Published Library Resources

This virtual library holds a wide range of urban forestry resources including: research abstracts and full text journal articles, trade magazine articles, CDs, other technology transfer resources, books (or chapters of books), patents, ordinances, theses and dissertations, and conference proceedings.

Decision analysis in the evaluation of wildfire hazard reduction by prescribed burning in the wildland-urban interface

Decision analysis can be used to evaluate wildfire hazard reduction alternatives within the wildland-urban interface. Four major steps of decision analysis include; 1) basis development, 2) deterministic modeling, 3) probabilistic modeling, and 4) basis appraisal. Decision analysis was used to ...

Dealing with the wildland residential fire problem: A political perspective

 

Danger zone: The wildland/urban interface

 

Breaking the impasse: Helping communities cope with change at the rural-urban interface

As communities and agriculture change, the juxtaposition of farming and other rural activities has become a battleground over water and related nutrient management issues, odors, insects, and other community impacts of changing land uses. These conflicts can turn neighbor against neighbor, threaten ...

On the urban edge

In the last half of this century, as Americans have migrated to the exurbs, the line dividing residential development and forested areas has become increasingly blurred, creating opportunities for the study of forest fragmentation and its ecological consequences.

Fire policy at the wildland-urban interface

Wildland fires are destroying more homes and threatening more urban areas in the United States every year. Much of this destruction happens because more people are moving into the wildland-urban interface. A problem once thought unique to Southern California is now recognized as a problem wherever ...

Fire management in the wildland/urban interface - A challenge for research and management

 

Fire ecology of vegetation common to wildland home sites

A synopsis of fire history and implications for fire management is presented for six major vegetation types of the interior West that contain large numbers of homes. For thousands of years prior to 1900, these vegetation types burned periodically. During the current century, however, fire has been ...

Conflict at the rural/urban interface: Mushroom farms and composting in a suburbanizing environment

Major complaints, nuisance suits, and vandalism threaten the ability of farms in suburbanizing areas to survive as development occurs around them. This is a particular concern in one county in southeastern Pennsylvania, an area of rapid population growth but also the nation's most productive ...

Minto-Brown Island Park: A case study of farming the urban-agricultural interface

As urbanization increases, the potential for conflict between urban and agricultural interests grows. In Salem, OR, a 1989 Audubon Society report expressed concerns about pesticide use on agricultural lands that were part of Minto-Brown Island Park. The report recommended that the city of Salem ban ...

Local planning considerations for the wildland-structural intermix in the year 2000

California's foothill counties are the scene of rapid development. All types of construction in former wildlands is creating an intermix of wildland-structures-wildland that is different from the traditional "urban-wildland interface." The fire and structural environment for seven counties is ...

Vegetative management in the wildland-urban interface

 

The wildland/urban interface in 2025

In the year 2025, wildland fire fighting practices have improved significantly over the method employed during the late 1900\'s. Improved methods for predicting severe fire weather conditions, the establishment of the North American Fire Coordination Center, and the utilization of foam products for ...

The wildland-urban interface: Social and political implications in the 1990s

 

The wildland-urban interface: Paradise or battleground?

 

Wildland-urban interface emergency responses: What influences them?

Land management agencies in Arizona are actively working with communities and homeowners to implement treatments on public lands and provide assistance to private landowners. After the severe 1996 fire season, more people than ever want to do more on their private land and help design projects on ...

Wildland burning: The perception of risk

Perhaps the most important recommendation of the Yellowstone Fire Management Policy Review Team (1989) was a call for increased public involvement in the development of fire management plans. Such participation presumably would heighten awareness of the inherent risks. Public recognition of the ...

Urban interface fire management problems

 

Public risk perceptions and policy response toward wildland fire hazards in the urban/rural interface

While wildland managers and public officials have made a number of recommendations for protecting homes and their occupants from recurring wildfires, few of those recommendations have been implemented (Moore 1981). One reason may be public receptivity. People may not be fully aware of fire risk in ...

Protecting your home from forest fires

 

Problems and prospects at the urban-forest interface

In 1982 Henry J. Vaux, then chair of the California State Board of Forestry, observed that conflicts between residential development and forest management were increasing and warned that they "may well become more intense and complex in the future" (Vaux 1982, p. 37). He gave currency to the term ...

Demographic change: Implications for forest management

Major demographic changes are now occurring, both in the United States and worldwide, that will profoundly affect the demand for forest products and the use of forests. These trends also influence how our society views forest management and forest policy. For example, the aging of both the US and ...

Defining and predicting urban-wildland interface zones using a GIS-based model

Resource managers are beginning to experience a deluge of management conflicts as urban population centers expand into formerly wildland settings. Fire suppression, recreational, watershed management, and traditional forest management practices are activities that have become contentious in many ...

Bushfire risk at the urban interface estimated from historical weather records: Consequences for the use of prescribed fire in the Sydney region of south-eastern Australia

The urban-bush land interface around Sydney in south-eastern Australia is extensive. A history of destructive bushfires has led to intensive management of fuel at this interface. Prescribed burning is the major management technique. The rationale is to manipulate fuel so that the intensity of ...

Arizona's wildland-urban interface: National forest fuels reduction treatment proposals

Land management agencies in Arizona are actively working with communities and homeowners to implement treatments on public lands and provide assistance to private landowners. After the severe 1996 fire season, more people than ever want to do more on their private land and help design projects on ...

Analyzing the urban-wildland interface with GIS: Two case studies

The concern over forest health, already well established in forestry, currently manifests itself in debates over the most appropriate way to manage forests in the Pacific Northwest. How management objectives affect forest structure and function is of primary importance (Thomas 1994). Where human ...

Interface policy offers opportunities and challenges: USDA Forest Service stratagies and constraints

Interface problems are becoming a major forestry issue that offers both opportunities and problems for participants. The increase in interface problems argues that new directions and organizational emphases are needed to respond to the realities of today's management situation. Many of these ...

GIS applications in wildland/urban interface fire planning: The Missoula County (Montana) project

The real key to finding solutions lies in cooperative efforts in planning and hazard mitigation, well before a potential disaster strikes. To this end, the development of a comprehensive geographical information base for wildfire hazard assessment and risk analysis is vital for effective planning ...

Four myths of interface communities: Rural localities do not epitomize idealized conceptions

Interface problems are inherently contentious because they involve competing images of who we are and how we value and use land. Every interface conflict stems from competing human attachments to land. Some see the land as an economic opportunity for earning a living by cutting and removing trees. ...

A model for assessing potential structure ignitions in the wildland/urban interface.

The loss of structures during wildland fires is a growing national problem involving a variety of structural, topographic, fuels, and fire behavior characteristics. Planners, developers, fire agencies, and homeowners need a way to consistently evaluate the risk of structure ignitions. A team of ...

The defensible space factor study: a survey instrument for post-fire structure loss analysis.

Structural losses in wildland fires may be expected with further development in the urban-wildland interface. These losses can, however, be minimized by efforts on the part of homeowners and builders to reduce structural vulnerability. The Defensible Space Factor Study, initiated by the California ...

Modeling fire and nutrient flux in the Lake Tahoe Basin

Citizens need to understand how their ecosystem works and try to influence its behavior for the common good, but complexity, uncertainty, and cost discourage many communities. In the Lake Tahoe Basin, organizations and individuals are leveraging the community's high interest in lake clarity and ...

Landscaping for wildfire prevention

 

Wildfire and the suburban home: A formula for disaster

 

Visual impacts in the urban-wildland interface

The urban-wildland interface is treated as a place where extremes meet--where it is difficult to maintain a visually appealing transition from country to city. Problems are identified in relation to stable cities, urbanizing areas, and developing resorts in the wildlands. The visual problems of ...

Wildland fires in the wildland/urban interface: Evaluating the problem

 

Using Industrial Clusters to Build an Urban Wood Utilization Program: A Twin Cities Case Study

The concept of industry clusters—where businesses and/or organizations are located within a geographic region and have developed mutually beneficial cooperative links with one another—can serve as a template for starting or expanding an urban wood utilization program. read more...

Restorative Commons: Creating Health and Well-being through Urban Landscapes

Exploring the relationship between human health and the urban environment.

Coping with Poverty - Findings and Recommentdations

Brief summary of the NUCFAC study with a list of publications about this work by Kuo and Sullivan's research team. read more...

Minnesota EAB Community Preparedness Manual

Guide to preparing for and managing emerald ash borer at the city/town level

The potential of urban tree plantings to be cost effective in carbon

Emission trading is considered to be an economically sensitive method for reducing the concentrations ofgreenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. There has been debate about the viability of usingurban tree plantings in these markets.

The potential of urban tree plantings to be cost effective in carbon

Emission trading is considered to be an economically sensitive method for reducing the concentrations ofgreenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. There has been debate about the viability of usingurban tree plantings in these markets.

The potential of urban tree plantings to be cost effective in carbon

Emission trading is considered to be an economically sensitive method for reducing the concentrations ofgreenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. There has been debate about the viability of usingurban tree plantings in these markets.

The potential of urban tree plantings to be cost effective in carbon

Emission trading is considered to be an economically sensitive method for reducing the concentrations ofgreenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. There has been debate about the viability of usingurban tree plantings in these markets.

The potential of urban tree plantings to be cost effective in carbon

Emission trading is considered to be an economically sensitive method for reducing the concentrations ofgreenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. There has been debate about the viability of usingurban tree plantings in these markets.

The potential of urban tree plantings to be cost effective in carbon

Emission trading is considered to be an economically sensitive method for reducing the concentrations ofgreenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. There has been debate about the viability of usingurban tree plantings in these markets.

The potential of urban tree plantings to be cost effective in carbon

Emission trading is considered to be an economically sensitive method for reducing the concentrations ofgreenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. There has been debate about the viability of usingurban tree plantings in these markets.

The Urban Tree Arboretum in Horsholm,Denmark:A new tool towards an improved education of arborists and tree managers

The establishmentandmanagementofurbantreesrequireexpertknowledgeandexperience.TheUrbanTreeArboretum(UTA)wasestablishedinHørsholm,Denmark,toimprovebasicandadvancededucationforstudentsandprofessionalsworkingwithtreeestablishmentandmanagement.

The relationship of urban design to human health and condition

Modern society is increasingly aware that humansand culture are components of the natural environment, and that human health is inextricably linkedwith environmental condition.

Land Use Policy

Trees and tree canopy play a crucial role in theenvironment, providing benefits such as clean water and air, erosionprevention, climate control, and sustained ecological resourcesand native species habitat.

Plant species composition, calculated leaf masses

Green plants confer numerous physical and aestheticbenefits in urban environments. Plants sequestercarbon dioxide and release oxygen, and surfaces allowdeposition of pollutants.

Green Infrastructure:Smart Conservation for the 21st Century

Green infrastructure” is a term that is appearing more and more frequentlyin land conservation and development discussions across the country andaround the world. Green infrastructure means different things to differentpeople depending on the context in which it is used.

Assessing the Impact of Climate

Rapid climate change can have a significant impact on the distribution and biology of trees. As aproactive adaptation measure, cities can stock their urban forests with tree species that will perform wellin predicted future climates.

Differential assimilation of nitrogen dioxide by 70 taxa

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a major air pollutant thatcauses the production of photo-oxidants such as ozoneby a photochemical reaction with hydroxyl radicals producedfrom volatile organic carbon in the atmosphere.

Healthy places: Exploring the evidence

"Sense of place" is a widely discussed concept in fields as diverse as geography, environmental psychology, and art, but it has little traction in the field of public health.

Healthy Places: Exploring the Evidence

"Sense of place" is a widely discussed concept in fields as diverse as geography, environmental psychology, and art, but it has little traction in the field of public health. The health impact of place includes physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and aesthetic outcomes.

Healthy Places: Exploring the Evidence

"Sense of place" is a widely discussed concept in fields as diverse as geography, environmental psychology, and art, but it has little traction in the field of public health. The health impact of place includes physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and aesthetic outcomes.

ESTIMATING THE OZONE-FORMING POTENTIAL OF

Large-scale urban tree planting programs have beenadvocated as a means of mitigating the heat islandeffect and improving air quality

A survey of California plant species with a portable VOC analyzer for biogenic emission inventory development

Looks at biogenic compounds in trees.

Test for Jimmie

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City of Arlington Urban Forest Resource Analysis 2009

An assessment of the vegetative structure, function, and value of the Arlington urban forest was conducted during 2009 based on satellite imagery, field data, and computer modeling using i-Tree Eco. read more...

Using i-Tree to Assess the Effects of Urbanization in Desoto County

This presentation was given at the Mississippi Urban Forest Council Annual Meeting in Horn Lake, MS on April 23, 2010. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: American Sycamore

Fact sheet describing the American Sycamore. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Eastern Cottonwood

Fact sheet describing the Eastern cottonwood tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Scotch Pine

Fact sheet describing the scotch pine tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Jack Pine

Fact sheet describing the jack pine tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Quaking Aspen

Fact sheet describing the quaking aspen tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Balsam Poplar

Fact sheet describing the balsam poplar. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Black Willow

Fact sheet describing the black willow tree. read more...

Growing Fruit Trees

This pamphlet describes what fruiting tree varieties are hardy in New Hampshire and states how to protect the tree from pests and diseases. read more...

Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs

This fact sheet describes why, when, and how to fertilize plants in your landscape. read more...

Dwarf Apple Trees for Home Gardens

This fact sheet describes the benefits of dwarf apple trees and how to plant and care for them. read more...

Drought Tolerant Plants for New Hampshire Landscapes

This pamphlet provides a list of trees that are not only drought tolerant, but also cold hardy to zone 3 or 4, available locally, and are desirable landscape plants read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Tuliptree

Fact sheet describing the tuliptree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: American Chestnut

Fact sheet describing the American chestnut tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Horsechestnut

Fact sheet describing the horsechestnut tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: American Elm

Fact sheet describing the American elm. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Slippery Elm

Fact sheet describing the slippery elm tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Hawthorn

Fact sheet describing the hawthorn tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Black Tupelo

Fact sheet describing the black tupelo tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Pin Cherry

Fact sheet describing the pin cherry tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Black Cherry

Fact sheet describing the black cherry tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: American Basswood

Fact sheet describing the American basswood tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Boxelder

Fact sheet describing the boxelder tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Black Locust

Fact sheet describing the black locust tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Honeylocust

Fact sheet describing the honeylocust tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Eastern redcedar

Fact sheet describing the Eastern redcedar tree read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Northern White Cedar

Fact sheet describing the Northern white cedar tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: American Beech

Fact sheet describing the American beech tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Shagbark Hickory

Fact sheet describing the shagbark hickory. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Hophornbeam

Fact sheet describing the hophornbeam tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Striped Maple

Fact sheet describing the striped maple tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: White Oak

Fact sheet describing the white oak tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Red Oak

Fact sheet describing the red oak tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Silver Maple

Fact sheet describing the silver maple tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Gray Birch

Fact sheet describing the gray birch tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: White Birch

Fact sheet describing the white birch tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Sugar Maple

Fact sheet describing the sugar maple tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Red Maple

Fact sheet describing the red maple tree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Balsam Fir

Fact sheet describing the balsam fir tree. read more...