Resources of interest, Web Sites, Organizations, and Recent Publications That Could Help You
Resources of interest
- Research on Heat Islands in Northeast Cities: The size, background ecology, and development patterns of many cities in the Northeast combine to make them unusually warm, according to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists who presented new research recently at an American Geophysical Union meeting. http://www.nasa.gov
- Suburban Tree Consortium - The goal of the Consortium was and has been for a group of municipalities to enter into a contract growing arrangement whereby nurseries would grow trees according to predetermined specifications. http://www.westcook.org
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Websites
- Black Ash Symposium http://www.fs.usda.gov
- 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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