Engaging a community before and after trees are planted is a difficult task, but an urban forestry collaborative working in the Carver neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia offers a solution.
A guide on using recovered and fresh-cut urban wood to build and sustain vibrant communities. Laid out in four different phases that cover the why, how, goals, and returns of urban wood use.
Founded in alignment with the principles of environmental justice, Urban Releaf’s work to improve Oakland’s tree canopy has had local and regional impacts on community resilience.
The Greening of Detroit has overseen the planting and maintenance of more than 130,000 trees for the health, wealth, and resilience of Detroit neighborhoods.
Since 1998, The New Jersey Tree Foundation has put community residents at the center of their mission to increase tree canopy in underserved, overburdened, and marginalized neighborhoods.
The City of Portland used data and city resources to plan for Tree Equity, working to prioritize equitable access to trees and urban forest services for communities of color, including low-income, refugee, and immigrant communities.
Baltimore’s lead tree-planting partner, The Baltimore Tree Trust, works to restore Tree Equity by increasing canopy cover in neighborhoods. They built community trust through word-of-mouth, informing tree planting and maintenance, one neighborhood at a time.
This guidebook covers strategies to fund a local urban forestry program, funding sources, and opportunities to reduce program costs. From the University of Maryland and Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.
Part 1 of Chesapeake Stormwater Network’s “Roots” series looks at reforestation programs designed to convert turf to forest through larger-scale plantings, featuring Frederick County’s Creek ReLeaf Program and Baltimore County’s Turf to Trees Program.
Part 2 of Chesapeake Stormwater Network’s “Roots” series focuses on, we are the “design” challenges of planting trees in confined urban spaces, including constraints and best practices for good tree growth and survival.
Part 3 of Chesapeake Stormwater Network’s “Roots” series gets into the details of the different tree BMPs that you can use for Chesapeake Bay TMDL credit: Tree Canopy Expansion, Forest Planting, and Riparian Buffer Plantings.
The Green Infrastructure Center joined with six states – VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, and AL – to study how urban trees mitigate stormwater runoff. A summary report, individual case study booklets, and planning tools are provided.
This paper is intended to help the stormwater engineering community more easily account for trees in runoff and pollutant load calculations so that they can more readily incorporate them into their stormwater management strategies.
This publication focuses on the effects of trees on urban stormwater runoff, provides helpful urban forest management strategies to maximize stormwater benefits, and demonstrates several examples around the US where the stormwater benefits of urban trees are credited for reducing stormwater volume and pollutant loading.
A set of Project Learning Tree STEM curricula to accompany tree plantings.
From Bay Backpack, for environmental education in the Chesapeake watershed.
Project Learning Trees curriculum offerings are for students of all ages to gain awareness, knowledge, and avenues for environmental action.
Resources on how to implement green schoolyards and teach outdoors from the Children and Nature Network.
Free Chesapeake Bay related resources and support for Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences and hands-on learning.
A tree-centric database from the Arbor Day Foundation containing different environmental curriculum for all ages, subjects, and budgets.
Launched in fall 2020, the Delaware Tree Stewards training program connects Delawareans to their landscapes through the acts of planting and caring for trees.
The Learning about Forestry Pathway is a blueprint for schools to increase tree cover. It includes resources, audits, checklists, and curricula.
New analyses explore the relationship between historic urban planning practices and how different urban neighborhoods experience extreme heat.
The District of Columbia’s Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) and Department of Transportation (DDOT) comprehensive heat policy.
As tree lovers and champions, we are fortunate to have an ever-growing collection of urban forestry webinar series and archives to keep expanding our knowledge base, and to share with newcomers to the field. In … Read More
Park Rx America is about getting healthcare providers to write medical prescriptions to visit parks and natural areas. The concept is to leverage the trust-filled relationship between patient and doctor to get the patient outside in a nature-rich environment.
The Maryland Forest Service works with a range of veterans facilities to plant trees and utilize the health benefits trees provide. One facility, Perry Point VA Medical Center, became the first recognized Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus in Healthcare.
The Global Leaders in Forest Therapy Guide Training
Transforming Relationships between Humans and Nature.
A program of the Arbor Day Foundation recognizing, “health institutions that make a mission-aligned impact on community wellness through tree education, investment, and community engagement.”
The Southern Group of State Foresters bring stories, resources, and information into this engaging website on the benefits of healthy trees and urban forests.
The Baltimore Wood Project created a framework to be more thoughtful about urban wood “waste” in the city. With new partners and ideas, they modeled a regional economy around wood and land restoration.
The District’s Urban Forestry Division opened a new milling operation to recycle District-owned trees for use as benches and chairs in public schools. All while teaching students about the lifecycle of trees.
The Virginia Urban Wood Group is a state-wide effort seeking to promote greater urban wood use across the Commonwealth through improved marketing and utilization.
To increase its tree canopy by 7 percent the town of Columbia is improving local ordinances and policies and developing outreach and education strategies that generate additional support for tree plantings.
To maximize tree canopy in its neighborhoods, Charlottesville’s in-depth plan provides an effective method for consistent funding and tree maintenance.
This article provides a good starting point for identifying local funding strategies for communities to make progress on tree canopy goals.
