Community Forest Management
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Community Forestry: TreeKeeper Canopy as a Tool
When 09/24/2024Length 1 hour, 30 minutesDiscover how the TreeKeeper user-friendly tool aids community tree managers in planning future forest management during this 90-minute webinar. - News
Urban Forestry Team Celebrates Arbor Day Across Pennsylvania
Date Posted 5/21/2024Extension Urban Foresters participated in various community Arbor Day celebrations to promote the environmental and health benefits of community trees. - News
Partnership Helps Pennsylvania Communities Plant 2500 Large Bare Root Trees
Date Posted 5/17/2024A unique partnership has been providing large caliper bare root trees for communities to plant since 2020. - Articles
Managing Urban Forested Natural Areas
Urban forested natural areas are critical to improving the quality of life for residents, but they need some management. - Articles
Community Tree Plans: A Guide for Tree Commissions and Advisory Councils
This article explains planning hierarchies and putting tree planning into practice, including effective administration; analysis of hazardous trees; proper site preparation; and proper tree selection. - Articles
This Old Tree: Stories About Historic Trees
Podcast tells the stories that made certain trees important witnesses to history and how those trees are being preserved as reminders of that history. - Articles
The Answer to Tree Health Struggles May Need a Closer Look
A cursory look at an unhealthy tree may lead to some initial ideas of what is causing a decline in health, but a closer look may reveal other causes initially unnoticed. - Articles
Are My Trees Buried Too Deep?
If you can't see the trunk flare/root collar at the base of a tree, it may be buried, which can lead to decay and whole tree failure. - Articles
What is My Tree Doing for Me?
Online MyTree tools let you see what benefits your tree is providing to you and your community. - Articles
Designing Downtowns Fit for Trees
Good design and community input can help downtowns achieve an attractive and comfortable tree lined shopping district. - Articles
Dealing with Tree Risk: Tips for Municipal Shade Tree Commissions
A systematic approach to detecting and dealing with tree risk can greatly reduce the potential for tree failures that cause injury and damage property. - Articles
Why Schools Should Plant Trees
Hands-on tree planting and care helps students better connect to biology lessons and the natural environment. - Articles
Laying Fast Tracks Toward Climax Forests
The Miyawaki Method encompasses soil preparation, careful species selection, and intensive aftercare with the goal of speeding up the development of mature forests in small spaces. - News
Urban and Community Forestry Funding is Growing
Date Posted 12/8/2022After three decades, USDA Forest Service funding for Urban and Community Forestry has seen growth. - Articles
Municipal Tree Commissions
This article explains how communities can form a tree commission to create and sustain an urban forestry program. - Articles
Annual Budgets for Community Tree Programs
This article explains the essentials of budgeting for the costs of a community tree program each year. It includes a community tree budget worksheet. - Articles
Annual Work Plans for Tree Commissions
Develop an annual work plan for a municipal tree commission to ensure public trees receive the regular care they need to remain attractive, healthy, and safe. - Articles
Conducting a Community Tree Inventory
Street and park tree inventories provide information for the planning, design, planting, maintenance, and removal of community trees. - Articles
Working with the Media: A Guide for Volunteer Organizations and Commissions
This publication provides information about public relations, rules for working with the media, and communications tools, as well as sample letters to the editor, op-ed pieces and news releases. - Articles
Dealing with Local Timber Harvesting Ordinances
Timber harvesting is regulated by a fraction of Pennsylvania's local governments, but more municipalities are beginning to regulate harvesting in order to maintain forests for future generations. - Articles
Your Community Tree Program: Shade Tree Commissions
A Shade Tree Commission or Environmental Advisory Commission plays an important role in community management of trees and natural resources for the greatest long-term ecosystem benefits. - Articles
TreeVitalize: A Green Partnership to Restore Tree Cover
In 2004, the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources launched a public-private partnership title TreeVitalize with a mission of planting over 1 million new trees and restoring tree cover in Pennsylvania communities. - Articles
The Virtuous Cycle of Placemaking
By understanding the process of placemaking, we can create meaningful physical spaces that help build community. - Articles
Green Parking Lots: Mitigating Climate Change and the Urban Heat Island
Designing green parking lots with large canopy trees can reduce urban heat loads, air and water pollution, and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on our communities. - Articles
Tree-Topping: The Cost is Greater Than You Think
If you are topping a tree to make it smaller, Don't. It doesn't work!