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.

Wildland-Urban Interface Definition and Map Description

The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is the area where houses meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland vegetation. This makes the WUI a focal area for human-environment conflicts such as wildland fires, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and biodiversity decline. Using geographic ... read more...

Urban Forestry Video Resources

 

Tree Ordinance Evaluation Checklist

 

Storms Over The Urban Forest: Planning, Responding, and Regreening--A Community Guide to Natural Disaster Relief

 

Landscape Tree Appraisal

 

Guidelines for Developing and Evaluating Tree Ordinances

 

Discovering the Urban Forest Activity Book

 

Creating the Urban Forest: The Bare Root Method

 

Wildland-Urban Interface: Arkansas 2000

A map of Arkansas depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Wildland-Urban Interface: Alabama 2000

A map of Alabama depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Small and Medium Trees for Kentucky Landscapes

 

Wildland-Urban Interface: Tennessee 2000

A map of Tennessee depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Wildland-Urban Interface: South Carolina 2000

A map of South Carolina depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Wildland-Urban Interface: Mississippi 2000

A map of Mississippi depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Conserving and Planting Trees at Development Sites

 

Wildland-Urban Interface: Virginia 2000

A map of Virginia depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Wildland-Urban Interface: Texas 2000

A map of Texas depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

City of Charlotte, North Carolina Municipal Forest Resource Analysis

 

Standing Tall: Storm Damage & Your Tree

 

Social Groupies: How Different Groups Use Urban Parks

 

Don't Be Fuel-ish! How Much Fuel Is Saved When Cars Are Parked in the Shade?

 

Arbor Day 2006: Southeast States

 

Balancing Act: Urban Trees and the Carbon Cycle

 

Wildland-Urban Interface: Oklahoma 2000

A map of Oklahoma depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Wildland-Urban Interface: Oklahoma 2000

 

What You See Is Not What You Get: The Difference Between Visible Sunlight and Ultraviolet Radiation

 

I've Got You Covered: The Amount of Pavement Covered by Street Trees

 

Urban tree management/information system review

Overview of Newark, New Jersey's Tree management program

Wyomissing Pennsylvania street tree management plan

 

Introducing Cool Communities

 

Connecting people with ecosystems in the 21st century: an assessment of our nation's urban forests

 

Using or selling all of your street waste: strategies that cut costs

 

Condition report for urban trees

 

Tree fertilization: an arborist's perspective

 

A common sense approach to street tree inventories

Discusses the forestry program in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The trees on the street where you live

 

Municipal tree management in New Jersey

 

Forestry today...urban forestry

A look at Urban Forestry in 2004

How valuable are your trees?

 

How a tree increases home value

 

Using trees to reduce energy consumption

 

Benefits from street tree inventories, management plans, and computerized management information systems

 

A new era in urban forestry

 

Integrated pest management

 

Restoring trees, rebuilding pride in communities: The Municipal Tree Restoration Program

Overview of Pennsylvania's Municipal Tree Restoration program

Wildland-Urban Interface: Georgia 2000

A map of Georgia depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Trees and Shrubs that Tolerate Saline Soils and Salt Spray Drift

 

Thinking Outside the Bark

 

The Mobile Community Tree Inventory (MCTI) System

 

Selection and Culture of Landscape Plants in Utah, A Guide for High Mountain Valleys

 

Selection and Culture of Landscape Plants in Utah, A Guide for Casteland RC & D

 

Large Trees for Kentucky Landscapes

 

Linking Girls to the Land

 

Low Impact Development (LID) and Other Green Design Strategies

 

Low-Impact Development Hydrologic Analysis

 

Give Forests a Hand: Youth Action Guide

"Give Forests a Hand is a community service learning program that engages groups of youth in explorations and action projects based on trees and forests. The entire booklet is a 105 page project book for youth. It describes an eight-step process that guides youth through problem identification, the ... read more...

Engaging uninvolved communities in urban forestry: it's about more than trees

 

Wildland-Urban Interface: Florida 2000

A map of Florida depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Post-Construction Storm Water Management in New Development & Redevelopment: Conservation Easements

 

Wildland-Urban Interface: North Carolina 2000

A map of North Carolina depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Public Involvement/Participation: Reforestation Programs

 

SHADE: Weathering the Storms

 

Wildland-Urban Interface: Louisiana 2000

A map of Louisiana depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Public Education and Outreach on Storm Water Impacts: Low-Impact Development

 

Wildland-Urban Interface: Kentucky 2000

A map of Kentucky depicting the Federal Register definition of WUI based on the integration of U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data. [compiled by SCUFR&I from the original SILVIS GIF image] read more...

Post-Construction Storm Water Management in New Development & Redevelopment: Open Space Design

 

Post-Construction Storm Water Management in New Development & Redevelopment: Urban Forestry

 

Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control: Preserving Natural Vegetation

 

Protecting Water Quality from Urban Runoff

 

Planting a Bare-root Tree

This fact sheet describes when to plant, how to prepare the site before planting, and how to care for your bare-root tree after planting. read more...

Planning for the Community Forest in South Carolina

 

Parking and trees in cities and towns: Legal and design approaches

This presentation was given at the Georgia Urban Forest Council annual conference in 2005 by Kathleen Wolf. It demonstrates parking lot design to include trees and provides local ordinance language to help guide businesses in developing good, tree-landscaped parking areas. read more...

Newborn, GA: STRATUM Complete Street Tree Inventory

 

Natural Inquirer: Urban Forest Edition (Vol 6 No 1)

 

Maryland and Massachusetts Street Tree Monitoring Pilot Projects

 

A Guide to Major Insects, Diseases, Air Pollution Injury, and Chemical Injury of Sycamore

 

A Guide for UFS Users (Introduction and Joining)

 

Urban Watershed Forestry Manual Series: Using trees to protect and restore urban watersheds

 

Urban Tree Risk Management: A Community Guide to Program Design and Implementation

 

Urban Projects

 

Urban Nature Benefits: Psycho-Social Dimensions of People and Plants

 

Urban Forests and Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Protocols

Explains the role of the Center for Urban Forest Research in the development of Urban Forest Reporting Protocols for the California Climate Action Registry.Outlines the steps needed to register an urban forest, and requirements for certification and monitoring. read more...

Urban Forestry Manual (Sept2006)

A compilation of the 12 individiual chapters of the Urban Forestry Manual that have been completed as of September 2006. (5+mbytes) read more...

Trees & Power Lines

 

Trees, Parking and Green Law: Legal Tools and Strategies for Sustainability

"Parking areas are an integral part of the built landscape of America’s cities and towns. Parking lots occupy about 10 percent overall of the land in U.S. cities, and can be as much as 20 to 30 percent of downtown core areas. read more...

Trees Mean Business

 

Trees and Shrubs for Interior Alaska Landscapes

 

Trees and Air Quality Planning

 

Tree Protection Manual for Builders and Developers

 

Tree Protection BMPs for Contractors and Builders

 

The Woods in Your Backyard

 

The Missouri Forestkeepers Network Tree Stressor Identification Cards

 

The Athens-Clarke County Tree Species List

 

Ten-year Action Plan 2006-2016

 

Summary of the Right Tree, Right Place, Right Now! Collection

 

SEATTLE x Green Factor

The Greening of Seattle’s Neighborhood Business Districts

Roadside Vegetation Management Manual For Rural Road Crews

 

If Trees Could Talk

 

How to Protect Tree Roots While Replacing Sidewalks and Curbs

"In 1990, a triple fatality in Toledo, Ohio, was associated with a falling tree whose roots were cut during sidewalk reconstruction. This bulletin describes different techniques that may be used when repairing and replacing sidewalks and curbs to minimize the amount of damage to the tree." This PDF ... read more...

Guidelines for Implementing the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Urban and Community Tree Canopy Goals