Division of Forestry
About this Resource: The site provides links to program areas, seedling sales, landowner assistance, and forest industries. There is information about urban forestry, education, forest health, and fire protection. There are also links to forestry news, related publications, licenses and reservations, and the ODNR homepage.

Guide to Street Tree Inventory Software
About this Resource: This site provides a guide to Street Tree Inventory Software, which serves as a reference and guide for urban forestry professionals in the selection of a street tree inventory software program. This includes an introduction, software overview, and software descriptions.

Urban Forestry South Expo
About this Resource: Urban Forestry South Expo is the repository of the National Technology Transfer Resource Database. They provide publications and information about several topics related to urban forestry. There are links to information about the benefits of urban trees, large trees vs. small trees, tree development, trees and business, and trees verses utilities. There is are links to the Tree Failure Database, technology bulletins, and photos.

TreeLink
About this Resource: TreeLink provides internet-based information, tools and inspiration that can be used to improve urban and community forests. The site provides forestry related links organized by state, a list of tree quotes, and a kids corner where games, books, activities, and quizzes can be found. There is a resource center with links to information about urban and community forestry, research and technology transfer, care and maintenance, management, a learning center, and weather. There is a news desk area with news from TreeLink and Urban Forestry Coordinator's News. The tree guide area provides links to a zone map, plant database, flash cards, and an online tree guide. There is access to related publications, including Wood Notes quarterly and several downloadable how-to-posters and news and magazine ads.

Ohio Division of Forestry
About this Resource: The Ohio Division of Forestry works to promote and apply management for the sustainable use of Ohio's private and public forest lands. Their website provides information about state forests and recreation, seedling sales, urban forestry, landowner assistance, forest industries, and fire protection. They provide access to online fishing and hunting licenses, park reservations and boat registrations. They also provide a list of the divisions of the ODNR.

UFEI (Urban Forest Ecosystem Institute)
About this Resource: UFEI works to improve management of the urban forests in California by providing a center for applied research, extension and technology transfer, and community service and outreach programs assisting landowners and public agencies. Their website provides access to the California Register of Big Trees and to SelecTree, which is a tree selection guide where users can search for trees by Family, Genus, Species, cultivar, or common name. They provide information about urbanwood, which is wood raw material from trimmings and removals, along with a manufacturer's directory and information about wood properties and grades. There is also information about the UFEI discussion group.

Massachusetts Bureau of Forestry
About this Resource: This site provides information on several of the Bureau's programs, including: the Service Forestry Program; the Urban and Community Forestry Program; the Management Forestry Program; the Forest Health Program; the Utilization and Marketing Program; and the Forestry Legacy Program. There are links to annual reports, directories and listings, and forestry laws and regulations. There are also links to state forest land and resource management plans.

American Forests
About this Resource: American Forests is the nation’s oldest nonprofit citizens’ conservation organization. The website provides information about how people can donate money to plant trees. The site also discusses trees, cities & sprawl, how to fight climate change with trees & forests, information about famous & historic trees, and America's biggest & oldest trees. The site gives information about programs such as Global Releaf and Forest Policy as well as news & publications.

The Evergreen Foundation
About this Resource: The Evergreen Foundation is dedicated to connecting people with nature through the enhancement of healthy natural environments in schools and communities across Canada. They have three core programs: Learning Grounds, Common Grounds, and Home Grounds. Their site provides information about creating outdoor classrooms, protecting and restoring natural landscapes in urban communities, and gardening at home. They provide links to several resources and information about the foundation itself.

Street Tree Diversity in Eastern North America and Its Potential for Tree Loss to Exotic Borers
About this Resource: In light of catastrophic tree losses caused by Dutch elm disease, foresters recommended that the urban forest be diversified. The intent was to create a more sustainable urban forest that would not be decimated by a single pathogen or insect pest. However, recent introductions of deadly borers such as Asian longhorned beetle and emerald ash borer reveal that new introductions can have disastrous consequences for urban forests. An analysis of tree inventories from 12 cities in eastern North America reveals an overabundance of certain genera of trees such as Acer and Fraxinus. Introduced pests with broad host ranges such as the Asian longhorned beetle may be capable of killing or forcing intervention on large numbers of trees. Even cities that have diversified at a low taxonomic level (cultivar or species) may suffer greatly from the depredations of insect pests such as the emerald ash borer that specialize on plants at the generic level. Generalists capable of feeding on plants in several families will create problems for urban forests even when attempts have been made to diversify at higher taxonomic levels. Urban foresters should avoid planting susceptible taxa of trees, especially in cities that are overstocked in these taxa, and consider diversifying greatly the types of trees in cities.

National Arbor Day Foundation
About this Resource: The National Arbor Day site provides information about what the Arbor Day foundation does, what and when is Arbor Day, how to plant and care for trees, how to identify trees and which ones to plant in certain areas. The site also provides an online ordering form for trees, a tree forum, and resources about trees. There are sections about teaching youth about trees, including games and activities, conferences and workshops, information about Tree City USA and Rainforest Rescue, and the Arbor Day Farm.

Pacific Southwest Research Station | USDA-FS
About this Resource: Access link to the Pacific Southwest Research Station - associated with the United States Department of Agriculture (Forest Service). The Station conducts research and development studies emerging out of California, Hawaii, and the U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands. The Station fosters understandings with regard to natural resouce management, conservation, and environmental protection. Pointers from this URL will access more extensive explanations of the Station's research projects. Publications are onsite. More specifically, the Station conducts research into: air quality; ecosystem processes; the fire sciences; insects and diseases; recreation; urban forestry; vegetation management; water and watersheds; wildlife and fisheries; climate change and sudden oak disease. The link emphasizes new and emerging areas of interest from the Station.

Trees Virginia (Virginia Urban Forest Council)
About this Resource: Trees Virginia works to encourage and aid the stewardship of Virginia's urban and community trees. Their website provides links to news and newsletters, publications, and links of interest, including government sites, organizations in Virginia, and urban forestry organizations. There is information about tree stewards and several tree care tips. There is also a photo gallery slide show and information about membership.

Montana Forestry Division
About this Resource: The Forestry Division has two major functions: fire and aviation management, and service forestry. The site provides a link to the Fire and Aviation Bureau and information about conservation seedling, urban and community forestry, insect and disease management, forest management practices, logging waste reduction, and grants. There is also information about grant programs and links to related publications.

ACRT, inc.
About this Resource: ACRT, Inc. (Appraisal, Consulting, Research, and Training) works in the utility and urban forestry, arboricultural, environmental, natural resource, biological, and horticultural sciences as an international consulting service and training organization. Their site provides information about their utility, training, and environmental services as well as information about urban forestry, careers and the officers and staff of the corporation.

UWR (Urban Wildlife Resources)
About this Resource: UWR works to achieve better management of natural resources in urban areas through research, planning, design, and education and to facilitate interaction and cooperation among land managers and planners, biologists, and landscape architects. They serve as an information source for uban wildlife-related matters. Their website provides information about their newsletter, The Urban Open Space Manager, as well as information about UWR and a link to The Urban Wildlife Resources' Bookstore.

The Simple Act of Planting a Tree
About this Resource: The book, The Simple Act of Planting a Tree, A Citizen Forester's Guide to Healing Your Neighborhood, Your City, and Your World, is available for viewing here.

Trees are my Friends
About this Resource: Trees are my Friends is Eagle Eye Institute's national campaign to engage urban residents in caring for city trees. Their goals are to educate people of color and other urban people about urban street trees and to encourage volunteer tree planting and care. The website describes the organization and provides information about events, resources, and volunteer opportunities. There is an activities corner where there are pictures, posters, songs, poetry, games, and activities. The site provides information about tree identification, a tree inventory, and basic tree facts.

California Tree Failure Report Program
About this Resource: The California Tree Failure Report Program (CTFRP) was established to collect quantitative information on the mechanical failure of urban trees in order to develop "failure profiles" for genera and species to better assess failure probability in standing trees and reduce failure potential in urban forests. The site provides links to tree statistics, contact information, downloadable forms and manuals, and documents and newsletters.