The Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program seeks to address water quality issues in priority watersheds, such as erosion due to unstable streambanks, pollution from stormwater runoff, and degraded shorelines caused by development.
Working in partnership with government agencies and private corporations, NFWF’s Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund awards $8 million to $12 million per year through two competitive grant programs and directed technical assistance.
NYDEC is committed to providing support and assistance to communities in comprehensive planning, management, and education to create healthy urban and community forests through its Cost Share Grant program.
TreeVitalize’s mission is to help restore tree cover, educate citizens about planting trees as an act of caring for our environment and build capacity among local governments to understand, protect and restore their urban trees.
Citizen Forester courses educate tree stewards to identify, plant and advocate for trees in D.C. Citizen Foresters represent a group of over 1,700 dedicated students that have taken one of the four courses offered by Casey Trees.
The Virginia Tree Stewards program provides training materials to support local tree steward groups. Join one of the many local tree stewards groups listed on the Trees Virginia website or learn how to start your own.
Tree Tenders® is a training program developed by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society that is offered statewide through the TreeVitalize partnership. For more information on training opportunities in the Chesapeake Bay portion of Pennsylvania, contact Shea Zwerver.
Baltimore TreeKeepers is a city-wide tree stewardship program that promotes healthy trees by educating residents and increasing their role in the care of the City’s trees. Offered through Baltimore Tree Trust and other organizations in the TreeBaltimore partnership, TreeKeepers includes a variety of free trainings, from introductory to advanced.
Colleen Kenny, a forester with the Maryland Forest Service, and Paula Shrewsbury, a professor at the University of Maryland, talk about the efforts being used to slow down the emerald ash borer, an invasive species killing ash trees.
In this webinar, participants are exposed to the basics of using the CanVis visualization software and empowered to think about potential uses.
A Story Map in ArcGIS Online of how the Nation’s Capital created and maintained a urban tree canopy program and how it has worked and changed over time.
In this webinar, the science of each i-Tree tool is described and the latest and upcoming i-Tree developments are discussed.
Penn State Extension’s Forest Resources describes the process of conducting a tree inventory and the four phases it can be divided into: planning, implementation, application, and maintenance.
This Forest Fast Break video gives a quick (under 2 minutes!) and engaging intro to urban forest benefits. See also their excellent introductory video on Urban Forests.
This web site provides an overview of the scientific evidence of human health and well-being benefits provided by urban forestry and urban greening.
The Forest Service’s Urban Forest Connections webinar series brings experts together to discuss the latest science, practice, and policy on urban forestry and the environment.
In Pennsylvania, the state equips communities affected by Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) with the capacity and tools needed to gather data on their EAB infestation and ash trees.
Virginia Trees for Clean Water program, developed by VDOF, is designed to improve water quality across the Commonwealth through on-the-ground efforts to plant trees and support long-term, sustained canopy cover.
This unique online, 8-course training will help you learn more about trees, about people, and about serving in a citizen advisory role in your city, town, or village.
The Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities Initiative has a portfolio of forest health-related resources that have been compiled for you to view or download for educational uses.
This manual presents specific ways to enable developers, engineers, or landscape architects to incorporate more trees into a development site and introduces conceptual designs for storm water treatment practices that utilize trees as part of the design.
Browse through the NACD’s Marketplace for free “We All Need Trees” educational materials.
Each year during NeighborWoods Month, tens of thousands of volunteers take action to make their communities greener and healthier by planting trees, learn how you can too.
A wealth of resources and ideas for celebrating Arbor Day in your community.
The Green Pattern Book is a tool created as part of the Growing Green Initiative of the Baltimore Office of Sustainability to guide the greening of vacant land.
This handbook provides a blueprint for municipal entities, local watershed groups, and other nonprofit organizations for the purpose of educating and providing guidance on how to successfully plan and implement a riparian buffer project in a multitude of settings and planting conditions.
eLearn: Urban Forestry is a state-of-the-art online, distance-learning program geared specifically toward beginning urban foresters and those allied professionals working in and around urban and urbanizing landscapes.
Just like the owner’s manual that comes with automobiles and appliances, the Tree Owner’s Manual includes a parts list, instructions for installation, tips for troubleshooting common issues, recommended service, and more
This short weekly podcast helps listeners better care for trees and feature a short lesson, a weekly tree highlight, and upcoming tree related events.
ISA provides various educational brochures to help tree owners understand best management practices throughout the life of a tree and to promote a greater awareness of the benefits that trees provide in our communities.
This manual provides guidance on urban tree planting at the development site and watershed scale and discusses species selection, site preparation, tree planting and maintenance techniques, and special considerations for urban tree planting.
This toolkit provides information on the steps and what goes into making an urban forest management plan.
Learn more about the Urban Tree Canopy Assessment program and find links to assessment reports.
Delaware’s Urban and Community Forestry Program is raising the standard when it comes to engaging diverse constituents in tree planting and care.
Tree Fredericksburg reveals a fantastic community tree model for smaller cities and towns to follow, laying out a wonderful example of local collaboration, team-building, and change.
The Cacapon Institute is taking on projects to increase tree canopy at schools in West Virginia.
TreeBaltimore is Baltimore’s program for the coordination of all tree plantings by city agencies, nonprofit organizations, neighborhoods, and community associations.
The Get Rooted in Cumberland Program utilized a social marketing approach to determine the perceived tree planting benefits and barriers to spark more community support of tree canopy.
Canopy 3,000 is a short-term public–private partnership that will bolster efforts to increase the tree canopy in the nation’s capital.
Lancaster City in Pennsylvania serves as an exceptional example of a jurisdiction promoting tree canopy in an effort to augment green infrastructure and improve local water quality.
