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.

From Sketch to Street: Design for the Urban Forest Part One (DVD Video)

 

Forests for the Bay

 

Fact Sheet #3: Making Parking Lots More Tree Friendly

This factsheet lists planning, design, and maintenance strategies to increase tree cover in parking lots. read more...

Even a Mile of Forest Makes a Difference in Water Quality

 

Enhancing Delaware Highways: Roadside Vegetation Concept and Planning Manual

 

Elm renaissance: a new chance for a beloved American tree

 

Efficient Irrigation of Trees and Shrubs

 

Eco-logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects

 

CIT: Crabapple Cultivars Tested As Street Trees: Second Report

 

Urban Watershed Forestry Manual: Part 2

This manual is Part 2 of a three-part series on using trees to protect and restore urban watersheds. read more...

Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control: Vegetated Buffer

 

How to Estimate Future Land Cover in a Watershed (Leaf Out Analysis)

 

Control of Iron Chlorosis in Ornamental and Crop Plants

 

Community Tree Program: Organizational and Procedural Guide to Community Tree Management

 

Community Image: Roadside Settings and Public Perceptions

 

Community Forestry Certificate Program

 

Coastal Plain Community Tree Guide: Benefits, Costs, and Strategic Planting

"This report quantifies benefits and costs for representative large, medium, and small broadleaf trees and coniferous trees in the Coastal Plain region: the species chosen as representative are the Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana), Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), flowering dogwood ... read more...

City of Sacramento: Parking lot tree shading design and maintenance guidelines

This document provides standards and guidance for the planting, maintenance, protection, removal and replacement of trees planted pursuant to the parking lot tree shading regulations as defined in the City Code. read more...

City of Eugene Urban Forest Management Plan

 

Best Management Practices for Community Trees

 

Reforestation and Landscape Plans (City of Myrtle Beach)

 

Quantifying Carbon Accumulation for Urban and Suburban Tree Planting

The detailed instructions for making carbon calculations for urban tree planting under the North Dakota Farmers Union contract with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) for forestry offsets.

Ohio Windbreak Guide

 

Midwest Community Tree Guide: Benefits, Costs, and Strategic Planting

 

Trees as Capital Assets

 

Arborists' Certification Study Guide

 

Arboriculture and the Law

 

An Illustrated Guide to Pruning

 

A Handbook for Tree Board Members

 

Urban Inventory Pilot Supplement

 

Trees and Shrubs for Overhead Utility Easements

Factsheet on Trees and Utilities

CIT: Tree Wardens and Utility Arborists: A Management Team Working for Street Trees in Massachusetts

 

Tree Maintenance

Tree Management Textbook

Tree Canopy Ordinances

 

The Right Tree Brochure

 

The Body Language of Trees: A handbook for failure analysis

Reference on the hazards of tree structure.

The Art and Science of Practical Rigging

 

Shade: Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities, Healthy People

 

Irrigation and Container Type Impact Red Maple 5 Years After Landscape Planting

 

i-Tree - STRATUM Sample Street Tree Inventory - Social Circle, GA

 

How to Conserve Natural Resources on Construction Sites

 

Greening Urban & Community Forestry in the Southern Region: The Role of Partnerships

A PDF file of a presentation at Driving changes in forestry: 2005 National Convention, Fort Worth, TX (October 21, 2005) read more...

Green Streets: Storm water management system for paved areas

 

Green Build-out Model: Project Summary

"The Green Build-out Model is a planning tool that quantifies the cumulative stormwater management benefits of trees and green roofs for different coverage scenarios across the District of Columbia. read more...

Give Forests a Hand: Leader 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. This Leader Guide provides adult leaders and teachers with background and facilitation advice as they help youth identify, plan and conduct an ... read more...

From Sketch to Street: Design for the Urban Forest (Part One)

 

CIT: Dynamic Loading of Trees

 

Does Included Bark Reduce the Strength of Codominant Stems?

 

Design With Nature

 

Community Green Scenes: Designing Projects with an Ecosystem Perspective

 

Communicate with Power 2000 Gold Box Communications Tools for a Changing World

 

CIT: Cities as Environments

 

Best Management Practices: Tree Support Systems: Cabling, Bracing, and Guying

 

Best Management Practices Tree Pruning

 

Best Management Practices: Tree Lightning Protection Systems

 

Best Management Practices: Tree and Shrub Fertilization

 

Rapid Tree Damage Assessment and FEMA Experiences Following Hurricane Katrina

 

Positively the Pits - Successful Strategies for Sustainable Streetscapes

Streetscape planting considerations

Patterns of Storm Injury and Tree Response

 

Our Heritage of Community Trees

Background on the history of trees in cities and towns.

Arbor Day: The Holiday that Makes a Difference

18-minute video (VHS tape) about Arbor Day

Urban Forestry South Presentation to WO Review Team (PDF Version)

 

What to Do About Flood-damaged Trees

 

Using Case Studies in Urban Forestry Education

 

Urban Forest Values: Economic Benefits of Trees in Cities

 

Trenching & Tunneling Near Trees: A Field Pocket Guide For Qualified Utility Workers

 

Trees on Main Street: Influences on Retail and Shopping Behavior

 

Trees in Small City Business Districts: Comparing Resident and Visitor Response

 

Trees in Business Districts: Comparing Values of Consumers and Business

 

Tree Planting Resource Kit for Volunteers

Box of materials for organizing volunteer tree planting events

Tree City USA: Greening America

7 minute video introduces the Tree City USA program

The Freeway Roadside Environment: Testing Visual Quality at the Road Edge

 

Selecting, Planting, and Caring for a New Tree

 

Leaf Yellowing and Early Leaf Drop on Shade Trees

 

Growing with Green: Business Districts and the Urban Forest

 

Fire Blight of Apples, Pears, and Other Species

 

Chlorosis (Yellowing) of Shade Tree Leaves

 

Chinese Privet Control Project

 

Care of Newly Planted Trees

4-page fact sheet that discusses how to care for young trees read more...

Research About Youth Benefits from Nature and Forest Experiences

 

Planting a Tree With a Tree Moving Machine

 

Planting a Container Tree

 

Answers to...What Shall I Plant?

 

All About Pruning

 

A Technical Guide to Community and Urban Forestry in Washington, Oregon, and California

 

An Urban and Community Forestry Research and Education Agenda for Oregon

 

Xeriscape: Landscaping With Style in the Arizona Desert

A step-by-step guide for planning, installing, and caring for your desert landscape

Tree Diseases in Kansas

 

Southwestern Oregon Tree Selection Guide for Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine Counties

 

Small Trees for Small Places: 100 Trees for an Urban Environment

100 trees for under overhead utility wires

Selecting and Planting a Tree

 

ReTree International Tree Planting Handbook

 

Landscape Plants for the Arizona Desert: Guide to Growing More Than 200 Low-Water-Use Plants

 

Iron Chlorosis in Trees

 

Insects and Mites Associated With Shade Trees and Woody Ornamentals

 

Guidelines for Developing Urban Forest Practice Ordinances

 

Guide to Arizona Desert Shade Trees

 

Growing Together with the Treetures: Teacher's Guide, Activity Guide Series 2

Teachers's guide for grades preK-6

Flowering Crabapples

 

Fertilizing Trees in the Landscape