Technology Transfer Resources

Gravel Bed Stormwater Retention System - Greenhouse Demonstration Project

This project was conducted to better understand below-ground tree root morphology in gravel-based stormwater retention systems. read more...

Evaluating the influence of design strategies and meteorological factors on tree transpiration in bioretention suspended pavement practices

U.S. Forest Service, Grant/Award Number: 14‐DG‐11132540‐098 US Forest Service (USFS) National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: American Beech

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: American Chestnut

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: American Elm

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: American Sycamore

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Balsam Poplar

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Black Cherry

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Black Locust

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Black Tupelo

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Black Willow

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Boxelder

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Eastern Cottonwood

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Eastern redcedar

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Gray Birch

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Hawthorn

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Honeylocust

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Hophornbeam

Fact sheet describing the hophornbeam tree.

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Hophornbeam

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Horsechestnut

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Jack Pine

Fact sheet describing the jack pine tree.

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Jack Pine

Fact sheet describing the jack pine tree.

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Jack Pine

Fact sheet describing the jack pine tree.

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Jack Pine

Fact sheet describing the jack pine 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: Pin Cherry

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Quaking Aspen

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Red Oak

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Scotch Pine

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Shagbark Hickory

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Silver Maple

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Slippery Elm

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Speckled Alder

Fact sheet describing the speckled alder. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Striped Maple

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

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: Tuliptree

Fact sheet describing the tuliptree. read more...

Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet: White Oak

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

Make Your Land More Appealing to Wild Birds: Maintain Native Plants!

This fact sheet describes how landowners and land managers can increase the suitability of urban and suburban areas, i.e. yards and parks, as habitat for native birds (focus on ground and shrub nesting species). read more...

Managing Natural Resources: A Guide for Municipal Commissions

This publication serves as a guide for municipalities on the planning and management of street trees, parks, and open space as important community assets. read more...

Managing Stormwater for Urban Sustainability Using Trees and Structural Soils

This publication investigates a stormwater BMP design and function that relies on shade trees and structural soils. read more...

Managing Stormwater for Urban Sustainability Using Trees and Structural Soils

A new space-saving infiltration BMP that mitigates runoff from paved areas read more...

Managing the Forests Where We Live: An Assessment of Washington State Cities

An assessment of the urban forestry programs of Washington state citieswas done by the University of Washington. read more...

Managing Urban Forest Fear/Safety and Vegetation/Privacy

This study documents the importance of privacy as a desiredoutcome from visiting an urban forest. read more...

Managing Wet Weather With Green Infrastructure - Water Quality Scorecard

The two main goals of this tool are to: (1) help communities protect water quality by identifying ways to reduce the amount of stormwater flows in a community and (2) educate stakeholders on the wide range of policies and regulations that have water quality implications. read more...

Manual of Wood Decay in Trees

 

Manual of Woody Landscape Plants : Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses

 

Maple Sugaring on Keystone's Woodland Campus

 

Mapping the Wildland-Urban Interface in the United States

 

Marketing & Communications- Part I: Marketing 101 (Webcast)

In the commercial business world of selling hamburgers, long-distance phone services, and other consumer goods, the most common definition of marketing is: product, price, and distribution.

Marketing & Communications- Part II: Strategy & Public Relations (Webcast)

Nonprofit marketing can be thought of as exchanges of one value for another.

Marketing & Communications- Part III: Building & Positioning Your Brand (Webcast)

Pretty brochures, zippy websites, and catchy slogans can be effective, but only when part of a coordinated marketing effort. After all, the goal of marketing your urban forestry program is to achieve real results.

Marketing & Communications- Part IV: Advertising & Promoting Tree Events (Webcast)

Urban forestry groups face very specific challenges in getting public recognition: the use of jargon-heavy technical language, limited budgets, and the reality that less than 7% of all donated dollars are contributed to environmental causes.

Maryland and Massachusetts Street Tree Monitoring Pilot Projects

 

Method for Calculating Carbon Sequestration by Trees in Urban and Suburban Settings

 

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

 

Mile-A-Minute

 

Minnesota Conservation Volunteer - E.A.B. Alert: A Guide to the Emerald Ash Borer

There is big trouble for ash trees. This is a 12 page informational guide on EAB.

Minnesota EAB Community Preparedness Manual

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

Minnesota Forest Pest First Detector Manual

Booklet describing key information necessary for identifying emerald ash borer, gypsy moth, Asian longhorned beetle, Sirex woodwasp, and thousand cankers disease of walnut.

Minnesota Invasive Non-native Terrestrial Plants

 

Minority Outreach Guide: Urban and Community Forestry

 

Mississippi Trees

A comprehensive guide to the common trees of Mississippi.

Moisture Stress: What Does That Mean for Trees?

A brief description of how and why moisture stress occurs in trees and ways to prevent it. read more...

Monitoring Forest Health

Promotional materials for the Missouri Forestkeepers Network

Monitoring Forest Health: A Call for Forestkeepers!

 

Mulch Iowa: A Guide to the Benfits of Mulch and Why You Should Use Mulch Produced in Iowa

 

Mulches for Your Garden

Discusses the benefits of mulch and proper application techniques. read more...

Mulching for Healthier Landscape Plants

This publication describes various types of mulch, their application, and the benefits to trees. read more...

Multiflora Rose

 

Municipal Tree Management in the United States: A 1994 Report

Survey results and studies on municipal tree programs.

Municipal Tree Management in the United States: A 1994 Report

 

Municipal Tree Restoration Program

 

My Ash Tree is Dead...Now What Do I Do?

 

NASF Urban Forest Health Monitoring Resolution

[This is] "the NASF Resolution on Urban Forest Health Monitoring that was approved at the annual meeting in Jackson. read more...

National Park(ing) Day

 

National Pollutant Removal Performance Database - 2nd Edition

 

National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council 2002 Annual Report

 

National Urban Forest Health Monitoring: Draft Field Manual

Field manual developed in Wisconsin for the pilot urban FHM projects. read more...

National Urban & Community Forestry Advisory Council: Annual Report for 2001

 

Native Plant Guide for Streams and Stormwater Facilities in Northeastern Illinois

Descriptions and illustrations of native species suitable for use along streams and in stormwater detension basins read more...

Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping

 

Native Species Planting Guide for New York City and Vicinity

 

Native Trees of Georgia

Georgia’s forests are home to approximately 250 species of trees. Native Trees of Georgia describes 92 of them. read more...

Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America

 

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

 

Natural Inquirer: Volume 6, Number 1 (Urban Forest Edition)

 

Natural Resource Management in the Urban Forest

 

Naturalistic Landscaping

 

Nature Experiences: Readings and References on Human Benefits

This factsheet includes a detailed list of readings and references pertaining to the ways trees contribute to human health and well being. read more...

Nature Play Design Guidelines Support Growing Natural Interest in Connecting Children with Nature

This case study highlights a 2011 NUCFAC-recommended USDA Forest Service grant, The Natural Play and Learning Areas National Guidelines Project. read more...

Nearby Nature in the City: Preserving and Enhancing Livability

Our focus is on the ways in which nature is experienced and the psychological andsocial benefits that come from seeing it, being in it, and exploring it. read more...

Nearby Nature in the City: Preserving and Enhancing Livability

A booklet describing ways in which nature is experienced and the psychological and social benefits that come from seeing it, being in it, and exploring it. read more...

NeighborWoods Month 101 (Webcast)

National NeighborWoods Month is a united campaign to celebrate trees and raise awareness for the value of urban forests.

NeighborWoods Month 101 (Webcast)

National NeighborWoods Month is a united campaign to celebrate trees and raise awareness for the value of urban forests.

New Jersey Arbor Day Activity Guide

 

New Jersey: Bacterial Leaf Scorch Survey Report

 

New Jersey's Big Trees

 

New Jersey's Shade Tree & Community Forestry Assistance Act

 

New Products Showcase – Maryland Tree Registry & Tree Benefits Calculator (webcast)

This webcast describes the new interactive, web-based tools developed by the Maryland DNR and its partners.

New Products Showcase – Tree Owner’s Manual (webcast)

This webcast features the newly released U.S. Forest Service publication, "Tree Owner’s Manual."

New Products Showcase - Planning the Urban Forest: Ecology, Economy, and Community Development (webcast)

This webcast highlights the book developed by the American Planning Association, American Forests, the International Society of Arboriculture, and the U.S. Forest Service.