Web Sites, Organizations, and Recent Publications That Could Help You

Websites

Center for Urban Forestry Research, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station http://wcufre.ucdavis.edu
AgroForestry and Tropical Forestry Resource "The Overstory": A free non-commercial journal. Each issue focuses on a concept for agricultural systems which integrate trees and other perennial plants. http://www.agroforester.com
Blue Ridge Community College
What is an Urban Forest? Trees and Crime! and many other Community http://www1.br.cc.va.us/murray/Urban_Forestry/default.htm
Emerald Ash Borer
http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125--65294--,00.html
http://www.emeraldashborer.info/
USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry: Emerald Ash Borer Home Page http://na.fs.fed.us/fhp/eab/
Michigan State University: North Central Pest Management Center
http://www.ncpmc.org/
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources http://www.dnr.state.mn.us
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: State Forest Nurseries: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/nurseries/index.html
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Urban and Community Forestry: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/urban/index.html
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Urban and Community Forestry Internet References: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/urban/links.html
Minnesota Department of Transportation: Plant Selector Database, http://plantselector.dot.state.mn.us
Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry: http://www.umass.edu/urbantree/
Information on street tree inventory programs: http://www.umass.edu/urbantree/publications/palmarticle.pdf
Forest Resources Extension: http://www.cnr.umn.edu/FR/extension
University of Minnesota Extension Service: http://www.extension.umn.edu/
Info-U: http://www.extension.umn.edu/info-u/
Yard and Garden: http://www.extension.umn.edu/gardeninfo

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Organizations

American Forests: http://www.americanforests.org/
American Horticultural Society: http://www.ahs.org/
California, "The Urban Tree Foundation": http://www.urbantree.org
Center for Urban Forestry Research, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station: http://wcufre.ucdavis.edu
Center for Urban Horticulture, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington - research on the human dimensions of urban forestry: http://www.cfr.washington.edu/enviro-mind or
University of Washington, Botanic Gardens: http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/
Eagle Eye Institute campaign to move inner-city youth to environmental action: http://www.treesaremyfriends.org
International Society of Arboriculture: http://www.isa-arbor.com
Midtown Greenway Coalition: http://www.midtowngreenway.org
Minnesota Association for Environmental Education: http://www.naaee.org/maee
Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association: http://www.mnlandscape.org/
Minnesota Society of Arboriculture: http://www.msa-live.org
Tree Care Industry Association: http://www.natlarb.com
National Arbor Day Foundation: http://www.arborday.org/
National Invasive Species Council web site for information on federal programs and research: http://www.invasivespecies.org
National Tree Trust: http://www.nationaltreetrust.org/
Tree Climbers International Inc.: http://www.treeclimbing.com/
Tree Link: www.treelink.org
Tree Trust: http://www.treetrust.org
Western Chapter ISA: http://www.wcisa.net/
Minnesota DNR: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/
Minnesota Department of Agriculture: http://www.mda.state.mn.us
Neighborhood Wilds: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/backyard/index.html
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/education/eventswp.html
USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/
USDA Forest Service Southern Region: http://www.urbanforestrysouth.org
USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forest Ecosystem Research: http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/syracuse/index.htm

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Publications

Beyond the Suburbs: A Landowners Guide to Conservation Management, available through DNR - Forestry or at the website; http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/beyond_suburbs.pdf
What Do Trees Have To Do With It? A Forestry Guide for Communities, Maine Forest Service: http://www.maine.gov
Georgia Model Urban Forest Book, by Georgia Forestry Commission; http://www.modelurbanforest.org/
Tree Inventories: In The Palm of Your Hand, by David Bloniarz, Shaun V. Phelan, and H. Dennis P. Ryan; http://www.umass.edu/urbantree/publications/palmarticle.pdf
The Road to a Thoughtful Street Tree Master Plan by Ken Simons and Gary Johnson; http://www.lrrb.org/pdf/200832.pdf

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A Guide to Developing a Community Tree Preservation Ordinance read more
Guidelines for Developing and Evaluating Tree Ordinances (ISA web page) read more
Order TreeOrd Software read more

Are there damaged trees in your vicinity?

If you are in need of immediate assistance due to damaged trees, please call a tree care worker in your area. To obtain a list of tree care professionals that can attend to your emergency, click here.

Do you have damaged trees in your backyard?

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WARNINGS

If your tree has fallen onto power lines, or any lines are down DO NOT ATTEMPT TO GET NEAR THE TREE. Call your power company and notify them of the situation.
For a web tutorial on storm damage: Storm Damage to Landscape Trees: Prediction - Prevention - Treatment and for other storm damage information click here. Provided by the University of Minnesota, Forest Resources Extension

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